vase

Black ash about 8"h X 5"w. Walnut pewas butterflies).

Once again I was trying to capture the crotch feather in a bifurcation. By the time I got this one round the feather was gone but the resulting void was pretty cool so I pressed on. I love the distortion so far. Curious how much more twisting it will do. Just a couple weeks drying. 13 x 6"...

7” x 3” Apple hollow vase. Apple is currently my most favorite wood to turn. :-). Lately I’ve been focusing on the form first. Using the golden ratio in a few places really helped the “balance” of this piece.

Garden Vase turned and carved from cherry. Embellished by a five-step process. Six inches tall Three inched diameter at base

Another piece of wood that was on the edge. Some very soft and some very hard sections on this one. Turned long grain 10x4" and too thin on the bottom half. Can see light through it along the bottom! The top is around 3/16". I have been leaving around 1/2" thick at the base for stability. Any...

Won a crotch Walnut chunk of wood at a local AAW meeting. There was a third branch, smaller and very dead in the bifurcation. That became the center of this Vase. 13 x 6".

2nd of two spalted pecan turnings with ebony accent bands

Aspen 5.5 x 10 inches

Walnut Critch Vase

51705 pieces of oak, chestnut, afzelia, padauk, wenge and meranti.

This is another piece of the wood from the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, MA

Cottonwood 13.5 inches tall A slightly different band on this one and a few bees to find.

Wave Dancer From the time I was child of single digit years, I have always been thrilled to see porpoises. That has not changed, so it seems natural to me that I would choose a porpoise as the subject of my first foray into the world of embellishing surfaces with carving. This one was done...

A mesquite vase inspired by Native American pottery. Basket illusion embellishments under the rim and up from the base. The rim and base are both inked black. The Mesquite has nice color and a sapwood feature in the open wood. 6" x 6". Finished with original Waterlox.

Cottonwood 12.75 x 6.75 inches #20!!! I am surprised I even made another, they really kick my butt...oof!

A southwestern shape vase made from Texas Mesquite. Faux basket weave features using ink and acrylic paint. 11" tall and 10" diameter. Embellishments were sealed with acrylic spray and the open wood was finished with Tung oil finish. This was a donation to SWAT for their 2023 raffle. Celebrate...

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...

A Mesquite vase with a southwestern style. 10" wide by 9" tall. A branch junction with surrounding voids was filled with mineral inlay. A band of faux basket weave was colored with archival ink and acrylic paint in a Native American style pattern intended to complement the shape and inlay...

Cottonwood, 11 inches tall

7" x 5". Got alot of tearout when hollowing interior, had to do alot more sanding inside the vase than I would have liked. It was worth it in the end.