segmented

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.

Approximate height x diameter: left 4 ½ x 4, middle 2 ¾ x 3, right 4 ½ x 5 ½. The crosses are fillers, not wedges and are full width inserts which distorts the ring before being turned. The upright is cut from one height wedge and parted to make top and bottom on cross. Left and right have 3...

7" x 7", made with Wenge and Yellowheart. Rows have 180 segments per row with 50 rows.

My first attempt at a vortex segmented turning. Bowl is 8” in diameter and about 2-1/4” deep. Segments are black walnut and hard maple, finish is 5 coats of wipe-on poly. The blank was a spiral disk, comprised of segments cut on the bandsaw, then parted into rings that are stacked and turned...

thanks to John Beaver for his inspiration and instruction on making wave bowls. 6 3/4" by 4"

Before carving away what didn't belong, this was a 1344-piece, segmented turning. These are all natural colors: wenge, lyptus, chakte kok, aspen, purpleheart and yellowheart. This is looking straight down into the turning.

This bowl is 26, 12-segment rows with a floating bottom. The species used are maple and wenge. It is approximately 7-1/2" diameter and 3-1/4" tall.

I have been trying to thin down my lumber collection a little and have these cocobolo shorts that I would like to sell. There are 12 boards all about 3x24. About half are over 3/4 think and half are just under 3/4 thick. All planed two sides but not edged. Some boards have some flaws but for...

This three sided jar is six inches tall. It was made from segments of mahogany and ambrosia maple with a purpleheart rim. The twist angle was turned off-center to match the angle of slant of the mahogany inserts. Diameter is 4 inches. Finish is Watco oil buffed on the Beall system.

I was browsing through another forum that I frequent and found this video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Is anyone familiar with the gentleman who made the video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qFFS9PsghCI

9 inches in diameter and stands 3 1/2 in tall. This is my first shot at carving a segmented turning. The woods are sapele, maple and walnut.

19 1/2 inches tall, 9 1/2 inches wide. African mahogany and holly, 733 pieces.

9 1/2 inches tall and 416 pieces. Woods are walnut and holly.

This pot is 17 inches tall and has 767 pieces. The woods used are cherry, maple, walnut, padauk, yellowheart and purpleheart.

This goblet stands about 10 1/2 inches tall and has 210 pieces. The cupp was made by stacking rings with varied thickness.

7 1/2 inches tall and 484 pieces. Woods are canarywood and padauk.

7 1/4 inches in diameter, 238 pieces.

18 inches tall and has 828 pieces.

14 inches tall and has 577 pieces.