{"product_id":"painted-vase-by-midwest-wood-art","title":"Painted Vase by Midwest Wood Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003evase was embellished with acrylic paint by Joan Overhouse of Midwest Wood Art in Dubuque, Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: approximately 13.75\" tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLyndal:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI moved to Dubuque in 2001 to live with my significant other Joan Overhouse when I was laid off from my machinist job in Cedar Rapids.  Since my job was moved off shore, I was eligible to go back to school on a federal grant.  I always wanted a college degree, so I decided to become and Industrial\/Technology Education teacher.  I graduated in 2005 from the University of Northern Iowa and started teaching at East Dubuque High School in 2006.  There was a single wood lathe in the high school shop.  I knew everything about turning metal, but nothing about turning wood, so in order to teach wood turning, I knew I needed to learn wood turning.  I took a one day workshop on how to turn a wooden bowl and was hooked.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoni:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am a native of Dubuque.  After retiring from Flexsteel Industries after 35 years I took a class on bowl turning in 2008. I wasn't impressed, so I gave up turning until 2011 when I was talked into taking a class and fell in love with pen turning. Since then I have made pens, seam rippers, cake testers, and just started turning platters. I like making acrylic pens the best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLyndal and I were at the American Association of Woodturners 25th Anniversary Symposium in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2011, touring the vendors area.  I noticed someone demonstrating pyrography\/woodburning and asked Lyndal if he wanted a woodburner for Christmas.  He said \"I guess so\", so I bought one for him.  I ended up being the one to use it and I now do the pyrography and water coloring on some of Lyndal's turnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind more of Lyndal and Joni's work\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shopotlag.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=lyndal+anthony+joan+overhouse\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Midwest Wood Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55486952407331,"sku":"G-28620 #540","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/3349\/0791\/files\/OTLAGWebsiteFillerCard_15add1e4-5c83-43a3-acc8-42d53a94f0bb.png?v=1785514015","url":"https:\/\/shopotlag.com\/products\/painted-vase-by-midwest-wood-art","provider":"Outside the Lines Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}