About Tom Forrester
We have been very fortunate to find a talented woodworker
right in our own back yard. Tom Forrester is producing all
of the following products exclusively for Gemini Fibres. They
are exceptional quality in both the materials and the workmanship.
Tom's love of the craft shows through in the end product.
All tools are unique, hand-turned, no two alike, using domestic
and exotic woods. Imported woods are purchased from suppliers
who deal only with wood sources that are environmentally certified
and well managed sustainable forest wood producers.
Tom is a fulltime artist and craftsperson. He had his first
wood lathe when he was 8 years old and has been woodturning
for nearly 50 years. For the past several years Tom has designed
and made a limited number of unique spindles. His spindle
designs emerge at the lathe from artistic motivations governed
only by the technical parameters of the spinner's tool. Tom
creates one-of-a-kind spindles, each one slightly different.
Consequently, at his Woodshaper studio, there are no "production
spindles" and no "production runs". Tom's craftworks
have won him many design awards and have been featured on
national television. Forrester art spindles are in high demand
and are collected by spinners worldwide. In addition to making
specialty tools for spinners and weavers, Tom is a sculptor.
His sculptural pieces regularly appear in major Toronto art
galleries and at juried shows. Tom's personal concerns for
the rainforest environment lead him to use only high quality
domestic hardwoods. These are obtained from responsible local
wood supplier whose wood harvestings, milling and drying techniques
he respects |
