segmented

Inspired by the first wooden satellite sent into space, LignoSat, I decided to make my own satellite. This is zebra wood in a sapele frame on a granite base. It is an interactive sculpture. This is a pair of segmented, ribbon spheres as described by David Springett in a much earlier issue of...

Small maple bowl with maple, walnut and cherry feature ring. Granadillo rim. 6.5"D, 2.75"H. Inspired by a vintage Tunbridge Ware box.

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

Small erratic bowl using cherry, maple and a saplele rim. 6.5" D, 4.25"H

This is the last in a small series of weave segmentation using cherry, walnut, and yellowheart for the feature ring. Main species of cherry with pau ferro and maple rim. Quite a bit of planning goes into the creation of these vessels and when the geometry is off you can really tell. I think I...

Segmented bowl based upon a Rude Osolnik form. Cherry, Walnut, Maple with Pau Rosa rim. 7.25"D, 5.25"H

View from the top showing texturing details.

This segmented project depicts a turbulent force engulfing a distant moon. I made the walnut ribbon from 6 bottomless bowls, which I deconstructed and then reassembled into the 8-lobe shape. I sized the ribbon to encompass a 6-inch segmented maple sphere. I power carved and painted the sphere to...

The segmented woodturners chapter has a challenge underway to design a piece incorporating N-generation laminations. A zig-zag is called a 1st gen lamination. If you cut up a zig-zag and reglue it, you get a 2nd gen lamination. This piece is 8" tall and contains one zig-zag and two 2-gen...

Cherry Segmented bowl with maple, basswood, walnut, and chatke-viga. A canary wood rim. 8" D, 5" H. I made this one a bit thicker in the walls to be used and abused.

Cerejeira Bowl with Avodire, walnut, cherry, and leopardwood rim. 7-3/8" D 4-1/4" H. Big brother to Canary wood Ribbon.

10 stave maple bowl with black palm accents. 8" diameter, 4" H

Small flame maple vanity box. Birdseye maple inlay on button lid. 10 staves capped with 20 segment rim. 3.25" D, 3" H

Mesquite, Walnut, Maple, Chatke-Viga. 8.5 diameter, 7.5" tall

Walnut bowl from a nice crotch blank a friend gifted me. A segmented yellowheart accent ring was added on the top. Rim is slightly undercut and walls are a bit thicker than usual since I wanted a bit of heft when you pick it up. WATCO Tung oil followed by Ack's abrasive and wax. 6-3/4" diameter...

51705 pieces of oak, chestnut, afzelia, padauk, wenge and meranti.

Walnut and Curly Maple 19.5" x 14" x 5"

102 rows, 180 pieces. bottom 96 pieces

Vases turned for holiday gifts. The body is Maple, the slanted feature ring is Acacia and Birch. These are 5 inches tall and 2-1/2" in diameter. Inspired by the work of Sue Harker.

This Urn is made with Maple, Purple Heart, and Canary with a PVC threaded insert for lid.