Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Congratulations to John K. Jordan winner of the June 2025 Turning Challenge (click here for details)
Congratulations to Bobby McCarly for "Hemostatmorphodon" being selected as Turning of the Week for July 7, 2025
(click here for details)
Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.
Open segmented vessel with floating bottom and closed segmented rim. Bloodwood, Maple, Purpleheart, Tarara (Red Canary), Walnut, Wenge and Yellowheart. 12"x12"x12". Rim and base have 24 segments with the body having 48 segments per row. *Wipe-on poly finish
My entry for the Segmented Woodturners pen challenge. It was all going well until I used a 12-ton press to assemble the pen and this happened. Oh well.
Some Jerry Bennett inspiration again...
Inspired by the first wooden satellite sent into space, LignoSat, I decided to make my own satellite. This is zebra wood in a sapele frame on a granite base. It is an interactive sculpture.
This is a pair of segmented, ribbon spheres as described by David Springett in a much earlier issue of...
This is the last in a small series of weave segmentation using cherry, walnut, and yellowheart for the feature ring. Main species of cherry with pau ferro and maple rim. Quite a bit of planning goes into the creation of these vessels and when the geometry is off you can really tell. I think I...
This segmented project depicts a turbulent force engulfing a distant moon. I made the walnut ribbon from 6 bottomless bowls, which I deconstructed and then reassembled into the 8-lobe shape. I sized the ribbon to encompass a 6-inch segmented maple sphere. I power carved and painted the sphere to...
The segmented woodturners chapter has a challenge underway to design a piece incorporating N-generation laminations. A zig-zag is called a 1st gen lamination. If you cut up a zig-zag and reglue it, you get a 2nd gen lamination. This piece is 8" tall and contains one zig-zag and two 2-gen...
Cherry Segmented bowl with maple, basswood, walnut, and chatke-viga. A canary wood rim. 8" D, 5" H. I made this one a bit thicker in the walls to be used and abused.
Walnut bowl from a nice crotch blank a friend gifted me. A segmented yellowheart accent ring was added on the top. Rim is slightly undercut and walls are a bit thicker than usual since I wanted a bit of heft when you pick it up. WATCO Tung oil followed by Ack's abrasive and wax. 6-3/4" diameter...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.