Brad Adams - Benicia's Woodturner

If you follow the Break It Down Show, you know we have a penchant for Benicia. This episode, we feature Brad Adams who creates art with wood. If we're lucky and the lighting at wifi hold up, we'll have a slick show in Brad's studio. And, we're feeling lucky.

Jon Leon Guerrero is hosting this episode. This is Brad's first appearance on BIDS with Pete A Turner

More on Brad at Benicia.com

Here's Brad's bio-

The majority of my pieces are created from local trees that have succumbed to wind, disease, or urban expansion. I derive a great amount of pleasure from making things of beauty out of material that was destined for the landfill or the fireplace.

I find working with wood analogous to working with people. Each piece of wood is unique, and quite frequently has a mind of it’s own. It’s sometimes a challenge to find and expose the inner beauty, but it is an enjoyable and rewarding process.

Growing up on a farm in Northern Illinois, raised by depression era parents, the idea of ever becoming an artist had never crossed my mind. Now, after careers in fisheries biology and computer networking, I find myself a full time artist. I took up woodturning in 1999 and it has since become my passion and my addiction.