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I turned this from some Cherry I cut down in the yard. It was supposed to be stock for turning fruit, but it was so cracked and wormy by the time I got to it, I could only get small boxes out of it.
Body: Cherry
Insert: Walnut, Crape Myrtle, and Cherry
2-1/8 x 2-7/16
Gel Poly finish
Not...
This is one of a signed and numbered series I am doinf from a cherry tree that was uprooted by Hurricane Katrina. It was on the ground over a year and was about to be cut into firewood so I bought the whole tree (16 foot long)and started rough turning bowls when I decided to do a series of 101...
8 1/2" x 6" Driftwood and Cherry. Gesso on driftwood and inside of fungi. Spore stalks are cherry with pyrography. Upper one has released it's spore. Bottom two are just emerging. Inspiration: This evolved from several things over a period of time. First I found the piece of driftwood...
I havent posted in a while, I have been trying some new ogee shapes and I must say some have not been very pleasing. I have difficulty finding the proper transition spot to make a pleasing curve. I think this one works well with the cherry grain. This piece of cherry had so many soft spalted and...
This black cherry bowl is approx. 9" in diameter and was turned to about 3/32". It was then pierced to the point that it became spring-like when compressed. Sorry for the crummy picture, I hadn't gotten a decent camera at this point.
Base, lid and finial -Cherry. Collar - Royal Palm. Box - Jatoba, turned on 3 axes. Finial elements painted and color matched glass beads inset on four sides. Pearl on top. 7 inches tall. 2 inches max diameter.
I don't offend have a chance to turn spindles but my wife's beautiful counted cross-stitch needle work picture needed a frame. Its cherry approx. 17"x32". It was a fun change from bowl, vases, etc.
This is a hollow form I turned from a piece of cherry. I didn't like the grain on it so I coated it with black gesso and then burnished the ridges to make them shiny which makes a nice contrast to the matte finish in the recesses. I couldn't get a good detail photo, but it makes a nice textured...
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