Ron Kent

Ron Kent

Ron Kent, who is also known as Ronald E. Kent is an American woodturner who was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931. He ran his own investment company in Hawaii. In 1975, his wife Myra gave him an inexpensive lathe for Christmas. Not wanting to seem unappreciative, he walked down to the beach and found a piece of driftwood. Fitting it on the lathe, he turned a form from it with a sharpened screwdriver. In 1997, Ron Kent took an early retirement from his financial profession to concentrate exclusively on woodturning. Ron Kent lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Kent is best known for his translucent bowls made of Norfolk Island pine. His works are in the collections of the Bishop Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii), The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia), the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris) and the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, D. C.).

References

* Heenan, David A., "Double lives, crafting your life of work and passion for untold success", Palo Alto, California, Davies-Black Pub., 2002.

External links

* [http://www.ronkent.com/ Ron Kent’s website]


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