Ger Vervoort

I'm born in 1950
and living in Venlo, a city in the south off the Netherlands
My basic aducation is
cabinetmaker/carpenter and for some years I was a welder/constructionworker.
In 1990 I took up
woodturning as a hobby.
I'm completely autodidact,
I have learnd it myself by books, videotape's, looking at others en lots of
trial and error.
From the moment I got the
nack, I'm trying to be creativ in making all kinds of turning, like bowls,
vazes, hollow forms and the like.
Most of the wood I get for
free, I barely buy wood.
In the Netherlands we
have a national woodturning association, called "Radius".
I'm a member from 1995 and do regular give
woodturningdemonstrations at the meetings, witch are twice a year.
Some expositions on
witch I took part on are:
1999 In the cityhall of Culemborg, Radius - Betoverend Hout (magical
wood)
2001 In Museum de Groote Sociëteit in Tiel,
Radius - Betoverend Hout (Evolutie en Revolutie)
2003 In Museum voor Oude Ambachten en Speelgoed in Terschuur.(Museum for old
crafts and toys)