ornaments

A pair of bell shaped ornaments in olive wood. Finished with shellac and paste wax. 2" x 2.5"

For Christmas 2022 I had to give out IOUs for ornaments … finished these a few days before Christmas 2023. Whew! Hollow globes are Maple with Holly icicles, hangers and caps. Textured and airbrushed, acrylic and metallic paints. All are a little different (shape, design, or colors) but...

While I was at the OVWG Symposium, I watched Ashley Harwood demonstrate sea urchin ornaments. Excellent demo and ornament, so, inspired with ideas and plenty of skill I sought out to try them on my own! Here is the result. Green sea urchin ornament with Gaboon Ebony finials. Shell is filled with...

Box elder body and fog wood roof. Turned birds are maple and walnut.

Save your small scraps of interesting woods during the year and glue them together to turn ornaments! These were made for a fundraiser at our local children's hospital but the fundraising event was canceled. Maybe I'll save them for next year (or maybe Santa will deliver a few as gifts this...

Ornamental turned Buttons & Pendants.1" to 2" in size. Various woods, nuts, clay, paper, ceramic & glass.

I must confess........the ornament kits I got at WC was for last year. But I put off turning even though the WC folks printed off the instructions which were very useful. I had no confidence in actually turning wood. I had made some custom fishing rods and made grips and reel seats. These...

I know it's becoming a theme, but here are my most recent ornaments. Comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks for looking!

Materials used in these ornaments from left to right: Spalted Maple/Purpleheart; Tulipwood/Bloodwood; Banksia Pod/Tiger Maple; Maple/Pink Ivory; Wenge/Maple

Presimon, Cocobolo, Pear, Walnut, Bloodwood. All inside out turnings!

Flower Christmas Ornaments tiger maple disk, birdseye maple flowers, blackwood center. Airbrushed dyes and lacquer finish. Modified swivel for fishing line/hook for hanging. About 2"

Oct. 15/08- This set of six ornaments and stand are for a silent auction at our annual Force Gala this weekend. (See www.stopthequarry.ca ) Bell (with Ebony Clapper) and Angel (thank you Eugen Schlaak) are plain Box Elder (Canadian Holly) I processed a couple of years ago from fresh log pieces...

This inside-out ornament was made by placing the four pieces in 4 difference configurations, i.e. turning them four times. Comments Welcome.

Some ornaments I turned to donate to charity.

Merry Chrismas and Happy New Year to All!!!!

1" dia. x 2" long most are holly, a few are Japanese plum. 3/8" maple dowel. Prismacolor markers, spray lacquer.

Here are some Christmas ornaments that I've recently completed. Left to right: box elder with walnut finials black cherry burl with ash black cherry burl with maple black cherry burl with ash black cherry burl with walnut