Meet the Artist: Parker Curtis

This is the next installment in our "Meet the Artist" article series.

Parker Curtis, WoodMasterCrafts artisan, specializes in turning fancy wood art pieces and useful bowls, vases, platters, candlesticks, ornaments, toys, etc. He aspires to create no two pieces alike, and many unique pieces include natural edges with or without bark.

No dyes or stains are employed and a variety of finishes are used to enhance the natural beauty and figured grain of a variety of wood species native to America and especially Kentucky. 

Parker is a former neighbor and co-worker (at GE) of community member and fellow woodworker George Fackler, who recommended we make contact for this project.  Parker and his wife stopped by Epiphany after attending their church, Watkins United Methodist, to talk about possibilities for Epiphany’s chalice bases.  This was last fall, after the big wind storm.  Parker collected a lot of wood at that time.  Because he has a small kiln for drying wood, some of the chalice bases he made are from fallen trees in our neighborhood.

Below are the chalices that Parker created.  Individual pictures of all of Epiphany's Eucharistic vessels are available in our photo album.