Barry Biesanz Explained

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.

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]

Woodturning Press Coverage

• 2006 "Biesanz Turns Out Masterpieces in Escazú" The Tico Times^[14]
• 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]
• 2002 "Costa Rica for Wood Art" Edmonton Journal May^[19]
• 2002 "Plant Tree, Save Culture" Harbour City Star, June 5^[20]
• 2001 "Wood From Start to Finish Stars in Tour," Tico Times, December 14, 2001^[21]
• 1997 "Crafts with the Scent of Wood," Costa Rica Today, Jan 23, 1997^[22]
• 1995 "Un Encuentro Feliz," American Woodturner, September 1995 pg 28 by Connie Mississippi^[23]
• 1995 "Bowled Over by Costa Rica," Excerpt from The Dallas Morning News, August 13, 1995 pg 7G by Terry Hong^[24]
• 1994 "Arbolitos a su alcance," La Nacion Rincón Verde, Viva pg 2 by Vanessa Bravo, October 19, 1994^[25]
• 1993 "Biesanz, A Master Craftsman in Wood" Costa Rica Today April 29^{[26] [27]}
• 1993 "Taipei International Exhibition of Traditional Arts and Crafts: Selected Overseas Exhibits" January 16 - 29th pp 96^{[28] [29]}
• 1993 "Barry Biesanz Master Woodworker," American Airlines Guide Magazine^[30]
• 1992 "Magia de Madera" La Nacion, shopping section, September 15–22, page 8 ^{[31] [32]}
• 1992 "Noted Woodworker Backs Need to Conserve Forests” Tico Times Special Supplement January 1992^[33]
• 1991 "Queen Sofia of Spain buys Biesanz Art, Tico Scene, Tico Times, April 26, 1991^[34]
• 1991 “The Noble Woods of Costa Rica – God Creates Them, Biesanz Works Them”  Join Us – Costa Rica Awaits You Magazine, page 54^[35]
• 1989/1990 "Featuring the Work of Barry Biesanz" International Woodworking, Cover article, Winter edition Vol. VI, No. 1 ^{[36] [37]}
• 1989 "Northwest Highlights" WestArt, April 14, 1989 Exhibition with Moulthrop and Ellsworth^{[38] [39]}
• 1987 "Shopper's World, Costa Rican Wood" New York Times, August 23, page 10012 ^[40]
• 1987 "Shopping for Costa Rican Handicrafts" International Herald Tribune, August 28, 1987^[41]
• 1984 “Barry Biesanz” Tico Times, June 1, 1984 by M.E.Esquivel^[42]

External links

• Biesanz Woodworks – San Jose, Costa Rica

Notes and References

1. Sell . Barry . January 9, 1965 . Detroit Opponents of War Fight School Suspensions . Bring the Troops Home Now Newsletter . 1 . 3 . 13.
2. Web site: Detroit Free Press 17 Dec 1965, page Page 3 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
3. Web site: The Miami Herald 18 Dec 1965, page 92 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
4. Web site: Detroit Free Press 18 Dec 1965, page Page 5 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
5. Web site: The South Bend Tribune 17 Dec 1965, page 1 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
6. Web site: The Daily Sentinel-Tribune 20 Dec 1965, page 12 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
7. Web site: The Holland Evening Sentinel 17 Dec 1965, page Page 4 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
8. Web site: Lexington Herald-Leader 17 Dec 1965, page 23 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
9. Web site: Lansing State Journal 18 Dec 1965, page Page 13 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
10. Web site: Fort Lauderdale News 18 Dec 1965, page 28 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
11. Web site: 'The Teen-Agers,' 1966 PDF . 2023-04-02 . Scribd . en.
12. Book: Winter . Gerald D. (Gerald David) . The young adult; identity and awareness . Nuss . Eugene M. . 1969 . [Glenview, Ill.] . Scott, Foresman .
13. 2005 Woodturning Design Spring 2005 "Barry Biesanz He Found Woodturner's Heaven" by Sandy Gregor Issue #5 pages 32 - 35
14. Web site: The Tico Times 18 Aug 2006, page 53 . 2023-03-31 . ticotimes.net . 18 August 2006 . en.
15. Web site: Woodturning Design Spring 2005 . 2023-03-31 . en . 2005-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050502041948/http://www.woodturningdesign.com/issues/currentissue.html . bot: unknown .
16. Web site: Artist Profile – Barry Biesanz: He Found Woodturner's Heaven – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
17. Book: Christensen, Dale L. . Beneath the Bark: Twenty Five Years of Woodturning . Utah Woodturning Symposium . 2004 . 978-0974978901 . Provo, Utah . en.
18. Web site: The Leader-Post 31 May 2002, page 53 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
19. Web site: Edmonton Journal May 25 2002 . 2023-03-31 . en.
20. Web site: Harbour City Star 05 Jun 2002, page 39 . 2023-03-31 . Newspapers.com . en.
21. Web site: Wood from start to finish stars in tour – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
22. Web site: Costa Rica Today – "Crafts with the Scent of Wood" 1997 – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
23. Web site: American Woodturner – Un Encuentro Feliz 1995 – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
24. Web site: Dallas Morning News – Excerpt on Barry Biesanz – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
25. Web site: Arbolitos a su alcance – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
26. News: Downer . Sorrel . April 29, 1993 . Biesanz: A Master Craftsman in Wood . 8–9 . Costa Rica Today.
27. Web site: Biesanz- A Master Craftsman in Wood – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
28. Book: Executive Yuan . Taipei International Exhibition of Traditional Arts and Crafts: Selected Overseas Exhibits . Council for Cultural Planning and Development . 1993 . 957-8515-94-4 . The Cetra Exhibition Hall at Sungshan Airport, Taiwan . 96 . en, zh.
29. Web site: Taipei international exhibition of traditional art – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
30. Web site: Barry Biesanz Master Woodworker – Guide Magazine 1993 – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
31. News: Gonzalez . Gilda . 15 September 1992 . Magia de Madera . 8 . La Nacion.
32. Web site: La Nacion – Magia de Madera – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
33. Web site: Tico Times – Noted Woodworker Backs Need to Conserve Forests – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
34. Web site: Queen Sofia of Spain collects Biesanz Art – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
35. Web site: Join Us Magazine – God Creates them, Biesanz Works Them – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
36. Knorr . Marge . 1989 . Featuring the Work of Barry Biesanz Costa Rica's Master Woodworker . International Woodworking Magazine . VI . 3 . 4–5.
37. Web site: Featuring the Work of Barry Biesanz, International Woodworking – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
38. Book: West Art 1989-04-14: Vol 27 Iss 14 . 1989-04-14 . West Art . en.
39. Web site: 1989-April-14-West-Art-pg-15-Oregon-School-of-Arts-and-Crafts – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.
40. News: Fleming . Jeanie Puleston . 1987-08-23 . SHOPPER'S WORLD; Costa Rican Wood, Carved and Painted . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-03-31 . 0362-4331.
41. News: Fleming . Jeanie . August 28, 1987 . Shopping for Costa Rican Handicrafts . 7 . International Herald Tribune . April 10, 2023.
42. Web site: Barry Biesanz – Tico Times – June 1, 1984 – Biesanz Woodworks . 2023-08-22 . www.biesanz.com.