pear

A Live edge lidded vessel made from locally harvested pear wood. Although I do like the design of this box, I feel that with the fragility of the live edge, i don't think it is practical on this container. The finial is ok, I wish i had spent a few more minutes on finishing it...

Turned from Pear, hollowed, and painted by Lisa Rosenmeier in a collaboration.

Sweet Memories Turned from Pear, hollowed, pyrographed, carved, painted, and a touch of gilders paste on top of the carved section. This side shows Japanese women in traditional garb, the opposite side is a Japanese man also in traditional dress, and the other two sides show a Japanese Maple...

"Left Handed Teapot Kyusa" Specially made for those poor left handed people. Turned from Pear, and airbrushed.

"Leapit" Turned from Pear, and airbrushed. A Candian said l should have painted it red, never gave it a thought until he mentioned it.

"Preening Time" Feathers turned from Pear, textured with pyrography and airbrushed. The base is Rosewood Burl.

Turned from Pear. Rattle can finish, giving it a ceramic look.

Turned from Pear. My feeble attempt to make it look like porcelain.

Made this teapot a year ago, colored and pyrographed a design over the body and lid, did not like it, sanded it all off, and put it on the shelf waiting for inspiration. "Live, Laugh, Love" Picked it up a week ago and had another attempt with a different design. Turned from Pear...

"Radiant" a box made from Maple burl, dyed red, yellow, and green. The base and the finial are made from Pear and dyed black.

Bradford Pear, wet turned project. The finish is Danish Oil, 6 coats with a Carnuba and Beeswax topcoat.

Bradford pear, spalted and some curly figure. 5.5x 3.5. It is hollowed through the 3/8 opening. Practicing with smaller openings. I could not measure the thickness of the wall, but judging by weight, I think it is fairly thin. Finish is Waterlox. Criticism or comments are welcome.

Pear Box with Black Walnut Finial. 3 1/2" w. x 6" h. My first experiment with trying a cross grain box. I can understand now, why most boxes are turned end grain. Even though this beautiful piece of wood was thoroughly dry, it still moved and warped slightly and the lid needed some...

View for Ruby Throated Hummer and Flowers.

Collaborative piece for Bill and Denise Tilson by Bill and Diane. The wood is Bradford Pear harvested 1-1/2 years ago, rough turned cored, sealed, bagged and dried. They were finish turned last month and sanded through 400 grit with sealer between coats. The Blackwood piece was turned and...

Inspired by Frank Penta at a workshop,I discovered that these birdhouses are extremely fun and easy to turn. The double perch birdhouse is apple wood, while the single perch house is bradford pear. I used Deft lacquer spray finish especially as the natural bark is rough and would be hard to...

Roughly 2.75"x9.5" ea Blue = eucalyptus & bay, pink = eucalyptus & buckeye, orange = locust & pear Just fun variations on my flower goblet idea.

2.75"x9.5", Pear & Honey Locust. Dyed and painted. The foot & leaf stem is turned from pear while the flower was turned from honey locust then inserted. Carving done with rotary tools. Relieved grain achieved using 3M radial bristle wheels. All comments welcome!

Open form in pear with faint concentric circular swirls on interior suggestive of a Lorentz Attractor phase-space trajectory. High Resolution Image of Interior: http://www.lathescapes.com/HiResImages/LorentzAttractor2.JPG Base Diameter: 1 3/4" Height: 3 3/4" Max Diameter at...

Finish: Waterlox & ArborWax Material: Pear Base: 1 7/16" Height: 4" Max Diameter at Rim: 6 1/4" Wall Thickness: 1/16"