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Curly Maple & Wenge

Curly Maple & Wenge

Curly maple & Wenge

Turned for Chris Wright for a Challenge and Trade at Woodturner's Resource. Made from a mystery burl and Bubinga, with a single Walnut cutaway spiral that started as a double twist. The vessel measures 8"x3", and the finial is 5.5"x2.5". The lid is also 5.5&quot...

This is a poplar spiral bowl which measures about 8 1/2 inches across. It is very similar to my last posting, but I hope that this view shows off the rim better. 18 routed spirals to the left.

This is a box elder bowl which measures about 8 1/2 inches across. It was rather plain so I decorated it with 18 routed spirals.

This is an ash vase which is approximately 10 inches tall. It had 9 spiral slots routed into it while it was mounted on the lathe.

This is four different shots of one ash vase which measures about 10 inches tall. After each phot, the vase was rotated clockwise by 90 degrees. The pictures show the four "faces" which result from the intersecting left and right spirals. ie spiral left, chevrons down, spiral right...

Two ash vases approx. 10 inches tall. Each one started with a left and a right spiral side by side. Then the spaces between were filled in either form the top down or bottom up with partial spirals, creating the chevrons either pointing up or down. Both up and down patterns can be put on the...

Two ash vases about ten inches tall. Both have 12 routed spirals, but one has a left twist , and the other has a right twist.

This is an ash vase which measures 5 3/8 inches in diameter by 9 1/2 inches in height. It has 12 routed spiral grooves similar to my last postings, but the spirals differ in a couple of ways. First, the spiral is tighter and second, it rises to the top left instead of the top right. i.e. it...

This is another vase with 18 routed spirals. This one is ash. It measures 6 7/8 inches in diameter by 11 inches in height.

This is a poplar vase with 18 routed spirals. It measures 6 1/2 inches in diameter by 10 5/8 inches tall.

These two started out as pieces of very plain box elder. The slots were routed while the pieces were mounted on the lathe. There are 9 spirals on the right and 6 on the left. The one on the right has a ring left around the top to control things, while the one on the left is a bit more...

This is a lamp I turned A. few years back, It was necessary to build some tooling and hardware, Each of the (four) spirals has a whole bored through the middle. The lamps were turned from a green log of Cyprus, treated with P.E.G.. The one, two, three spiral lamps were created the same, Take...