Ron Kent

In 1975, his wife Myra gave him an inexpensive lathe for Christmas.

Not wanting to seem unappreciative, he walked down to the beach and found a piece of driftwood.

Fitting it on the lathe, he turned a form from it with a sharpened screwdriver.

In 1997, Kent took an early retirement from his financial profession to concentrate exclusively on woodturning.

Kent is best known for his translucent bowls made of Norfolk Island pine.