CarmieBorn 1958
Antiques
- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Mesquite Ogee Bowl with Turquoise
- 11.5" Diameter
- 2.75" Tall
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Mesquite Closed Form Bowl with Beads
- 7" diameter
- 3.5" Tall
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Mesquite Bowl with Turquoise
- 11.5" Diameter
- 2.75" tall
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Tippy Messenger Box
- 7 inches
- 2.5 x 2
- Wood Turner Turning
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Rustic Mesquite Hollow Form
- Height 4.5"
- Diameter 5''
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Small Mesquite Lidded Box
- Height 1.75"
- Diameter 3''
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Sycamor Hollow Form Red
- Height 2.5"
- Diameter 5.75''
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Mesquite Lidded Finial Box with Turquiose
- Diameter 6.5''
- Height 5.5''
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Mesquite End-Grain Natural Edge Platter
- Height 1''
- Diameter 10"
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Cedar Elm Vases
- Height 15'' x Diameter 3.25 Height 10'' x Diameter 2.75
- Height 7'' x Diameter 2.25
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Cedar Elm Long Stemmed Goblet
- Height 16.25"
- Diameter 4" (Cup)
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Mesquite Lidded Finial Box with Ball Tip
- Height 8''
- Diameter 7.5''
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Large Hackberry Vase, Whitlimig Wax
- Height 12"
- Diameter 6''
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Wood Natural Edge Bowl
- Diameter 8.5 Width 6.75
- Base 3.25
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Mesquite Lidded Finial Box with Point on Top.
- 7-1/8" Dia.x 7-1/4"H.
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Mesquite Lidded Finial Box w/angled tip
- Height 5.5''
- Diameter 6.5''
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- Carmie
- Born 1958
- Cedar Elm Bowl, Southwestern Hollow Form
- 4.5" Ht. x 6" W.
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Biography
CarmieBorn 1958
Wood Turner Carmie K. Acosta was born and raised in San Antonio. By day he works as a synthetic organic chemist specializing in steroid synthesis. His foray into wood turning began in the year 2000 when his father passed away. Growing up, he was surrounded by woodworking and the associated woodworking tools. In his retirement years, his father became a prolific wood turner. While he never actually taught Carmie to turn, he got a feel for it by observing. Upon his death in 2000, his father had a mostly completed piece on the lathe which Carmie parted off and finished the bottom. Prior to that, the last time Carmie had turned wood was 8th grade shop class. Shortly thereafter, he began to turn his own pieces and in no time, became addicted. He works mainly with native Texas woods; mesquite being his favorite, in addition to mesquite, he's worked with pecan, mountain laurel, plum, honey locust, cedar elm, hackberry, Arizona ash, bois d'arc, peach and an occasional piece of FOG (Found on Ground) wood. Most of the wood he turns is salvaged from wood piles or from tree trimmings. The various forms that Carmie turns are dictated by the size of the wood, grain structure and the presence of defects (i.e., cracks, knots, bark inclusions, etc.). These can provide for some very dramatic effects in the finished piece, either alone or through augmentation with a variety of fillers. Carmie finds it particularly challenging to turn pieces of wood that most turners throw in the burn pile. None of Carmie's turned pieces are identical, as no two pieces of wood are the same. "The art of turning is being able to see the bowl or vessel that lies in that spinning chunk of wood."
