vase

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.

Description: I named the vase

This is an ash vase which measures about 9 3/4 inches tall. It has been turned, routed, shaped, dyed and limed. Other "flavours" which are at or near completion include burgundy grape, avocado and blueberry.

This is the first hollow form, spalted maple, 4

This is an ash vase which measures 9 3/4 inches tall by 7 5/8 inches in diameter. It has 16 rounded over flutes.

This ash vase is a little shorter and a little rounder than the last one I posted. This one is about 9 inches tall.

5' X 6" Waxed finish

7" X 7" Waxed finish

3" X 9" Waxed finish

I would like to hear some feedback on this one (or any of the others) if you can offer some kind of constructive critique.

This is an ash vase which is approximately 10 inches tall. It had 9 spiral slots routed into it while it was mounted on the lathe.

Wood is English Walnut. Size is 6" dia x 12" tall. Finish is Danish oil then buffed with white diamond followed by carnauba wax.

This hollow form/vase is made from a single piece of old growth Spalted Curly Ambrosia Maple and segmented with Walnut veneer. It is 6 3/8 inches tall by 4 1/4 inches in diameter. The finish is shellac and wax.

This is four different shots of one ash vase which measures about 10 inches tall. After each phot, the vase was rotated clockwise by 90 degrees. The pictures show the four "faces" which result from the intersecting left and right spirals. ie spiral left, chevrons down, spiral right...

Two ash vases approx. 10 inches tall. Each one started with a left and a right spiral side by side. Then the spaces between were filled in either form the top down or bottom up with partial spirals, creating the chevrons either pointing up or down. Both up and down patterns can be put on the...

Two ash vases about ten inches tall. Both have 12 routed spirals, but one has a left twist , and the other has a right twist.

Cocobolo Hollow Vessel with Ebony Rim 5 1/2"h x 5 1/2"w

Cocobolo vase 9"h x 5 3/4"w