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  1. "Flower Vase" series # 10

    "Flower Vase" series # 10

    Maple, 8 inches tall
  2. Spalted Porcupine

    Spalted Porcupine

    "And now for something completely different." Trying something new. Uprights are South African Porcupine quills. (NO PORCUPINES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS VESSEL, WOODTURNERS ON THE OTHER HAND...) I think the wood is Hickory? I was helping Binh clean out a storage space and...
  3. Little Wind Hollow Form

    Little Wind Hollow Form

    Figured Maple Hollow Form, turned and carved. The dimensions are 6" round by 2.5" tall, finished with satin polyurethane.
  4. hughie

    how do you sand here??

    Here a question for the hollow vessel experts and any body else I guess as well Until recently I have nearly always turned larger vessels ie 1-14"+ in dia with fairly wide mouths, of which allows me good access for sanding. But now I have embarked on smaller dias around 4-6" with much...
  5. Ambrosia Maple Group

    Ambrosia Maple Group

    All made from the same tree but not the same log section. From the left rear; 10" wide x 7" high, oiled and buffed with carnauba wax. 8" wide x 10" high, oiled and buffed with carnauba wax. 6.5" wide x 10" high, no oil, finished with lacquer. From left...
  6. Sugar Maple Vessel

    Sugar Maple Vessel

    The size is 10" wide x 7" tall. It's finished with my oil mix and buffed with tripoli and carnauba wax. Comments are welcomed.
  7. What You Might Find

    What You Might Find

    Made from Red Oak. It's about 7" tall x 6" wide. Blackened with India Ink, burnished and everything was coated with Danish oil and buffed.
  8. Triggerfish

    Triggerfish

    Triggerfish Triggerfish was hollowed from a piece of Canyon Oak and was designed to showcase this wonderful material. The wood grain for Triggerfish is parallel to the axis as on a spindle turning. Triggerfish's name and form were inspired by a very tasty lunch I had down on the Baja...
  9. English Walnut Vessel

    English Walnut Vessel

    This is my first post on the AAW website. I post regularly on WOW and I thought I would share my work here too. This wood came from a tree that was cut down in a friends yard and saved for me. At first, I thought it might have been a Butternut tree due to the large amount of sapwood in the...
  10. 'In Our Grasp'

    'In Our Grasp'

    This piece is a quilted maple hollow form, carved with a wood burner, 12 coats of acrylic paint sponged and brushed in. The base is a carved piece of Norfolk Island Pine. This is my latest piece of my 'Why Series'
  11. Elm burl form

    Elm burl form

    This is a 12" wide by 4" tall elm burl hollow form, with an 8" maple finial. Comments and critiques welcome.
  12. Sugar Maper Trio

    Sugar Maper Trio

    These pieces came from the same log sectiion. The sizes are: Front - 6" dia x 6" tall Left - 10" dia x 9" tall Right - 8" dia x 12" tall They are finished with my oil mix and buffed with tripoli and carnauba wax.
  13. Bradford Pear Hollow Form Side 2

    Bradford Pear Hollow Form Side 2

    Bradford Pear, wet turned project. The finish is Danish Oil, 6 coats with a Carnuba and Beeswax topcoat.
  14. Poplar Study 4

    Poplar Study 4

    This study was turned twice, carved, textured and colored by brush with acrylics. Colors were layered and sanded back to achieve what you see. The inside was dyed with black India ink. A clear coat was sprayed over everything. After a couple days it was lightly buffed with soft wax. The size...
  15. Poplar Study 3

    Poplar Study 3

    This vessel was turned twice, carved, branded and buffed with wax. The size is 5" dia x 6" tall.
  16. Poplar Study 2

    Poplar Study 2

    This piece was turned twice, carved, branded and buffed with microcrystalline wax. The size is 5" dia x 6" tall,
  17. Poplar Study 1

    Poplar Study 1

    This is the first piece in this study. It was turned twice, carved, bleached and buffed with white diamond and carnauba wax. The size is 5" dia x 6" tall.
  18. Sunrise

    Sunrise

    Many thanks to Joe Landon and Chris Pytlik for the inspiration on this first attempt at dying a vessel. Other than the funnel redesign, where I added a small ebony base, this maple HF went along pretty smoothly. About 6" tall and 7.5" wide, it was sanded to 1200, dyed and lacquered...
  19. Puriri Seed

    Puriri Seed

    Puriri ,in the shape of the fruit or seed I used the real leaves as patterns and carved negative spaces lacquer finish
  20. Shedua box...full bodied...

    Shedua box...full bodied...

    Here is a shedua box in a slightly fuller form than I normally turn at 3" tall and 3 3/4" in diameter.
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