Kade Bolger
Wood Artist
Designer and Wood Sculptor, Kade Bolger, is mastering sculptural carving techniques as he hones his artistic imagination. His unique sculptural style focuses on the story that each piece of wood tells. He examines, identifies and plans a working path to highlight the unique characteristics of the wood then brings it to life in the form of functional sculptural art.
Kade’s wood education began as he carved with his Irish grandfather. He admired the art of beautiful wooden sculptures and registered for sessions on the wood lathe (2011) then connected with local Master Woodturners.
Kade took private lessons with Master Woodturners in Ireland (2016) and the United Kingdom (2018). Kade’s greatest achievements are the prestigious awards received from the Woodturners Guild of Ontario in the categories of Intermediate (2015), Advanced (2016), Masters (2016, 2018) and Open (2017). Similarly, “Incursion”(2016), a live-edge side-grain walnut wing bowl, was chosen as Cover Image for World Of Woodturning website (2016) and, then “! Exclamation”(2016), a live-edge end-grain juniper bowl was chosen for the cover image of Woodturners Guild Of Ontario website (2016).
In October 2018, Kade attended the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain Conference at Yarnfield, England (2018) where his birch veneer wood turned box, “Le Feu”(2018) was chosen for the AWGB Travelling Gallery of 50 wood-turned art objects to be displayed throughout the European Union and the United Kingdom for 2018 – 2020.
In 2020 the Wood Symphony Gallery accepted Kade’s “Sweet Orange” box which was featured in the Exhibition; Inside the Box as well as “Butterfly” featured in the Exhibition; The Art of Giving.
Kade teaches privately in his home studio, demonstrates internationally and is part of several Woodturning Organizations from around the world. Kade displays his work at studio tours, art shows and art galleries. His greatest honour in recent years has been the requests for him to teach and demonstrate to his mentors and peers in the local and regional woodturning guilds. Kade aspires to become a craftsman of distinguishing.
Kade is a Resident Artist at the Scugog Art Space. You can always find his work here at 175B Queen Street Port Perry!
