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Inspired by mollusk form, texture, and color. Cherry wood, turned, carved, painted with acrylic. 15.5" high x 6.25" wide.

6”x3,5” “off-center” turned box with a wooden cat-lid that snaps in place. The “fur” texture was burned on to the lid with and the cat was then painted with acrylics. The bowl’s flowers were relief carved and painted.

Lid closed on the box. Can’t stop making these.

A "garden" of Valentine "flowers" for my wife. They are not attached to the base so she can rearrange and play with them. Inside-out, ring turned heart shape. Cherry. Black paint on interior, red dye (Chestnut Spirit Stain) on outside. When I make ring-turned shapes (trees or angels), they...

Sparkler crosswrap pattern using silver and gunmetal metallic thread for the center. Bright yellow, gold, orange, red, and burgandy colorfast thread for the backround. All size A thread which is about .002 dia. Pen kit is a Ti gold long clicker.CA topcoat.

7”x3” Birdseye Maple box with 3 hand carved Hooded Warblers (Basswood) Neither species is uncommon in our forests but one has to know where to look in order to find these beauties.

I made this for my daughters birthday. Wood is maple from my brother who had to take down the tree. Wood hats are a challenge and hopefully I got the fit right.

1st Charity Donation (outside) for 2022. It is 8" Wide X 12" High. It is made pf Canary, Chakta Vika, Cherry and Peruvian Walnut. It is 38 layers of 96 Segments for a total of 3649 Segments. On to the next Charity Donation.

1st Charity Donation (inside) for 2022. It is 8" Wide X 12" High. It is made pf Canary, Chakta Vika, Cherry and Peruvian Walnut. It is 38 layers of 96 Segments for a total of 3649 Segments. On to the next Charity Donation.

Turned on multiple axes, then carved to final form. Red Mallee burl, Bush oil, slate 4" x 5"

8.25 x 3.75 inches. Finished with Seal a Cell, Beall buffing, Doctor's wax/oil. Not sure what species of oak - my brother in law thought it might be blue oak. This was a tree on my in-laws' property in the Sierra foothills. After they died, it was brought down for fire safety. I gave this bowl...

I used two-part wood bleach on the Maple globe, it has been hollowed to less than 1/8” as measured with my homemade wire gage and about 2 ¼” in diameter. I decided I needed to check the thickness with more than my fingers as on my first attempt I made the inside larger than the outside. ☺ The...

It's 12" diameter, 2" deep. This was turned, then I painted the night sky background with blue gesso, laser-etched the skyline pattern I designed, turned the center bowl, hand-painted the burned area with extra-black India Ink, sanded back the painted windows by hand. This is a re-envisioned...

Looking to do something fun, it came to mind to make the cat with the Christmas lights tangled in its body, something that surely any cat owner can identify with. It's12 inch tall made with pterocarpus and the lights are in hard maple.

13 x 5 1/2” Calabash, made of Sweetgum Finished with doctors walnut oil/carnuba wax

7.5″ diameter, 4.5″ tall. Finish is Osmo PolyX. This piece has a nice bark inclusion running up the side. I might have left that alone, except that several other cracks developed during drying. So I fixed those cracks with pewas (butterfly inserts) and chose to bridge the bark inclusion so it...

12” Norfolk Island pine hollow. Turned, carved, textured, painted with glossy Norfolk knot inlays. Finished in satin lacquer.

This is a second shot showing the detail in the face and legs a bit more. October 2021. Cherry Wood, Epoxy, and Silicone Partially turned, carved and segmented

October 2021. Cherry Wood, Epoxy, and Silicone Partially turned, carved and segmented

A 4,3 Torus knot. Turned as a torus and carved to final form. Quilted maple with epoxy and color fillers. Oak stand dyed black. 8.5" x 2.5", 13"H on stand