vase

This is a piece of poplar (aspen) which has been fluted and dyed. It's about 10 3/4 inches tall.

This vase is poplar aka aspen (genus Populus). It measures about 10 3/8 inches tall. It was fluted and dyed with orange and black aniline dyes.

This is a plain poplar vase dressed up with a couple of knots. It's about 10 3/4 inches tall.

Turned from blue gum burl ,300mm high .beads were placed on the outside with a skew .I think the beads add to the piece as it draws the eye to the grain .The inside had a light stain added to give a contrast ,danish oil finish.The 3 feet are texturd and stained timber@xtra.co.nz like to hear...

Briar Root (Domestic) Copper Mica powder Dimensions: 2.24"w x 1.0875"h This sweet little Ring Pot is reminiscent of an ancient piece of pottery unearthed at an archaeological site. The natural edge opening looks scalloped as it curls back away from the opening. The natural...

Black Walnut, 6.25d x 5.75t My daughter said that this piece made here want some chocolate; hence the title.

Petals of myrtle burl dyed to a coral, orange, and red blend. Bill and Diane wanted a vase with this color combination which I think turned out to be very nice. Blackwood stem with some sap wood. 5X5 Received an interesting comment from an artist, he said that an artist would prefer the stem...

Side view of fluted Black Walnut Vase to reveal grain pattern.

Black Walnut rough turned green, seasoned, finish turned, fluted and finished with sanding sealer between 180 - 400 grit, 3 coats of Waterlox and buffed with Beall system. Grain was quite unique for the piece. 7" dia x 6" high.

I'm having fun. Last Wednesday I was in Duluth, MN, with Mike Hunter and some friends to try some of Mike

Petals are myrtle burl airbrushed with gold, orange, and two reds dye. The stem is Texas Ebony. Finish lacquer hand rubbed to semi-gloss. Overall size is 5X5. Hard to see but this one has exceptional grain pattern.

This is an ash vase which measures 10 3/8 inches by 6 inches. It was beaded and then dyed yellow with aniline dye and treated with black patinating wax.

This is a beaded ash vase which was dyed yellow and treated with black patinating wax. 10 1/2 inches tall.

This is a beaded ash vase which is about 10 1/2 inches tall by about 6 inches in diameter.

This is another in what is beoming a series of beaded ash vessels. It was dyed with orange aniline dye and then treated with black patinating wax to accent the grain. It measures 10 1/2 inches tall by 6 inches in diameter.

This is an ash vase which has been dyed with aniline dyes. It measures about 10 1/2 inches tall by 6 inches in diameter.

This is a beaded silver maple vase. It measures 5 3/4 inches in diameter by 10 inches tall.

Lately I've been using this simple vase form to try out the effect of various embellishments such as the spacing of flutes, dyeing, bleaching, sandblasting, liming etc. These are all ash and are about 10 inches tall.

Well this piece started out to be a vase 6 inches taller than what is shown here ... now I guess its a bowl? I got the outside all shaped and sanded. It was going to be my biggest piece yet and I was quite pleased with myself, nice flowing lines and beautiful grain. I started hollowing out...

This piece took over 6 months to make working a few hours a week. There are over 2000 pieces in the vase. It is made of African mahogany, ash, red heart, ebony, and maple. there is a scroll saw inlay in the bottom, of a buffalo skull.