Roy Glazier, a Utah native and award winning wood artist, has been interested in creating art since he was a young boy. His particular interest has been wooden art form, from creating end tables and a coffee table in junior high wood shop classes, to curio cabinets and awards in carved grandfather clocks. Roy has honed and broadened his wood carving talents,
Roy takes a more traditional view on his carved pieces and leans toward the Victorian and old European styles. He feels he's done the job well if someone asks him, "How old is that piece?"
Roy has created countless curio cabinets for friends and associates. He was asked to donate one to Utah's "Festival of Trees", a charitable holiday event whose proceeds go to help Primary Childrens Hospital. A festival patron saw Roy's work and commissioned him to do a twin towered castle curio cabinet with a connecting bridge. The resulting artwork was double curio cabinets topped with castles that stand at either side of the front door of the home, and are connected overhead by a suspension span bridge.
One of Roy's passions has been clocks. He finally decided it was time to try and build a Granfather clock. He entered the clock in a regional carving contest and won a ribbon. That was the confidence boost he needed. Roy now carves murals, fire place mantels, chests, keep sake "book" boxes, and curios along with Grandfather clocks. His latest creation is a free standing double faced clock. His future plan is to create a Cheval mirror/jewely armoire.
Roy is known for putting all of himself into his carving, he has a unique style and an eye for detail. All pieces are custom made and no two will ever be alike.
When someone looks at Roy's work and says "What a beautiful family heirloom!" It gives him a sense of pride in a job well done, and makes the long hours and work well worth the effort; as that was his goal in the first place, to create a lasting family treasure.
