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This 18" platter started out as a waste piece from a larger blank but I just couldn't let it go. I really loved the grain patterns and when it cracked I used epoxy as a filler. The finish is tung oil.

Navajo ceremonial basket design. The symbol is also used to represent Spider Woman, the first Navajo deity. The basket is twelve inches in diameter and the wood is maple. Pyrography and ink were used to create the basket illusion. Donated to SWAT 2019 symposium and selected as an auction item.

Navajo Wedding Basket illusion is 12⅝ inch diameter maple. The wedding basket is probably the most well known of all the various Native American basket designs. This piece will be part of the SWAT 2-for-1 drawing coming up next month.

Maple natural edge bowl About 8" tall. This piece of maple is beautiful, it has some really nice color in the figured grain, wood from Salem, ma

Bleached maple ball foot stool. 12" seat x 21" high. Through wedged tenons and brass cross pins

Twelve inch diameter maple Native American basket illusion.

Navajo Wedding Basket Illusion, 14½ inches diameter, 2¾ inches high, maple, beaded, burned, and colored in the style of the traditional wedding/celebration baskets. The wood is thin enough that bright light can shine through between the rows of beads. This piece was donated to the Woodturners of...

Figured maple yarn bowl dyed with Chestnut dyes and finished with lacquer.

My first dyed rim platter on highly figured maple. This piece was made in 2010.

Maple sphere and off axis platter. Figured maple colored with TransTint dyes. Lacquer finish.

Dyed rim maple platter 10" diameter. Chestnut dyes and lacquer finish. Rim has embedded copper braid partially turned away to create the pattern. Alternate view to more clearly show the copper braid detail.

My first basket illusion. This was a practice piece. I learned a lot about what does and doesn't work. Maple wood was beaded and then burned to create the basket weave pattern and colored with Prismacolor markers and a clear acrylic topcoat applied.

I have a dear friend that wanted an urn for her dads cremains. We looked at a lot of different designs and she decided she wanted a segmented urn. I had never done a segmented turning before so I began educating myself on segmented turning. After a lot of research I found how to make a sled for...

I acquired this large maple burl about 2 years ago. I sealed it up with Anchor Seal and left in my woodpile until today. I pulled all of the bark off. ( it was all but off already ) and hosed it off. The burl is about 20 " at the widest point. My lathe has a 16 " swing. I am really...

Anyone know how to permanently delete my old posts?

I was browsing through another forum that I frequent and found this video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Is anyone familiar with the gentleman who made the video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qFFS9PsghCI

Figured Maple Hollow Form, turned and carved. The dimensions are 6" round by 2.5" tall, finished with satin polyurethane.

A natural-edge vessel turned from a Big Leaf Maple burl cap with bleached accent rings. The base posts were turned out of Madagascar Ebony and the base from African Mahogany. "Atariak" is Basque for "Portals". Widest diameter:27 1/2" Height (including Base): 25&quot...

From "Symbols of Person, Series 1", this is "Passion." 5 1/2 in. diameter x 1 in. depth, ogee bowl, made from maple burl. Pyrographized, and gilded with 24k gold. Though better seen in person then in the photo, the pyro- work is done in what I call "directional...

This segmented ball is about 5 1/2 inches in diameter and has 416 pieces. All the rings were tapered at one end before I glued them together. The base is carved out of Wenge.