maple

9 inches in diameter and stands 3 1/2 in tall. This is my first shot at carving a segmented turning. The woods are sapele, maple and walnut.

The Peyoke Medicine Bowl is a tribal mortar and pestle. A mortar and pestle is a tool used to crush, grind and mix, in this case, medicinal herbs and plants. The mortar, which is almost 6 inches in diameter and 3 inches tall, is the bowl and the pestle, which is just over 5 inches long and 1 1/2...

Birdseye Maple with Ebony lid/finial. Measures 5" dia. x 4-1/2" tall. Dyed with Artisan dyes. Finished with Antique Oil and buffed.

Silver Maple Burl Bowl from Roxborough St.,Toronto. Dimensions: 10 1/4"W x 4"H

Big Leaf Maple burl, pierced, mounted in a piece of California Buckeye Burl. Piece measures 12" across by 3/32" thick

Tiger maple plate is 9 1/2" dia.

Silver Maple Burl Bowl, log recycled from Roxborough Street, Toronto. Very High Figure with Ambrosia & Bark Inclusion. I sealed about 40 ambrosia holes in this bowl Dimensions: 13 3/4"W x 6 3/4"H

Turned 3/32" thick by 20" x 20" natural edge Big Leaf Maple Burl. Had a lot of movement in this piece, plus I was able to capture a lot of color in the burl itself. A fun piece to turn

Red Maple Burl Bowl Dimensions 11 1/2"W x 4"H x 1/8" very thin-walled. 2 coats shellac and 4 coats salad bowl oil.

Silver Maple Burl Bowl from Roxborough Street,Toronto. Dimensions 10 3/4"W x 5"H Ambrosia figure with holes, filled in with dark maple wood-dust. Also filled-in and sealed the inclusion near the top.

This is the next piece in my series inspired by Hubble Telescope images. The hollow form is turned from end grain maple and measures 5.5 inches tall by 4.5 wide. It is finished with aniline dyes and wipe-on poly. All comments, especially critiques, are welcomed and appreciated.

Red Maple Burl - Wide Rim Platter#1091 - Front View. 17 1/2"W x 3 1/2"H

Red Maple Burl Wide-Rim Platter, 17 1/2"W x 3 1/2"H. Log recycled from the city tree dump. next photo shows the front view.

Silver Maple, 22k gold leaf 12.625" x 4.813"

This is the next hollow form in a series that are inspired from photographs taken by the Hubble Telescope. This piece represents the edge of a galaxy. It is turned from end grain maple. It measures 8.25 inches by 5 inches, is finished with aniline dyes and spray lacquer. All comments...

Red Maple Nested Set of 5 bowls. The largest bowl is 17 3/4"W x 7 1/8"H. The log was recycled from the city' tree dump.

The back side view of the hollow form vase turned from end grain maple crotch. It measures 7.25 inches by 3.5 inches and is finished with aniline dyes and spray lacquer. I was trying to emulate images from the Hubble telescope capturing a nebula. All comments, especially critiques, are...

This hollow form vase is turned from end grain maple crotch. It measures 7.25 inches by 3.5 inches and is finished with aniline dyes and spray lacquer. I was trying to emulate images from the Hubble telescope capturing a nebula. All comments, especially critiques, are welcomed and appreciated.

This hollow form is turned from end grain, spalted maple. It came extremely close to the burn pile several times. It was really punky, has worm holes, and moldy. The tear out was nearly impossible to overcome. It measures 7.5 inches by 5.75 inches and is finished with wipe-on poly. All...