hollow form

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

Cherry hollow form is carved to three petals. Originally tried Waterlox which did not work well so started over with Watco

2nd in my "Dream Horses" series. 10" x 7" Sweetgum hollow vessel embellished with extensive pyrography, creating three different scenes going around the piece, all with a different arrangement of horses running. Black leather dye, green dye, acrylics, then Lacquer. This piece has a Greek /...

Osage Orange vase / hollow form. Burned and textured with faux ebony finial. 12" tall

Unknown spalted wood, 5 1/2" H, 5" D, maybe carob wood??

Ambrosia Maple Hollow Form, 5 1/2" x 3"

I acquired some pecan from a prominent potter here in NC - Ben Owen III. His grandfather planted the tree in the Seagrove community and I have been making a small collection of hollow forms from it. This piece was turned from an upper limb section so it still has the pith in it. The pieces...