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2 of a 10 piece wall art commission, Norfolk with some Paduak accents. Turned to an ogee platter, carved, design and pyro. Each is different but under the same graphic theme.

A sort of a basket illusion. 5 1/2" tall, 3 1/2" diameter. Cherry. Turned, burned, dyed, sanded, painted, and reactive paints. Pretty much what I was going for from the get-go.

14" x 3" Cottonwood bowl with a pyro'd feather design (Maria Martinez inspired). 84 feathers if you're counting. Danish oil finish.

125mm high 75mm dia finished in Antique Oil and buffed

Curly Koa bowl with bark inclusion at the base. About 9" across, sanded to 600 and finished with Mahoney's oil finish

Goblet with the burl surface on the exterior of the bowl (and top of the foot). Big Leaf Maple, about 6-1/4" tall (bowl is 3-1/4" diameter). Stem is hard maple dyed with India ink. Finish is spray lacquer.

A side view of the previous bowl.

This is an off cut from a fence post that I saved for a long time before turning this. I managed to preserve the milled texture of the post (and I preserved a crack as well :-) ) on the top surface. 6" dia. Shellac finish.

Holly, blackwood, pyrography, and metal wire sprayed black; measures 9 x 5 x 3

The other side of the same ornament

Spalted Myrtle with a threaded African Blackwood lid. 6 3/4" diameter by 9" tall. Satin waterborne lacquer finish.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Basketweave pattern in Segmenting; I think Tom Lohman’s Tubular pattern inspired this piece!! 21k plus pieces of Pernambuco, Bloodwood, Yellowheart, Wenge, Holly and Maple; all individually glued into a vase 18.5” tall, 14.5” at it’s widest point. This was built...

Top view. Sorry about the crooked photo.

Horno shaped Chaco Passages with turquoise inlay. This piece is approximately 9 X 11½. Made from alligator juniper. The finely finished part of the piece is finished with Parfix 3408.

Hollow ring d = 140 mm, ring diameter = 43 mm. Wood: Swiss stone pine It took a while to finish the ring, but it was fun.

9in. x 6in. x 1/8in. thin curly Redwood platter

I made this simply because the war in Ukraine disturbs me. My thoughts were why don't the combatants simply lay down their arms and refuse to fight one another. The russian goblet took 3 hours of airbrushing to get the camo effect. The rifles were all hand carved. I've taken some flak over...

This was a backyard tree. It seems that urban walnuts typically have a wider colour variation than forest walnuts, at least in southern Ontario. Cut in July 2021, turned green the same month, re-turned February 2022. Five coats of wipe-on poly followed by Beall buff. 18.5 inches in diameter, 2...

This walnut bowl with carved feet is about 12 3/4" L x 10" w x 6" t. I also burned and blackened the rim. The wood has a lot of chatoyance that doesn't show that much in the picture. It is finished with Danish oil.

Bottom view with tendril-style bottle stopper. Inspired by mollusk form, texture, and color. Cherry wood, turned, carved, painted with acrylic. 15.5" high x 6.25" wide.