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Used my Nova Ornamental Turner to create the ornament body and detail on the drop spindle. Just had an idea I was playing with last night while my student worked on her own turning. Really pleased overall. I believe the body is stabilized cottonwood and I know the cap and drop spindle are...

I turned this bowl using the long-tenon method, kicking it off-axis to turn the inside portion of the bowl. I then turned two additional facets on the outside to catch the light at different angles. The rose engine accents were turned on my MDF Rose Engine 2.0 while the bowl was off-axis. The...

I turned this bowl using the long-tenon method, kicking it off-axis to turn the inside portion of the bowl. I then turned two additional facets on the outside to catch the light at different angles. The rose engine accents were turned on my MDF Rose Engine 2.0 while the bowl was off-axis. The...

4"x3"

Inspired by my wife’s lace making experience. Embellished with a (long discontinued) Nova Ornamental Turner. Maple, 11” diameter.

I am a getting ready to embark into Ornamental Turning & am looking for people in the Columbus / central Ohio area willing to share knowledge. I am looking to build my own system and looking for advice. Rich

Lidded Box 2-5/16" x 2-3/4" Ornamental Plum box with Spalted Dogwood and Crape Myrtle Inlay. Gel Poly The inlay was inspired by a Dick Sing Demo, and the spalted dogwood was provided free by a vendor at a local symposium. (Thanks Mike!) I cut down the diseased Ornamental Plum...

Lidded Box 2-5/16" x 2-3/4" Ornamental Plum box with Spalted Dogwood and Crape Myrtle Inlay. Gel Poly finish

Some detail shots of the ornamental turning. The one on the left is the body, looking into the box. The one on the right is the inner lid detail. Note the spiraling pattern around the circumference of the pattern on the inner lid. This was a tool mark and I left it in because I like it...

This is the climax of my pocket box series. The outside is smooth and plain, and the inside features some of my rose engine turning. The idea behind this box is to create a box for the sole purpose of containing it's own design. In the words of Jeff Lavine "to keep the inside in and...

Here's a "pocket box" with some different wood. I really like how ornamental turning looks with africian blackwood. For those of you who havn't read the description of my first "pocket box", Here's the basic idea: My goal is to make a box with precious contents...

I just love making boxes. I am intrigued by the idea of a "surprise" when they are opened. I guess you could say I'm obsessed with interior decorating at the moment. I like the idea of making a box with precious contents intrinsic to it's self. This box exists only to hide...

This is the largest vessel I've done ornamental embelishments on. The diameter at the thickest point is aprox 4". This "jar" is made of maple, bloodwood and blackwood. The finish is walnut oil, wax, and lots of buffing/ hand rubbing. Around the body I cut 60 indexed...

A box turned on my Rose Engine Lathe. Mahogony and Walnut. 3" wide. Finish is walnut oil and wax. Buffed to a low sheen, and hand rubbed with 'lots of love. I was shooting for a natural finish with a patina. I want the finish to look like the box has been handled for many years...

Another ornamental box. The leaf pattern is 100% turned (not carved). It is repeated 4x around. Each repeat is perfectly indexed and EXACTLY the same ... believe it. This was done on my home made rose engine lathe. It's cocobollo and blackwood with a small glass finial. It stands only...

only 3" tall. Cherry, bloodwood and blackwood. Features a small glass bead as a finial. The blackwood insert is an example of ornamental turning. The finish is oil and wax

A small walnut box (4' tall) finished with oil and wax. The insert is african blackwood.

"Woodland Droid". 7" tall. Wipe on Poly finish for the body, and wax finish for the finial. Wenge, Walnut, Bloodwood, Aluminum and Blackwood. The blackwood finial features 6 indexed "cones in valleys". I call this one "woodland Droid" because the aluminum...

Apple, Mahogony, Blackwood, and Vera wood. Stands 9.5" tall. Sanded 1500. Finished with danish oil, wax, and plenty of buffing. The ornamental finial features 12 flutes, a "flower" pattern repeated 4X and 4 repeated indented cones at the top. Thanks for looking! Henry