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