cherry

This summer the projects with the building and landscaping are without end. I want to keep practicing on the hollowing techniques this summer when possible so when winter arrives I havent forgotten how to do it. I had a chance when weather would not permit outside work to finish this little...

first time cutting a rough nat. edge bowl.

seven inch bowl made with black cherry with nat. checks and a burn

Cherry Burl 18" natural edge bowl turned by Bill Collison

Pierced Cherry Natural Edge Bowl.

Cherry, roughed green, dried, and then returned. 4diameterx3.5 high, 9/16 opening, 1/8 wall thickness. Oil-mix finish. C&Cs welcome.

This is from 1/4 of a dry cherry log. Measures 7-1/2" dia. x 10" tall. Walls 1/8" +. Finished with antique oil and buffed.

This hollow form is turned from cherry. The growth rings are interesting and remind me of weathered stone. It measures 8 inches by 6 inches and is finished with Waterlox buffed satin with 0000 steel wool. All comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.

Cherry Burl, vase shape without a foot. hollowed to around 3/32" thick. Used scrap piece of cherry burl to carve the stand.

6" pepper mill made of black cherry

This is the design of a Deep form tea goblet made from domestic cherry.

Cherry Burl Bowl with natural cracks filled with Walnut Dust

Side view of piece.

This cherry hollow form had beautiful grain and color that I really began to see during turning. 4.5"H x 8.5"D and turned to less than 1/4" thickness. This gave it a nice pucker factor during turning. Sanded to 600 in and out, danish oil and buffed. Comments and critiques welcome.

Natural Edge Cherry with Wenge Base.

Natural Edge Cherry. Void from rotten pith. Base is Wenge.

A crotch provides rich grain and much expression. This vase brings various views as it is rotated giving multiple feelings as one views it just like life does. Delight comes from the beauty within the grain as revealed as the natural exterior is removed. One can then only guess what is still...

7" tall olla from Florida cherry crotch, electronically "carved" via Photoshop. I was surprised at the number of people who asked if I was going to put a candle in it!

This was the first of my handfluted bowls. I had been attempting to flute bowls but had been unhappy with the results. In January 08 I attended the Al Stirt class at John C Campbell and Al set me on a course to do much better work. This piece is approximately 14" in dia with 96 flutes.