maple

Another piece in the "Directions" series. The name was taken from the concept of two layers around the curly portions of the maple.

This is a silver maple hollow form which was dyed with aniline dyes and then judiciously sanded. It measures 6 1/2 inches in diameter by 12 3/8 inches tall.

Silver Maple bowl about 10" wide and 3 1/2" high. Walls are a 1/2" thick throughout. Finished with shellac/walnut oil based friction polish to be dry food safe. Holes were filled with epoxy and coffee. Bowl was sold before I could part it off the lathe. Wish that would happen...

Quilted Maple goblet w/ Walnut pedestal. 10" tall x 5" diameter.

16-1/2 dia 6" tall hand sanded to 2500 oil finish Hand carved lettering

First go at multiple centers and I still have all my fingers.

I got this beautiful piece of spalted Maple from another wood turner who has had to give up his country place and move into an apartment. I looked at it, sitting in my shop, for about three months, before tackling it. The problem was that if I made a round platter out of...

Figure preservation was the inspiration to leave the form square.

This is a Box Elder (Manitoba Maple) pot that measures 5 3/4 inches in diameter by 7 1/8 inches tall.

A silver maple pot measuring 6 5/8 inches tall by 7 1/2 inches in diameter.

This is a silver maple pot measuring 8 1/4 inches in diameter by 9 inches in height. Antique Oil finish. The markings on the front remind me a bit of "The Scream" by Edvard Munch.

Pin knot burl maple w/ Natural Edge. 6" dia x 10-11" tall. 1.5" opening. Black Gloss paint, tung oil and wax buffed.

about 4 in. x 6 in. Maple Burl with an Ebony Collar. About 4 x 6 inches. I saw this block of wood at Woodworker's Source but didn't buy it. I went back the next day and it was still there and it came home with me. I could tell it would have awesome figure. Finished with General Finishes...

A silver maple pot from the dead part of the tree. It is covered with insect holes/tracks. It measures 4 3/8 inches high by 6 3/4 inches in diameter.

A silver maple pot measuring 4 1/2 inches high by 7 1/2 inches in diameter. (ratio = 0.60). Antique Oil finsih

This is a fairly traditional style vase of silver maple. It is 8 1/8 inches high by 5 7/8 inches in diameter.

This is a silver maple pot 6 7/8 high by 6 3/4 inches in diameter. Antique Oil finish.

This is a silver maple pot in the southwest style. It measures 5 7/8 high by 6 3/4 in diameter ( ht/dia = 0.87.) Finished with Antique Oil.

This Spalted Maple bowl is approx 12" dia and 2" deep. It's been dyed using red fabric dye, brushed on in about 3 coats. Finish is lacquer.

A silver maple pot about 7 5/8 inches tall. It is finished with Antique Oil. The bottom was round, but a small concavity about 3/4 inches across was added so that it stands upright on its own.