hollow form

This vessel was turned from a piece of spalted hackberry and the ring is African blackwood. It is 7 1/2” in diameter and 6 1/4” tall. The finish is a flat acrylic spray.

This walnut root from Brandon city hall was just right for a vase but that rock in the bottom hurt, then as it dried cracked top down. Had wanted to do laces for a while and finally got the chance on this one. Finish is Watco natural with acrylic paints.

I tried to make it look like a hollow for was emerging from this hunk of burl. About 9 inches high, finished with shellac sealer and lacquer sprayed from a can.

This piece was interesting to turn! Hollow goes right through it. Other than the hole in the neck left the cavity natural. Was also one of those pieces shape was determined by the character in the wood. Turning it to the shape I had originally in mind would have removed a lot of the interesting...

This is a hollow form made of maple. It is about 5 inches tall and 3 inches wide and the hole is about 1.5 inches wide. The hole was supposed to be about a 1/2 of a inch smaller but I had a bad catch while hollowing. But in all I think this is one of the nicest hollow forms I have made...

3.5 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide. Old off cut of cherry laying around. Buffed with Beall System only.

Curly Maple Hollow Form with spalting. One of my first hollow forms. About 7 inches in diameter and 3.5 inches tall. Finished with Danish Oil and Beall Buffing System.

This was the largest I've made so far, at 12" deep. Punky spots but not bad enough to get much tear out.

Spalted maple hollow form (box?) with lid. Finished with Odie's Oil. Some repair with Starbond Black in the heaviest spalting. About 7.5 inches tall by about 8 inches wide. Constructive criticism appreciated.

Spalted maple hollow form (box?) with lid. Finished with Odie's Oil. Some repair with Starbond Black in the heaviest spalting. About 7.5 inches tall by about 8 inches wide. Constructive criticism appreciated.

Made from Pear, after turning, piercing, and carving, l tried bleaching the piece, but it just did not have that porcelain look. I sat there thinking about what to do and saw some Milk Paint on my shelf. I gave it a few coats, added a finish, and buffed it slightly, l was pleasantly surprised...

This one goes in the "let's try it" category. I turned wet fir. It was mostly easy. Then, it cracked. So, I inlaid some metal. See next photo. In the Pacific Northwest, we have a lot of fir.

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...

Sycamore, hollowed and pierced. Pyrography and iron paint with rust activator.

Sycamore, hollowed and pierced. Pyrography and iron paint with rust activator.

This is a Hollow form hollowed with the Lyle Jamison hollowing system which I am still getting used to and trying to learn.

Turned, carved silver maple

Poplar lidded hollow form; hard maple finial lid ebonized with black transtint black dye; 10.5” total height, 6” diameter; finished with Watco Danish Oil, Natural color; (Cindy Drozda inspired finial)

Another pierced piece with a salt water airbrushed theme.

Cypress hollow form embellished with pyrography, dye, and acrylics