About Me

Craig Timmerman is a full-time artist and production woodturner living in Austin, TX. He is a nationally-known woodturner and gives demonstrations and woodturning instruction.

He picked up woodturning in 1998 when he took a weekend class at a local store. After that weekend the wood working equipment in his shop ceased to be used for anything except woodturning. He has now expanded into using bent lamination (the process of gluing of thin strips of wood and bending them under pressure over a form) to augment his turnings and to produce new and exciting pieces.

Craig's specialties include hollow forms, spheres, and non-round (e.g. square) turnings. Many of his pieces combine multiple turnings and bent laminations. He works primarily with reclaimed timber--trees that have come down in storms, trees being taken down for construction, and the occasional piece of firewood. Reclaimed timber is often filled with flaws of different kinds, such as cracks, bug holes, or voids. Rather than try to remove the flaws, he accentuates them by making them the focal point of the piece, filling them with crushed stone, or carving them into other shapes.

Craig is a member of the American Association of Woodturners and the Central Texas Woodturners and is a firm believer in their mission to provide education and information to those interested in woodturning. Craig frequently demonstrates and teaches his craft. He has been a featured demonstrator three times at the American Association of Woodturners National Symposium as well as multiple regional woodturning symposiums, and local woodturning clubs.

Craig's work is in several central Texas galleries and can also be found on this website. He also does a few art shows each year, including the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar-Austin's oldest Christmas art show. He has been married to his wife Tina for over 30 years and they live just outside Austin with their two cats and two dogs. If life wasn't busy enough, Craig also sings barbershop and a cappella music with a quartet and chorus.