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platter

  1. Thin platter

    Thin platter

    9in x 6in. x 1/8in. thin curly Redwood platter
  2. Birch platter w/poem

    Birch platter w/poem

    14" birch platter with poem laser engraved. Looking to spring and summer.
  3. Walnut Crotch Platter

    Walnut Crotch Platter

    This was a backyard tree. It seems that urban walnuts typically have a wider colour variation than forest walnuts, at least in southern Ontario. Cut in July 2021, turned green the same month, re-turned February 2022. Five coats of wipe-on poly followed by Beall buff. 18.5 inches in diameter, 2...
  4. Cherry platter

    Cherry platter

    This is a cherry platter, it is about 11 inches wide and 1.5 inches thick and was finished with walnut oil.
  5. picture grain platter

    picture grain platter

    Oak from Tubbs fire Santa Rosa 7" x 1" high
  6. Red Poppy Flowers

    Red Poppy Flowers

    13-inch Maple Platter. The piece was airbrushed with transparent acrylic paint.
  7. Red Poppy

    Red Poppy

    13-inch Maple Platter. The piece was airbrushed with transparent acrylic paint.
  8. Purple Flora

    Purple Flora

    13-inch Maple Platter. The piece was airbrushed with transparent acrylic paint.
  9. Anthesis

    Anthesis

    12.5 inch maple platter with acrylic paint. I had a hard time thinking of a title for this platter. I finally came up with a title that I like. Anthesis is the period during which a flower is fully open and functional.
  10. "Squarish" Platter

    "Squarish" Platter

    A 10" X 10" platter in olive wood. Ron Krietemeyer
  11. Large Walnut Platter

    Large Walnut Platter

    This walnut was sawn in 1990 and then air dried for 31 years. I call it a platter, some a shallow bowl. It is 23.5 inches in diameter by 2.5 inches high. The long period of air drying produced very rich, chocolate brown colours. It is finished with 8 thin coats of wipe-on poly.
  12. Black Lace

    Black Lace

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

    Leaf platter

    Poplar leaf platter, 6”x6”x2”.
  14. Maple Platter

    Maple Platter

    This 18" platter started out as a waste piece from a larger blank but I just couldn't let it go. I really loved the grain patterns and when it cracked I used epoxy as a filler. The finish is tung oil.
  15. Walnut Chip & Dip platter

    Walnut Chip & Dip platter

    This is a 21" diameter piece turned from a locally (Scituate, MA) sourced black walnut tree that was uprooted in a storm. The finish is tung oil.
  16. Cherry with Greek Key rim

    Cherry with Greek Key rim

    Cherry with greek key burned into the rim. 12" diameter
  17. J

    turning LVL?

    Working on adding a beam to my workshop. Today I cut it to length and had a 12 x 12 inch piece left over. Has anyone tried turning LVL? I was thinking of a platter blank which would give me concentric rings. (LVL = laminated veneer lumber sort of like plywood but each layer has the grain...
  18. Black walnut

    Black walnut

    Highly figured platter made from a crotch piece of black walnut
  19. Tranquility

    Tranquility

    My first dyed rim platter on highly figured maple. This piece was made in 2010.
  20. Rings Around Neptune

    Rings Around Neptune

    Maple sphere and off axis platter. Figured maple colored with TransTint dyes. Lacquer finish.
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