Congratulations to James Seyfried for "Cherry and Redheart Ornament" being selected as Turning of the Week for November 18, 2024
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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...
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.
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...
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 'twisted' Cherry vase sits on 'top of' a Walnut bowl. The bowl rim is enhanced with Purpleheart and Mahogany segmented rings to provide design and color contrasts. Pyrography design elements were added to the rim of the vase. Finish is Watco oil.
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