Sculpted Ash Vessel by: Jay McDougall

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Jay comes from a family steeped in generations of art and craftsmanship. He received his BS degree in Industrial Education with an emphasis in Wood Technology and Furniture Design from UW Stout, Menomonie, WI. Jay has also studied with Tage Frid, Dale Nish, and Lissi Oland. Early influences included the works and philosophies of George Nakashima, James Krenov, and fellow Minnesotan George Morrison. His career as a self-employed artist has evolved over its 30-year span. Opening his studio in 1982, McDougall's early years were spent designing and building original pieces of furniture. He has also been a contributing writer for Fine WoodWorking Magazine. His sculpted wall pieces and vessels are the distillation of this career spent pursuing economy of line and form. Carved exclusively from Minnesota hardwoods these sensuous shapes call forth rolling curves that flow as easily as the undulating hills around Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where he lives and works, collecting logs and transforming them into cherished collectables. Jay has garnered numerous national awards for excellence in his field and was selected as a 2008 McKnight Foundation Fellowship recipient. Today's discriminating contemporary craft collectors can find Jay's work in the nation's most prestigious venues for acquisition.