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One of the pieces from my intial follow along project in the Forum. Thought I would get it into my gallery! I highly recommend that members do a follow along project to help everyone understand processes! Let's do this!!

10 x 4 inches, 1st turned in September ‘21 My goal, on this piece was to keep the ash as bright as I could. Whitened with two part wood bleach, then finished with shellac, a one pound cut of ultra blonde shellac flakes and DNA. Brushed it on and sanded back, three coats. Not sure if it should...

These 3 nested Arbutus Burl bowls are the cores from my previous post. These bowls were all green turned and wet sanded within a few days of being harvested. They are all about ¼” thick and have 3 carved feet so they will sit flat after they morph. Finished with 2 coats of tung oil. This process...

The globe is Cherry burl that I dyed red. The drop finial/icicle and top are ebony. I used a few coats of spray can lacquer for the finish.

15” wide by 12” high. Made with Maple, Wenge, and Bloodwood. There are 180 segments per row with 83 rows.

To follow, the staff sent me a card after I got home from the CPR. I scanned the card and with my laser I inserted into the large heart in the center. There are 8 hearts around the bowl. Eight has no significance. I signed the bowl on the bottom and dated it December 1, 2020.

Some turnings have a story. Here is my story. September 2020 I had open heart surgery and all went well. On December,ber 1, 2020 while in rehab at the hospital I was on the treadmill “pushing” myself and then was basically “gone”, no pulse. After two rounds of CPR I was revived with about 30...

It is time to hang the mushrooms on the tree.

7.25”d x 5”h Finished with Parfix 3408.

My early obsession was radio and electronics. Not into sports I was the one holed up in his room disassembling some device, building something that might at least make smoke or late night scouring the AM bands searching out some faraway station. 
In a junk store I ran across an old 6Z5 tube in...

Side view

Locust Burl and Rosewood. Love this piece. It's my first off-center goblet.

A present to my daughter. Mixed woods.

A Mesquite vase with a southwestern shape. There is one band of faux basket weave which includes turquoise nuggets and three other dyed bands with nuggets. The rim and base are also dyed using archival black ink. I call the turquoise pieces nuggets for lack of another term. They are polished...

Walnut vessel carved and colored with acrylic pigments.

Ouroboros. A symbol of the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth Ash, turned, cut and reassembled, burn textured, with acrylic paint. 7” x 9” x 9”.

Ouroboros. A symbol of the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Ash, turned, cut and reassembled, burn textured, with acrylic paint. 7” x 9” x 9”.

A little different twist on a lidded jar. 8.5" x 5.5"

Red Oak, Sandblasted, 7.25”d x 4.75”h

Here is the box I said I would attempt in the thread "Curious about the source of this box design" I decided to give it a try! It is inspired by Mike Stafford's boxes. Wood is Kingwood- a true Rosewood. Turned, hollowed, and finished with wax and gloss lacquer. Size is approx. 2 inches tall and...