hollow form

5.5”h x 6”d; finished with shellac and buffed to a high gloss Hard to go wrong with this tone and figure. The opposite side of this piece was very punky and required a lot of sanding sealer to stabilize. Started to worry I was chasing sunk cost, but stuck it out and am happy with the outcome...

4.75”d x 4”h Really pushed myself to keep the opening small on this piece. Learned a lot about tool manipulation, especially the importance of keeping the tool sharp and taking light cuts. Managed to get the walls to about 3/16”…maybe closer to 1/4” at the widest part of the shoulder, as it was...

3.5”h x 4”d Had to cut down our favorite yoshino cherry last year after we saw signs of rot. I turned this piece on a whim, not sure it would stay together if I went thin, but I managed to get the walls to 1/8” and it held like a champ! Sanded the entire vessel, outside and inside, to 600...

3.5” x 3” This was the second of two small hollow forms I was able to manage from an old chunk of applewood burl I’ve been saving for a while. Love how the swirly figure curls up from the bottom and fades into the darker wood near the rim. Finished with several coats of shellac and three-stage...

6” x 4”, flaming box elder burl and black walnut Couldn’t resist keeping the natural edge of this flaming box elder burl intact, so I decided to turn a hemispherical hollow form with a massive void. It wouldn’t stand on its own due to obvious weight distribution issues, so I turned a smaller...

5” x 3” Turned this piece while it was ~20% MC. The result is some nice movement through the neck and a rippled texture along the shoulder. Applied a couple coats of sanding sealer to help slow the drying process and avoid major splits. Two-stage buff: first with brown tripoli and then with an...

4” x 3” Hollowed to about 3/16” thickness and sanded to 600. Applied a total of nine coats of shellac and buffed with white diamond.

4” x 3”, two coats of sanding sealer and buffed to a semi-gloss First time working with California buckeye. A bit grainier than most woods, but I found it to be very easy to turn and sand. Love how light it is; with walls at about 1/8”, this piece weighs in at just over one ounce. Didn’t want...

4.25”d x 3.5”h My 2nd and last chunk of LV from the Panama Canal Railroad. Glad this one made it off the lathe :)

6”d x 4”h

5.5”d x 3.5”h .

Big Leaf Maple with a bit of figure, a bit of spalt, and a bit of added texture. Approx 6”d x 4”h

3.5” x 3.5”; finished with shellac, buffed with brown tripoli and white diamond. When I milled this maple last summer, I saw glimpses of the spalting, but I wasn’t expecting this much color variation. The prominent grays in this piece give it a California buckeye feel, IMO. Was worried it...

3” x 3” Kept things simple with this form; with masur, the grain does all the talking 🤩. Got the walls down to about 1/8" and the weight under two ounces.

inherited this unwieldly oak burl from fellow turner/friend about 4 years ago. continually contemplated where/how to start with it. Inspired by another club member who had a similar piece I finally dove it. I hate roughing out, but everyone of the felt like roughing from start to finish but...

3.5” x 3.5”, finished with shellac and microfine Yorkshire grit, buffed with a flannel wheel Came into a chunk of big leaf maple burl a couple of months back and decided to use it for a series of small hollow forms. I’d recently started using a set of Hollow Pro rocket tools, so it was a good...

8” diameter, finished with Danish oil and buffed with brown tripoli compound The spalting in this piece was fairly advanced, which made the wood slightly punky and challenging to turn cleanly. I knew the bark inclusion would be the star, but wanted a separate rim to create a sense of...

5” x 5” hollow form turned from Claro walnut. Finished with several coats of shellac and buffed with white diamond compound. March 2024.

I attempted to spalt this chunk of pecan but after peaking inside the bag at 3 months and 6 months I detected nothing but large cracks so I gave up. 3 years later cleaning up my storage area I hauled out the pecan and was about to split it up for firewood when low and behold it had spalted! I...

...........Not Apple, of course, lol. Walnut, 8x8 inches Could not bring myself to do any more embellishment than this. I thought "Simple, plain, good wood" and let it be.