John Jordan

John Jordan (February 28, 1950 February 28, 2023) was an American woodturner, known for his textured and carved hollow vessels and small necked bottles, his teaching and demonstrations around the world, and his tool designs.

Life John, an artist and woodturner from Cane Ridge, Nashville, Tennessee, had no formal arts education. He became interested in woodworking in the late ’70s, first making furniture and then turned to woodturning in the early ’80s.

Jordan's turned vessels were exhibited in nearly every major woodturning show from 1993 to 2023. He was a very popular woodturning demonstrator and teacher, teaching at universities, craft schools, turning groups and trade shows throughout the US, Canada, the UK, France, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

Publications

His publications include:

Wood Turning (Art of Woodworking), Time Life Education, January 1994 Aesthetics & Properties of Wood by John Jordan - 2 DVD John Jordan: A Turned and Textured Vessel

White House Collection of American Crafts, Monroe, Michael G. Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian High Museum of Art in Atlanta American Craft Museum in New York City Los Angeles County Museum of Art Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte Fine Arts Museum in Boston Detroit Institute of the Arts Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England