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Biography J. Paul Fennell
Born and raised in Beverly, Massachusetts, on the Atlantic coast north of Boston, my earliest
memories of woodworking were as a very young boy, sawing and nailing scraps of wood cutoffs
together in my Dad's basement workshop. And, I will never forget the pleasant aroma of
freshly-cut wood emanating from there. Any further interest in working with wood, however, was
years later as an adult, but the reverence for wood always remained. After receiving BSc and
MSc degrees in engineering from The Ohio State University and the University of Southern
California respectively, I became employed in California as a mission, rocket performance and
orbital mechanics analyst in the Apollo space program.
I was first exposed to woodturning in 1970 through a woodworking course at a local high school
Adult Education program in California. My first lathe project in that class was a small table with
turned legs, which has been in our home ever since.
I am for the most part self-taught, and have focused on the expressiveness of hollow forms for
most of my life as a woodturner.
I presently reside in the beautiful Sonoran Desert, in Scottsdale, Arizona with my wife Judy, and
work in a 400 sq. ft. studio. I am a charter member of the AAW and have missed only one of their
annual symposia since 1987. I was also a charter member of Central New England Woodturners,
one of the earliest chapters to organize under the AAW in 1987. Currently, I am a member of the
Arizona Woodturners Association.
Over the years I have demonstrated at many symposia and local organizations. I am represented
by several galleries, have work in numerous private collections, and several museums -- most
notably the Smithsonian, Detroit Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Yale University Art
Gallery and the Wood Turning Center. See my Résumé for a more complete description.
My other interests include acoustic jazz and classical music, both very enjoyable to listen to while
turning wood in my studio.
memories of woodworking were as a very young boy, sawing and nailing scraps of wood cutoffs
together in my Dad's basement workshop. And, I will never forget the pleasant aroma of
freshly-cut wood emanating from there. Any further interest in working with wood, however, was
years later as an adult, but the reverence for wood always remained. After receiving BSc and
MSc degrees in engineering from The Ohio State University and the University of Southern
California respectively, I became employed in California as a mission, rocket performance and
orbital mechanics analyst in the Apollo space program.
I was first exposed to woodturning in 1970 through a woodworking course at a local high school
Adult Education program in California. My first lathe project in that class was a small table with
turned legs, which has been in our home ever since.
I am for the most part self-taught, and have focused on the expressiveness of hollow forms for
most of my life as a woodturner.
I presently reside in the beautiful Sonoran Desert, in Scottsdale, Arizona with my wife Judy, and
work in a 400 sq. ft. studio. I am a charter member of the AAW and have missed only one of their
annual symposia since 1987. I was also a charter member of Central New England Woodturners,
one of the earliest chapters to organize under the AAW in 1987. Currently, I am a member of the
Arizona Woodturners Association.
Over the years I have demonstrated at many symposia and local organizations. I am represented
by several galleries, have work in numerous private collections, and several museums -- most
notably the Smithsonian, Detroit Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Yale University Art
Gallery and the Wood Turning Center. See my Résumé for a more complete description.
My other interests include acoustic jazz and classical music, both very enjoyable to listen to while
turning wood in my studio.
