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Toru III Wood: Black Maire Size: 280mm (11") Height: 90mm (3 3/4") Finish: Haarlem oil then polished with eee This piece is very similar to Toru II but no colour on the natural wood surface this time. I wanted the Maire to show all is colour. The texture is done with...

Leafy Bowl (got to come up with a better name than that!!!!!) Wood: Black Maire Daim: 320mm (12 1/2") Height: 55mm (2 1/4") I don't do many bowls and haven't done one this shape for a few years but I wanted to do a piece using the same texturing technique as my releaf series...

Toru II Wood: Swamp Matai Diameter: 270mm (10 3/4") Height: 85mm (3 1/2") The swamp Matai was probably buried in a swamp after the Taupo eruption, which was about 1800 years ago. The wood isn't the best to work because it is very brittle and smells like a swamp. The piece is...

Releaf IX Wood: NZ Beech species unknown Length: 300mm (12") Width: 125mm (5") Height: 75mm (3") Finish: Pyrography, iridescent paint blue and green. The unpainted wood is oiled with Haarlem oil and will be polished with wax when the oils is hard enough. I started this...

Releaf VIII Wood: NZ Beech sp? Length: 290mm (11 -1/4") Thickness: 4mm First piece for the year! This piece is very similar to my last releaf . Someone fell in love with releaf VII after it was sold at our last exhibition so I suggested I could make another with some changes and...

Abandoned Voyager Materials: Totara, Copper, Flax and Copper Patina Height: 1.5m (4' 11") Diameter: 350mm (14") This piece started off at the same weight as the Lost Voyager as it was off the same tree (90kg just under 200 pounds). This pieced morphed a few times as I wasn't...

Abandoned Voyager Materials: Totara, Copper, Flax and Copper Patina Height: 1.5m (4' 11") Diameter: 350mm (14") This piece started off at the same weight as the Lost Voyager as it was off the same tree (90kg just under 200 pounds). This pieced morphed a few times as I wasn't...

Releaf VII Wood: Swamp Kauri Length: 290mm (11 -1/4") Thickness: 4mm I started this piece at South Auckland Woodturning Participation last month and fantastic event by the way, so a big thank you to the organises. The leaf motif is done with pyrography then airbrushed with...

Releaf VII Wood: Swamp Kauri Length: 290mm (11 -1/4") Thickness: 4mm I started this piece at South Auckland Woodturning Participation last month and fantastic event by the way, so a big thank you to the organises. The leaf motif is done with pyrography then airbrushed with...

Lost Voyager Materials: Totara, Flax, Hebel stone Length: 1.5m (4' 11") Lost Voyager is finished and ready for the exhibition. I took it across the road this morning to photograph it with the lake in the background. Fantastic morning, I couldn't have asked for a better one. The...

Lost Voyager Progress Just about ready to burn it!!!!! No just kidding but I am going to scorch the out side of the piece and the brush the loose stuff off. I decided to cut right through on both ends like fingers, it wasn't balanced with just the back done. I will be binding the ends with...

Lost Voyager Totara Length: 1.5m (4' 11") This is the beginning of the Lost Voyager, when finished it will tie in two themes I'm presently working on, the voyager series and my ragged series but be an outdoor piece. It is for an exhibition myself and a group of friends are having on...

Poise Eucalyptus sp? Possibly one of the blue gums, NZ grown. Height: 360mm (14-1/2") Wall Thickness of vessels:1-2mm (1/6-3/32") Multi axis turned piece. I have been working on this piece for about 4 months off and on. I had intended displaying it horizontally but it is more...

Releaf V Kauri Length: 255mm (10") This is the fifth piece in this series and probably the most organic. The under side of the leaf is carved to match the top. The under side of the bowl is carved as well. After the piece was carved I sandblasted it except for the inside of the bowl...

Ancient Wood: Ancient Kauri (swamp Kauri) Diameter: 305mm (12") Height: 100mm (4") Wall thickness: 8 - 12mm (5/16" - 1/2") This piece started off as a round bowl with a wall thick enough to be carved. I have carved a similar pattern as the crib series but instead of...