oak

A gourd-shaped hollow form fashioned out of a piece of white oak crotch wood. Base: 2" dia. Height: 8" Maximum Diameter: 7 1/4" Max Diameter at rim: 3 3/8" Wall Thickness: 1/4" (typ) Finish: Tung Oil. Carnuba Wax

24" x 12" x 3" and 4" sphere Photo Arlan Heiser

20" x 12" x 3" and 5" sphere some kind of oak...Great story getting the oak which I now have a lot of...Had to climb a severe slope to get to it...The deer evidently would mark this tree with their urine creating awfull smelling sawdust..Completely destroyed the...

Detail of the Oak Root bowl - pretty weird, huh?

My wife saw a guy taking this tree down and was going to leave when he said it was oak, but she got him to cut a piece of the root for me. It was about 12" in dia; and produced some of the strangest grain I've ever seen. The bowl is about 9" in dia x 10.5" high. It was pretty...

This has to be one of the prettiest pieces of timber I have turned 150mm diameter 2mm thick Bull Oak Comments appreciated

6 X 3 1/4. wWalls are 1/4" thick except at the opening area. Left it just a hair thicker.

Black Oak, 6"x4-5/8" ea

This was a beautiful chunk and it had a flat that I didn't want to remove, as it would have taken out most of the form, so I worked it into the shape. I was pretty happy with the result and was sad that it found a new home before I had a chance to take some good photos.

My most recent series of flower goblets. From left to right the flowers are tan oak, eucalyptus, apple. The stems were turned and carved from bay. Dye and acrylic paints used for the finishes. Let me know what you think.

Red oak finished with teak oil. 8 in. tall,base 3 in. wide, rim 6 in. wide.

7in. by 7in. wide, 1 5/8in tall little under 1/8in. thick. Finished in teak oil. I like the spiraling circular grain of this quarter sawn oak.

11 3/4 in. tall, 5 1/2 in. wide, spalted willow oak crotch wood, solid form. Source: fire wood pile. Beautiful hunk of wood!

A hollow form in white oak turned from a piece of the historic Wye Oak. Background information on this famous tree can be found in the description section of an earlier piece that I posted on the AAW Photo Forum at: http://www.aawforum.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1197&ppuser=391...

I needed a base to mount my carving on, so I design this. It is in two pieces. The top rotates, powered by a music box movement.The bottom section is 8" in diameter.

This is my own design. I call it a Waterfall, because it displays like a waterfall.

5' X 6" Waxed finish

A simple vessel in Wormy Chestnut Oak. This piece shows the intricate medullary ray patterns typical of the oak family. Base Diameter: 1 5/8" Height: 3" Max Diameter: 6" Diameter at Rim: 5 1/8" Wall Thickness: 1/8" (at rim) Finish: oil & wax

8-1/4"x 2-1/4" Oak, Ash, Tung oil stain, Acrylic paint The foot and leaf are oak, the stem and cup are ash. Foot and leaf were turned and carved. Stem and cup turned and inserted.

Cork Oak, approx. 7"d x 6"t This is a fun wood to work with; quite unique bark. If you ever get a chance to get your hands on some, give it a try.