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pierced vessel

  1. Gold Relic

    Gold Relic

    Ornate sphere, with walls at about 3/16" thick. Made from a single piece of Bradford Pear (well, two pieces– the cap was parted off and then glued back in after hollowing). After piercing, it was gilded in a metal reactive gold and placed in a Box Elder burl, hopefully to look like a relic...
  2. Back of Wide Pierced Rim Bowl

    Back of Wide Pierced Rim Bowl

    See Wide Pierced Rim Bowl
  3. Wide Pierced Rim Bowl

    Wide Pierced Rim Bowl

    Black Locust Rim and Bowl. Pecan inside coupling. Rim pierced with NSK Proto II and Engraved by laser. Lacquer finish. 9 1/2" across, 4 5/" bowl mouth 1 1/2" high.
  4. It Satisfied My Soul No. 29

    It Satisfied My Soul No. 29

    End grain turned bleached maple, pattern drawn free hand, and made permanent with a woodburning tip. The negative space and removal of the rim was done using the NSK Presto, followed by a LOT of careful hand sanding of all those edges. Color is pearlized blue acrylic, hand-painted. Dimensions...
  5. Pierced Pyrographed Maple Vessel

    Pierced Pyrographed Maple Vessel

    I reorganized my shop and now have space to catch up on photographing some recent work. This is the fourth in my pierced maple series. The pyrographed bears and trees took up most of the space and didn't leave much room for piercing. The inside was airbrushed with silver and then tansparent...
  6. Pierced Pyrographed Maple Vessel

    Pierced Pyrographed Maple Vessel

    I reorganized my shop and now have space to catch up on photographing some recent work. This is the fourth in my pierced maple series. The pyrographed bears and trees took up most of the space and didn't leave much room for piercing. The inside was airbrushed with silver and then tansparent...
  7. Owl vessel with foreground and area lighting.

    Owl vessel with foreground and area lighting.

    Another view of the owl vessel
  8. Spooky Owls

    Spooky Owls

    Thinwall hard maple vessel pyrographed and pierced. I have a lot of fun with backlighting these. The vessel walls are 1mm thick.
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