After serving in the Air Force during the Vietnam era I went to College and got a degree in Physical Education. It was during this time that I got involved in woodworking. I was doing photography in High School and learned to do darkroom work while in the Air force. In College I got into photography big time but had to finish my PE degree due to money. Never finished the Mass Communication degree. I worked in photo stores and finished Camera Repair school while working at other electronics related jobs. All the while I had some sort of wood working area. After being laid off several jobs I found the job at Tenn. TEch. University as a photographer. There I ran a full service lab as well as doing all the photos they needed which required a wide range of skills. One of the luckier ones was photographing for the artists at the Appalachian Center for Crafts. This turned out to be very rewarding by helping the students land good jobs, get into the top art shows and I had photos of their work published in many magazines and books. It is also where the turning addiction really took over. The Tennessee Woodturners Association had their symposium at the Craft Center and I was able to attend. The demonstrators were John Jordan, Rudy Osolnik, and Betty Scarpino. How could you not get hooked on turning. So I've been working in wood for about 35 years and retired as a photographer for the University 5 years ago. I turn a little bit of everything but specialize in Hand mirrors which seems to be my Niche. here is a link to my WOW archive photos https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dsj1xg2mwfr20rf/AAArz5TA-YQLu_4iHqZS6xSOa/WoW%20Photo%20Archives/John%20Lucas?dl=0
- John Lucas