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Bradford Pear with an intense fiddleback pattern. The outside and inside of the lid are both textured. CA finish over linseed oil (OB Shine Juice, technically)

Interior view of the texture on the lid of a Bradford Pear jewelry box.

The Apache culture created a ceremonial style of burden basket that was meant to hang outside of a dwelling. Guests were encouraged to "place" their burdens in the basket before entering. A nice idea for us all. The leather tassles with metal ends are carried over from the functional burden...

The Cherry burl globe has been dyed yellow and red. The icicle and top are made of redheart, it was dyed yellow to help match the globe. It is about 8" x 2 3/4“.

Demo stair design... Cherry walnut and maple 6"D 4.75"H

15”x5” Maple. Bottom is identical. Tried&True oil, 3 coats satin lacquer. Faber Castell black and Sienna artists pens. My guess is 40 to 50 hours.

The guys at the club named it forest floor.17.5” by 3” ambrosia maple

It's never too early to start working on Christmas ornaments! The hollow globe is 2" diameter, and made of Honduras Rosewood. Ebony finial and top cap. Finished with spray-on lacquer.

This is a basket illusion box made from Bradford Pear. The finial is Mountain Mahogany dyed black

Not quite 5 inch diameter, hollowed via less than 1 1/2 inch opening with one coat PTO.

A collaboration between myself and Rebecca DeGroot. She made the cap and the body. I made the feet and did the finishing - the top of the cap and feet are covered in copper leaf.

This is a shallow bowl (or deep platter) 11” diameter and 1 3/4” tall. The wood is ambrosia maple. This bowl has the most significant ambrosia staining I have ever had. It is sold.

A piece of Mesquite with nice figure. 11 inches x 2 inches. Turquoise stones and a malachite cabachon added to the beading illusion. Waterlox finish.

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...

Black walnut, about 7.5 x 7.5 inches.

This gives a better view of the inlays.

Finial lidded box - 3-1/4” x 4-3/4” h. Eucalyptus Burl, Ziricote accents, Ebony finial, gold paint, Waterlox finish. I’m glad I participated in this swap … forced me to get into the shop again .

Segmented art form Segmented art form, Poplar, Tupelo, Steel, Acrylic paint, 33" x 17" x11'

I've made a couple dozen of these in the last few years. The original idea came from an Egyption art exhibit where I saw the god Thoth, a man with an Ibis head. From there I just used some of my other woodturning ideas that bounce around in my head. I call them Good Luck Birds and they sell...