Marquet-Place
Wood
Bill Ferster
I studied design in college in the mid-1970s and began my working life as a film animator. When personal computers came along, I used them in my work to automate the tedious camera movements, and ultimately began manufacturing motion-control systems for other animators to move their cameras. As digital graphics technology progressed, I founded a number of companies that made tools for creative people to ply their craft from drawing to animation to editing. I changed career mid-life into academia, as an educational technology professor at UVA, until retiring in 2021.
Dan Murphy
I am fascinated by how simple turned forms reveal the stunning beauty in the grain, color, and pattern of local hardwoods. My projects use trees felled by storms that might otherwise be destined for the burn-pile. I like to think of this as “re-turning” as it gives me a chance to re-purpose that wood in celebration of the beauty of the wonderful place where I live. Each piece is a bit of the Virginia Piedmont.