Instructor

Born and raised in Tennessee, Elizabeth first specialized in engineering, earning an M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She began woodworking in 2015. Her early projects included several pieces of furniture in the Arts and Crafts style. She eventually turned to smaller objects and now specializes in bowls, spoons, and boxes. Her work ranges from simple forms with natural finishes to highly carved and painted forms that emulate natural motifs. Elizabeth teaches woodturning and carving around the country at schools including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee, John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and Port Townsend School of Woodworking. She is president of her local woodturning club, the Seattle Woodturners. She was awarded the American Association of Woodturner’s 2023 Professional Outreach Program’s Artist Showcase and was featured on the cover of American Woodturner in January 2024.