maple

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 :)

Maple bowl that has been carved, dyed and embellished with pyrography inside and outside. Bowl measures 5" X 7".

This bowl is a very old maple burl that was very dry. I had to stabalize the entire piece with thin CA. It was like a sponge!

Big Leaf Maple bowl. The outside of the bowl was textured with a ball peen hammer and burnt with a propane torch. Finished with danish oil. Approx. 6" diameter.

A natural edge vessel-in-vessel turned from a piece of Big Leaf Maple burl. Two bands were turned and pyrographed using a micro torch and pyrography pen. Base: 2 3/4" dia. Overall Height:2 3/4" Maximum Diameter: 13 1/4" Finish: Waterlox & Carnuba Wax

7" Dyed Maple burl vessel

curly maple turned on two axes, carved, and dyed - 15 to 21 inches high - each 'figure' independently rotates at random intervals, a random fraction of one revolution, and in random direction (really need a movie here!).

I've been looking for a while for some suitable pieces of wood for a series of wall hangings. This is the first off the lathe and shop table. This is big leaf maple burl, about 1 1/2" thick. The original theme is based on the idea of a stone tossed into a pool with ripples spreading...

See my site for more/better photos and info. I call this "Neighbors" because my stupid neighbor decided that every tree on his property had to go. I heard the chainsaws and paid off the landscapers to bring me the trunk with the burl and the main crotch. The burl is easily...

Our club presidents challenge of Turn something Weird was last Saturday and this was my entry. Last year during our clubs Spring Retreat which is two days of hands on turning classes and demonstrations, Jerry Bennett did a demo covering design and how to get out of your box. One exercise...

This is Ambrosia Maple 7" in diameter at the rim and 2" at the base. Bowl is 3" tall and has a nominal wall thickness of 3/8". 3 Walnut stitches are in the limb inclusions for strength and looks. Finish is 3 coats of Watco Danish Oil and a top coat of Waterlox Tung oil...

This is a piece of wood I got from a buddy on a woodworking forum I frequent. I think it pretty much qualifies as "curly" maple. :-) It finished up at about 18" x 14" x 3 1/4". The walls are about 1/2" thick. Finish is Antique Oil and lacquer, 3-wheel buffed. The...

This is a piece of maple burl that measures about 6" long by 4" wide. Eggs are turned from cocobolo.

8 x 1 3/4 with 5/32 walls finished in BLO and lacquered, buffed afterwards with Whit Diamond and Ren Wax.

Beautiful grain in both Maple and Walnut - wood salvaged from some of the furniture companies I've worked with. About 4.5" D x 7.5" dia. Any comments welcome.

Thin walled Maple and walnut w/ lots of figure.

This is a second 5"x6" maple vase with the proportions changed for a different effect. Turned green, finished with one coat of lacquer.

Approximately 7" dia x 3" tall. I got (free) a nice little piece of hard Maple with some spalt lines along the edge. I added a Lyptus base to give the piece a little height and color. It is surprisingly stable with the solid Lyptus base. Again, I am a newbie turner so I would...

Small little dish. 5 x 2 1/4 Just a piece I found lying around.

Maple hollow form approx. 9" dia x 2.25" h