Betty Scarpino

Indianapolis, Indiana

Intimate Anniversary

Price: $2,800

Betty Scarpino

Betty Scarpino is an Indianapolis-based turner with a national following. She has been a professional woodworker, specializing in turning and sculpture, since 1982. Her work is in numerous museum collections, including those of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery. She exhibits nationally and has been written about in publications from Fine Woodworking magazine to "Wood Art Today," by Dona Meilach (Schiffer Publishing, 2003). Betty also edits a turning column for Woodworker’s Journal and is a highly experienced instructor.

“My work is fluid, full of life and movement.  Much of it is figurative and has to do with relationships.  I love the richness of wood--it allows for infinite expression of ideas.  It is a warm and responsive material. Working with wood is a vehicle for my journey through life.  As I cut, carve, sand, and texture, I am living my life.  It is a way of uncovering what lies beneath the surface, as influenced by me.  The process of making things is of primary importance.  It is what moves my life along and transforms me as I live and work, all the while discovering much about myself.”

Betty Scarpino