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  1. Spalted Oak Bowl

    Spalted Oak Bowl

    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...
  2. Bleached Maple Ornament

    Bleached Maple Ornament

    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...
  3. Skyline platter#2

    Skyline platter#2

    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...
  4. Christmas Cat-tastrophe

    Christmas Cat-tastrophe

    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.
  5. Sweetgum Calabash

    Sweetgum Calabash

    13 x 5 1/2” Calabash, made of Sweetgum Finished with doctors walnut oil/carnuba wax
  6. Wormy Ash Hollowform, with Pewas

    Wormy Ash Hollowform, with Pewas

    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...
  7. Ladybug

    Ladybug

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

    Mindful

    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
  9. Mindful

    Mindful

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

    Endless Maple

    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
  11. Hickory hollow form

    Hickory hollow form

    This is bitternut hickory. The 'flying saucer' shape is elevated on a pedestal and has a natural finial. Finished with Osmo polyx. About 10 inches diameter and 14 inches high including finial.
  12. Redwood Enchantment

    Redwood Enchantment

    A rare hanging Redwood burl. The figure and color are incredible.
  13. Redwood Enchantment

    Redwood Enchantment

    Redwood burl vessel. Turned wet and dried rapidly. This was a complete and utter joy to work with. Some wonderful movement. 5” tall by 10.5” long by 9.5” wide.
  14. Chinese ball

    Chinese ball

    It is difficult to imagine, but this shape is completely made on a lathe. The number of turning axes is 32.
  15. Pakal.

    Pakal.

    Turned and carved maple, colored using the dry-brushing technique.
  16. Pewter & Malee Burl

    Pewter & Malee Burl

    3"x3' Malee Burl box with molten cast Pewter and then turned. Top lid of box turned and machined with a CNC machine. Beall Buffed
  17. Ash Platter

    Ash Platter

    This is a 17 ½” Ash platter, it sits about 1 ½” tall and just under ½” thick. I dried this piece for a couple of years after roughing and a heavy coat of Anchorseal, thinking that it might help keep the feather from cracking. The foot is dovetailed on the inside so it could be hung in any...
  18. Ash Platter

    Ash Platter

    Back view - This is a 17 ½” Ash platter, it sits about 1 ½” tall and just under ½” thick. I dried this piece for a couple of years after roughing and a heavy coat of Anchorseal, thinking that it might help keep the feather from cracking. The foot is dovetailed on the inside so it could be hung...
  19. Garden of Dreams

    Garden of Dreams

    Pear and Manzanita root. 10" x 7", Pyrography, carving Root by Ana Lappegard, turning by Sally Ault, carving by Linda Ferber, Pyrography by Janice Levi
  20. Garden of Dreams

    Garden of Dreams

    Pear and Manzanita root. 10" x 7", Pyrography, carving Root by Ana Lappegard, turning by Sally Ault, carving by Linda Ferber, Pyrography by Janice Levi
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