Barry Charles Biesanz, also known as Barry Biesanz Hiltunen (born September 1, 1948, in
New Orleans) is a
woodturner who became a Costa Rican citizen in 1998.
Barry Biesanz working on the lathe.
Life
As a 17 year old Detroit high school student, Barry received national press coverage for
protesting the Vietnam war.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]Newsweek quoted him in a 1966 article on "The Teenagers" as saying "I got my hair cut. But now they are regulating ideas and I can't get my ideas cut."[11] Another publication on the attitudes of 1966 teenagers, The young adult; identity and awareness also quoted him on this.[12]
Barry Biesanz moved to
Costa Rica in 1971 and founded Biesanz Woodworks in 1972.[13]
2005 "Barry Biesanz He Found Woodturner's Heaven" Woodturning Design Spring 2005[15][16]
2004 Beneath The Bark: Twenty-Five Years of Woodturning. Christensen, Kip & Nish, Dale.[17] The catalogue of an exhibition at the Brigham Young Museum of Art, Provo, Utah.
2002 "Artisan's Work Prized By Many" The Leader Post, May 31, pg 53[18]
^Executive Yuan (1993). Taipei International Exhibition of Traditional Arts and Crafts: Selected Overseas Exhibits (in English and Chinese). The Cetra Exhibition Hall at Sungshan Airport, Taiwan: Council for Cultural Planning and Development. p. 96.
ISBN957-8515-94-4.
Barry Charles Biesanz, also known as Barry Biesanz Hiltunen (born September 1, 1948, in
New Orleans) is a
woodturner who became a Costa Rican citizen in 1998.
Barry Biesanz working on the lathe.
Life
As a 17 year old Detroit high school student, Barry received national press coverage for
protesting the Vietnam war.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]Newsweek quoted him in a 1966 article on "The Teenagers" as saying "I got my hair cut. But now they are regulating ideas and I can't get my ideas cut."[11] Another publication on the attitudes of 1966 teenagers, The young adult; identity and awareness also quoted him on this.[12]
Barry Biesanz moved to
Costa Rica in 1971 and founded Biesanz Woodworks in 1972.[13]
2005 "Barry Biesanz He Found Woodturner's Heaven" Woodturning Design Spring 2005[15][16]
2004 Beneath The Bark: Twenty-Five Years of Woodturning. Christensen, Kip & Nish, Dale.[17] The catalogue of an exhibition at the Brigham Young Museum of Art, Provo, Utah.
2002 "Artisan's Work Prized By Many" The Leader Post, May 31, pg 53[18]
^Executive Yuan (1993). Taipei International Exhibition of Traditional Arts and Crafts: Selected Overseas Exhibits (in English and Chinese). The Cetra Exhibition Hall at Sungshan Airport, Taiwan: Council for Cultural Planning and Development. p. 96.
ISBN957-8515-94-4.