Michelle Holzapfel

Michelle Holzapfel is a self-taught woodturner and carver. She creates vases, bowls, boxes, and still life sculpture from local hardwoods like burls, unmanageable crotches, gnarled branches, center rotten trunks that are left behind in the forest after logging operations have ceased.

She attended Marlboro College, and received her BA from Vermont College. Her work can be found in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Mint Museum, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, the Wood Turning Center, Museum of Art and Design, and Rhode Island School of Design, among others.

www.holzapfelwoodworking.com

  • Michelle Holzapfel carving
    Michelle Holzapfel carving
  • Michelle Holzapfel at the lathe
    Michelle Holzapfel at the lathe
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Cushioned Bowl II, 1998. David Holzapfel photograph
    Michelle Holzapfel, Cushioned Bowl II, 1998. David Holzapfel photograph
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Gulliver, 2003
    Michelle Holzapfel, Gulliver, 2003
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Piazza Pie, 1988
    Michelle Holzapfel, Piazza Pie, 1988
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Crazy 8 Vase, Guardian Angel Vase, Gordian Knot Vase, 2002 (l-r)
    Michelle Holzapfel, Crazy 8 Vase, Guardian Angel Vase, Gordian Knot Vase, 2002 (l-r)
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Quercus Vase, 1998
    Michelle Holzapfel, Quercus Vase, 1998
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Domestic Violence #2, 1987
    Michelle Holzapfel, Domestic Violence #2, 1987
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Tranquil Elegance, 2008
    Michelle Holzapfel, Tranquil Elegance, 2008
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Autumn Vase, 2003
    Michelle Holzapfel, Autumn Vase, 2003
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Draped Bowl, 2004
    Michelle Holzapfel, Draped Bowl, 2004
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Birthday Cake, 1988
    Michelle Holzapfel, Birthday Cake, 1988
  • Michelle Holzapfel, Reunion Bowl, 1999
    Michelle Holzapfel, Reunion Bowl, 1999