rosewood

Locust Burl and Rosewood. Love this piece. It's my first off-center goblet.

The colour in this one is amazing, soft very easy to turn, a simple little form. Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood. Its the national tree of the Philippines. It has a few minor...

Ornamental turned box made on the rose engine lathe. Size is 3" in diameter x 4 &1/2" tall. Box is made of Honduras Rosewood, African Blackwood & Pink Ivory wood.

Two years ago I made a smaller version of this piece and entered it into the Taranakai woodcraft competition in New Plymouth NZ in the traditional woodturning section Pieces with less than 10% of the surface being carved or embellished .I pushed the boundaries and added a frame .To my surprise...

Cut a 5 point star from a 7" square slab of Florida Rosewood and mounted it between centers to turn the profiles. Used a 1-3/8 forstner bit to drill the cavity for the Clock Mechanism. Finished with shellac. This is the front view, shot at a slight angle to show the turned profiles. Ed

Something a little different in Santos rosewood with beads running from top to bottom. The box is 2 1/2"tall and 3" in diameter.

A finialed hollow form in redwood burl with an African blackwood pedestal and lid, and a Bolivian rosewood finial. The underside of the surface that the lid rests on has been pyrographed to add a bit of lift to the top of the globe. This commissioned piece was named for the dune-like...

11" dia. x 4 1/2" h. - A simple form with a uniform thickness of about 1/16". This is one of the more "useful" shapes I've done in a while, but it seeemd to go with the size of the blank and the location of the pin stripe. The pin stripe is a 1/12" thick piece of...

East Indian Rosewood with Blackwood. 2-3/4"H x 4-3/4"W (5-3/8"H with the finial). No finish other than buffing with Tripoli and wax.

This little beaded box is turned from Santos rosewood and is 1 3/4" tall and 3" in diameter. The box is finished in wax....

I made these as an anniversary gift for some close friends in Ireland. They are somewhere over the Atlantic as I post this. The goblet is Rosewood and has interlocking rings. The pint glass is Black pasha (?) and Boxwood. Goblet finish is walnut oil and lacquer for the pint. I...

Here is a little box in Santos Rosewood about 2" tall and 2 3/4" in diameter. In the picture it almost looks like it is the same size in both directions...Comments appreciated.

Here is another box in Santos Rosewood which is rapidly becoming a favorite of mine for turning boxes. This box is 2 1/2" in both directions.

Also known as Santos rosewood this little box is 1 3/4" in height and diameter. Turned a little bead on the lid.

Figured cherry with a brazilian rosewood finial 2 1/2" wide x 3 3/4" tall

Florida rosewood, black walnut 9.5" x 11.5"