Bill Karow is a Portland, Oregon woodturner working in restrained forms and the surface character of aging wood. After a 35-year career as an advertising creative director, he turned to a studio practice built on process, material, and quiet refinement. He teaches demonstrations on texturing and finishing.

The relentless insistence of time weathers, erodes, and reshapes what came before, quietly demanding something new.

I'm drawn to wood that already shows that evidence, and I let those conditions guide the decisions at the lathe. The forms stay simple so surface and texture can carry the piece.