dyed

4"w x 3" h. Alcohol based dye.

Big Leaf Maple hollow vessel, bleached and dyed, approximately 6" x 4"

Stabilized and dyed with Cactus Juice

spalted, dyed and stabilized mystery wood

Basket Weave Bowl from ash. Bottom carved, top laser engraved. Dyed with alcohol and water-based dyes. Finished with clear gloss enamel. 14 1/4" diameter, 4 1/2" tall.

6.5"h x 3"d carved by hand with V Tool, Acrylic paint, Alcohol based dye, Wipe-On Poly. I think it is oak.

This view better show how well the Quilted Maple works for water. See, Island on the Sea - Front View, for full description. Turning is about 7" in diameter and 5" to the top of the tree.

Quilted Maple with rounded bottom so it will rock a bit. Island is Alder end grain as the growth rings inspired the shell carving idea. Tree trunk is Curly Maple, painted with black tea (high tannin), allowed to dry and fumed with HOUSEHOLD ammonia in a Tupperware container, left to air out for...

Cactus Juice and dyes. Some natural spalting also

Stabilized and dyed with Cactus Juice

"Radiant" a box made from Maple burl, dyed red, yellow, and green. The base and the finial are made from Pear and dyed black.

Dyed rim maple platter 10" diameter. Chestnut dyes and lacquer finish. Rim has embedded copper braid partially turned away to create the pattern. Alternate view to more clearly show the copper braid detail.

Another view of acorn box with lid removed. Real acorn is from burr oak and is about the size of a golf ball.

Re-shot for photographic lighting critique.

16''X8 Poplar with dye and lacquer.

Maple bowl that has been carved, dyed and embellished with pyrography inside and outside. Bowl measures 5" X 7".

curly maple turned on two axes, carved, and dyed - 15 to 21 inches high - each 'figure' independently rotates at random intervals, a random fraction of one revolution, and in random direction (really need a movie here!).

Here is a box in box elder that I dyed 3" tall and 3 1/2" in diameter that was cut slightly off vertical. The dye showed up some curl that was barely visible before the coloring process.

After seeing all the dyed items lately I had to finally try it for myself. I have some small black ash cores from bowls that I had saved for enhancement practice and I felt these would be good for dyeing. This 6.5x2.5 bowl was dyed with Sumi ink, sealed with oil finish and then a coat of...

This peice was inspired by a thread on one of the wood forums a number of weeks ago about dyed pieces, including a significant link to Micheal Allisons work. It's a piece of lightly spalted maple that I dyed using transtint (red, black & yellow) mixed with water then sprayed by a Harbor...