Eucled Moore was born in 1955 in Abilene, Texas. His father was a Baptist minister. When Eucled was 13 years old his family moved to Tanzania to work as missionaries. While in East Africa he attended a boarding school for the children of missionaries located in the Rift Valley of Kenya. It was in wood shop at this school that Eucled first worked on the lathe. The lathe quickly became his favorite machine in the shop.
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When Eucled graduated from high school in 1973 he returned to the United States to enroll in Baylor University in Waco, Texas. After two years at Baylor he left the university to go to work. One of his first jobs was doing production turning of candleholders and lamps out of mesquite for a small company in Texas. He eventually went to work in the construction industry in Houston. Eucled started doing general carpentry but quickly moved to doing cabinetry and furniture for a company there in Houston. In 1984 he moved to Austin and continued building cabinets and furniture as an independent contractor. During this time in the construction industry Eucled continued to turn for fun and the occasional furniture part.
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In 1986 Eucled read an article about segmented turning and decided to give it a try. Up until this time, he had only done turning between centers. This was his first time to turn using a faceplate. This was the start of a new career turning segmented bowls and vases. Soon Eucled started to sell his turnings in galleries across the southwest part of the US. As the turnings began to sell Eucled did less and less cabinetry until he was turning full time. In 1989 he was making his living solely from his turnings. In this same year Eucled moved his shop from Austin to a small colonial town in the mountains of central Mexico called San Miguel de Allende. He continues to live and work in San Miguel and sells his work in the United States.
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Major Collectors:
Dr. Irving Lipton • Van Nuys, CA
Robert Bohlen • Brighton, MI
Martha Dickie/James Radar • Austin, TX
Randy Antik • Dallas TX

Museum/Gallery Collections:
Detroit Institute of Art
     -Bohlen collection
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Publications:
Southwest Art Magazine, July 1988
Southwest Art Magazine, July 1991
Southwest Art Magazine, September 2001
Woodwork Magazine, Summer 1990
Vogue Magazine, Mexico, July 1992
Vogue Magazine, Mexico, September 1992
Veranda Magazine, November-December 2000
Carol Duval Show, Home and Garden Cable Network
     -episode #605