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Fredy Koll

  • Woodturner
  • Graz, Austria
  • Rising Star
Fredy Koll Woodturner
Contact
German, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+43 6642134864
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Moving with the times

  • • Fredy grew up around woodworking
  • • He finds inspiration in working with sustainability as a focus
  • • Woodturning is his second career

Fredy Koll has a philosophical approach to life: he sees himself as upholder of a craft that strips time away from today’s fast pace. Sustainability considerations have become more vital in recent times and it was natural for Fredy to start upcycling and mixing his woodwork with glass and other recyclable materials. To create new vessels, for example, he cuts empty wine bottles, grinds and polishes the rim, and adds a turned wooden lid and handles. Fredy found his passion for woodwork alongside his father, a cabinetmaker. As a child, Fredy often joined him in his workshop. However, he honed his skills as a woodturner by attending courses with master woodturners. Leaving a career in IT behind, Fredy’s hobby eventually turned into a career and his dream of running a small but excellent woodturning workshop came true.

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Works

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Box made from local wood

This is a small polished, turned box. The lid and lid handle were turned from one piece of walnut wood.

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Trio of different woods

Turning a sphere from wood is the dream of many wood turners. The spheres here showcase the grain and tones of the wood structure through their shape and polish.

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Exotic wood box

This is a turned box. After sanding, the wood was polished with a single-layer surface agent to emphasise the structure of the microberlinia tree wood that was used.

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Wooden bowl

This turned bowl was made with slightly damp wood. With wet turning, the wood's drying phase determines the bowl's final shape. The black ring on the edge is achieved through friction during polishing.

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Bowl

This bowl was turned the day after the tree was felled and then slowly left to dry. Because the wood contracted during this process, the bowl lost an ingrown knot. This was decoratively tied to the bowl. The piece was finished with oil wax.

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