• December Turning Challenge: Tree! (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to José Esteban Cruz"Rocking Horse" being selected as Turning of the Week for December 16, 2024 (click here for details)
  • Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.

pyrography

  1. Shades of Fall

    Shades of Fall

    “Shades of Fall” is 12H x 7W. It is made from Pau Marfin with pyrography and Transparent Acrylics. The “wall side” is Chakte Viga.
  2. Pathways

    Pathways

    This came about after a session of pyrography and rotary tool use over a rim that had been textured previously with a router jig that cut the tapered blue flutes. The name Pathways came to me some days later. It was so enjoyable spending the time on this - more will come, I'm sure! The wood is...
  3. Tribal sphere

    Tribal sphere

    Maple sphere 5 1/4” in diameter with pyrography embellishment.
  4. Maple Vase

    Maple Vase

    Maple vase with pyrography and some laser. I did use some epoxy in an area that I created. However it would have been just fine without it. I only planned to do a small amount of pyrography on the base, but it just keep looking unfinished and kept doing more and more. I added the flowers (laser)...
  5. Bowl of the winds

    Bowl of the winds

    Maple bowl, 12" x 5" Pyrography band with friction burned rim. this bowl was twice turned, the moisture content on the second turning was about 30% then I microwaved it.
  6. Klauth

    Klauth

    Bradford Pear, Black Cherry, leather dye, acrylic paints, magnets; 4.5"l x 3"w x 5"h. I turned, pyro textured, carved, charred, and painted the egg, and turned, carved, and charred the base. This is for a friend--I'm trading with him for a bunch of coffee beans. Re. the name, Klauth is a dragon...
  7. Going Fishing

    Going Fishing

    Going Fishing is my contribution to Wood Symphony’s “Small Treasures” 2024 exhibition. Small Treasures is one of the oldest wood turning exhibitions and for many of us the premier event of the year. Going Fishing follows my creekside series and includes a Belted Kingfisher, Black-Crowned Night...
  8. Wig Stand with Spiral Pyrography Embellishment

    Wig Stand with Spiral Pyrography Embellishment

    Spiral pattern that adheres closely to the Fibonacci sequence to a wig stand. Wig stand will be donated to the MSWG Wig Stand Initiative To see a video on how I made the spiral pyrography embellishment go to https://youtu.be/jfds3y_pwUE
  9. Pierced Butterfly Bowl

    Pierced Butterfly Bowl

    This 7 by 4 inch thin-wall maple bowl has two Monarch butterflies hovering around a milkweed flower. The butterflies are done with Derwent Inktense pencils and the inside is silver blue acrylic. The natural figure of this end-grain maple bowl is highlighted by piercing every second growth ring.
  10. Roots n Shoots

    Roots n Shoots

    9.5 inches tall Aspen
  11. Creekside

    Creekside

    Creekside is the latest in my nature series. Birds are a favorite subject of mine which complements my birding hobby. Each piece in this series displays a further refinement of the subjects as I become more familiar with the use of Faber-Castell Polychromos colored oil pencils. The birds and...
  12. Pili

    Pili

    Eastern Red Cedar endgrain calabash form with a tiny foot for added lift. 6.25" diameter x 5.75" height. Turned, carved (rim), and woodburned. The interior is ebonized. Pili (singular pilus) is the technical term for the hairs found on bacteria (and humans, among other things). They serve...
  13. Navet Noir

    Navet Noir

    Navet Noir (Black Turnip), 4.5”d x 3.5”h. I started this piece earlier this year for demos. Each “section” showed a different stage of the embellishment process. Friday morning I decided to finish it up to bring to a show that was opening that evening. I’m glad I did because it sold in the...
  14. "Flower Vase" series #20

    "Flower Vase" series #20

    Cottonwood 12.75 x 6.75 inches #20!!! I am surprised I even made another, they really kick my butt...oof!
  15. Collaboration with Time and Elm

    Collaboration with Time and Elm

    Sugarberry egg on African Blackwood stand. Egg is embellished with acrylic paints, India ink, pyrography texture, and finished with rattle lacquer. Stand is finished with hemp oil. 7”h x 4”d. This is a special time capsule piece—story in comments.
  16. Coral Vessel

    Coral Vessel

    This hollow form vessel was turned with 1/2" wall thickness. It was then carved with a Fordom and Micromotor tools. After the final shape was achieved the surface was burned with pyrography pen followed by India ink and blue gray colors applied with a dry brush technique. The vessel is 6" tall...
  17. Autumn Vase

    Autumn Vase

    Cottonwood, 11 inches tall
  18. Spalted elm moon bowl.

    Spalted elm moon bowl.

    Outside of Spalted elm bowl with carved craters accented by pyrography. Gloss enamel finish. 8 1/2" diameter , 2 1/2" tall
  19. Spalted elm moon bowl.

    Spalted elm moon bowl.

    Inside of Spalted elm bowl with carved craters accented by pyrography. Gloss enamel finish. 8 1/2" diameter , 2 1/2" tall
  20. Shapeshifter

    Shapeshifter

    Cherry wood, pyrography, acrylic paint, 8 3/4” x 13” x 12 1/2”.
Back
Top