ebony

The tall Tower Box turned from Gabon Ebony and dyed and stabilized feature ring of the top. The flat top boxes L-R Buckeye Burl, Maple Burl and Maple Burl stabilized in Ukraine long before the war started. The bottoms of the Flat Tops is Gabon Ebony made from leftovers from other projects.

This is the first time I tried something with a lid of sorts. The finial is ebony and also my first time at turning one. About 9 inches across

So it’s all done. I will be doing a little extra work on the finish i kinda rushed it a bit. I did use CA for the finish in this one. That’s not my go to finish but it works if I had done my standard finish it would have taken an extra week or 2 to finish it up. This is a precursor for another...

Ash hollow form embellished with twisting spiral carving and topped with ebony cap and finial (5.5” x 11”)

5 inches tall

Cocobolo vase (5.5"D x 6" ) adourned with a removable ebony collar and aluminum/cocobolo finial. Overall about 11" tall. All components hand-turned by usual method as previous items. Commments and Critiques are appreciated. www.perfectwoodworks.com

This is a turned off center platter with inlays. The platter is cocbolo. The inlaid black sticks are ebony. The domed circles are 24K gold leaf and are also inlaid.

A shot of the pieces prior to final assembly last evening. This shows the thickness of the vase portion and my ultra high-tech rig. Don't be too jealous. Trying to finish off another piece prior to a show in Blowing Rock, NC on Saturday. Never enough time. I'll post more photos tomorrow...

This piece has a rosewood pinstripe and ebony finial. It's about 10" tall and 4" at the widest. I just finished it this evening and so will take better photos in the next day or so. Comments always welcome.

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT CLOSED END PENS, BEAUTIFUL SOLID BLACK PIECE OF EBONY, NOT A HINT OF BROWN, ALSO VERY OLD PIECE, I HAVE HAD IT FOR OVER 5 YEARS AND MY FRIEND THAT GAVE IT TO ME HAD IT LEFT FROM A JOB HE DID OVER 20 YEARS AGO, YES IT WAS VERY DRY BUT SWEET TURNING, AND FINISHED WITH CLEAR...

Macasar Ebony Box Elder Gold Marker 30" diam. A gift for a 50th Wedding Photo: Arlan Heiser

ring box

Ring box/holder with a little tray

Actually this one is for our anniversary that was yesterday. Maple 6 diameter 1 and 1/4 bowl height and ebony finial 4 inches heigh. With 8 pierced hearts. painted with irridecent acrylics. As always comments welcome . Jeff Greenwood

I haven't posted anything here in a bit, so here ya go. This is my best piece so far IMHO. It's only my 2nd (succesful) HF. Finish is Deft Gloss Laquer, no wax yet. Measures 11" x 8" x 3/16, and the opening is 2.5" (all approx. I forgot to measure, will edit). Not really my...

The finial is a 3 piece w/Ebony and Paduak. 3.5x6.5 I had a "design opportunity." While shortening and flattening the bottom I "designed" a nice little crack on the rim. It now is carved out for a place to put your finger to pry it open. Decent save. The piece was...

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Texas Ebony semi-open form. 4-1/2" x 1-3/4". Sanded to 800. No finish, only buffed.

Olive wood bowl with ebony rim (w/veneer separator)

7" x 3" Ash bowl with ebony dyed and limed exterior. All comments or questions would be appreciated.