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Lignum Vitae wood 17.5" high by 14" wide. Worlds hardest wood and difficult to work with. Takes twice the effort as other woods. I broke all the rules of this wood as everything that is printed says "You cannot steam-bend Lignum Vitae wood!" Well, apparently one can. This...

Rose wood waves 2 Some time ago I posted a progress of this piece. Took a while but it is finally finished This time 35 bowls were turned in a piece of Rosewood. I have entered this into the Kawerau Woodskills competition under Traditional woodturning .I maybe pushing it a bit but it is...

A friend called when a Dogwood tree was knocked down in his yard. The closer we cut to the stump the more vivid color and spalt we saw. What we did not see was the powder post beetles.... '8-O I refused to surrender my find to bugs, the small stuff got tossed outside but the stump got double...

8" round by 8" high thuya wood water white lacquer

11 3/4 in. tall, 5 1/2 in. wide, spalted willow oak crotch wood, solid form. Source: fire wood pile. Beautiful hunk of wood!

From same stump in front yard. 3 in. tall, 6 1/2 in wide, 3/16 wall, bottom 1/4 in. Vinyl sealer, 400 free-cut, past wax.

From stump in front yard. Yellow bellied sap suckers killed the tree about 6 years ago. Beautiful spalting! 5 1/4 in. tall, 4 1/4 in. wide, 1/8 in. thick, very light. Finished with water-born acrylic, waxed.

Jewelry tree with rotating hanger and earring holder. Stand is made from canary wood with a Deft Gloss lacquer finish. Size 15 h x 6 w. The necklace hanger pegs and the earring holder part of the stand rotate for easy access to items stored on the stand. Any and all comments would be most...

The hat is cottonwood, turned to just under a 1/16" thick, steamed and shaped, it has a little burl in it, several small knots and a few bark pockets. It made for an interesting piece to turn and makes the hat look old, rugged and weathered (kinda like me) ... well except for the glossy...

Thuya wood, 10" wide by 5" high, carved and porcelined type edges with black and blue. Water white lacquer hand rubbed

Mixed Media Clay top and maple bowl

Finally finished the bronze patina and thought the three pictured together told a great story.