Scott Strobel has been turning wood since he took wood shop in high school.
He has a particular love for making objects from trees with a history and a place in the community. He started turning wood from Yale trees in 2009. Objects made on his lathe have found their way around the world. They have been presented to more than a dozen heads of state, several university presidents, authors, actors, dignitaries and various members of the Yale community. His favorite bowl, made from the Ginkgo tree in the courtyard of Timothy Dwight College, is now part of the Yale University Art Gallery permanent collection. He presented his work at the Gallery as part of The Conversations with Wood exhibit. Articles about his work have been featured in American Woodturners Associate Magazine, Woodshop News, the New Haven Register, the Yale Daily News, the Yale Herald and the Howard Hughes Institute Magazine.