Congratulations to José Esteban Cruz"Rocking Horse" being selected as Turning of the Week for December 16, 2024
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A group of boxes I made for my wife and children. The front and right ones were inspired by the vision of a U.S. sailor wearing a "Dixie Cup" hat and dungarees. The left one is my first attempt at a sphere box and the back my first attempt at a deep box. They vary in size from...
This is the 3rd chess table I made. The squares are 2" squared, maple and mahogany. The pieces are maple and padauk with the kings being about 4.5" tall. They were friction polished and embelished with glass marbles. Not pictured are the checker pieces to match. The board is...
This is from my Spring Dance series, call this one Parents First Born; hope you can see why.
Petals of maple burl and birds-eye maple, stems and leaves are mahogany, mesquite base
About 12" tall
Comments +/- are welcomed :)
Swietenia mahogani - West Indies Mahogany
(Florida grown - thanks Ed McDonnell)
9d x 3, BLO then Crystal Clear wax
See next photo for "sweet" figure
Star and Base both turned from Mahogany. 12" tall. 6" wide. Finished with walnut oil. Base is heavily undercut to get the total weight under 4 ounces.
This piece of Mahogany was a gift from a friend in Memphis. It was slabbed after a tornado there back in the 70's. For the contest I choose to try my first burnt rim bowl as I learned the technique from Nick Cook's story in last summer's Journal. I just joined AAW last spring and don't have...
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