Steven Potts is an artist raised in Jackson, Georgia and now residing in the city of Chattahoochee Hills – a community in metro Atlanta, Georgia.

He started turning wood full time about seven years ago, after being inspired by a local artist he discovered on one of his many trips to the North Georgia Mountains. He watched the artist turn for nearly half that day. Afterwards, he ran home and bought a lathe from a local store and rest is history. Many lathes and many tools later, his artwork has evolved into a true talent in the area of wood sculptures.

Steven uses unusual, rare domestic and exotic woods to make his unique vessels. He loves the beauty of classical forms and inlays. He also likes to use a variety of natural ornamentation on the artwork. Exotic wood finials, fossils, minerals, gems, and unusual organics elements from all over the world are used to crown many of his pieces and make them all very special and individualized work. The glasslike finishes on Steven’s pieces are made by using a special lacquer mixture. This finish will not crack, but move as the wood moves, insuring that the sculpture will last a lifetime.

“Turning wood has become a passion that truly consumes me. Every tree, every branch, has a story to tell, and if I can save it to show everyone how beautiful the tree really was - not just what you see on the outside, but on the inside - then I will have done my job. Trees are living organisms that at one time or another had purpose in life. Whether it was to give a family needed shade or animals needed food. So now I can preserve it, and it will continue to live, and show its beauty forever.”

Steven does no harm to any tree to make these beautiful vessels. All wood comes from damaged trees, or from burl growths that are removed from live trees.

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