maple

Pierced and pyrographed sugar maple vessel. 6 by 3.5 inches. Third in a series.

Here is a thin stemmed curly maple goblet that was turned from a spare piece of wood about 2 inches wide and 6 inches tall.

A 6 x 3 inch nibbling bowl from a spalted maple

So it’s all done. I will be doing a little extra work on the finish i kinda rushed it a bit. I did use CA for the finish in this one. That’s not my go to finish but it works if I had done my standard finish it would have taken an extra week or 2 to finish it up. This is a precursor for another...

A salt box I made of maple. I engraved the salt symbol by adding a laser to my mini lathe. Cocobolo knob on top. Chatterwork inside and out

9.5 x 8.25. Finished with Seal a Cell, Arm-R-Seal, and Ren Wax.

Footed, lidded hollow form. Spalted, dyed maple.6”w x 8”t.

I've been turning about 25 years (taught by a boyfriend [they have their uses]), but really immersed myself in it (and shavings) with retirement 1.5 years ago. Girls weren't allowed in shop in HS, so there are some gaps in my knowledge. I turn lamps, pepper grinders, bowls, lidded boxes, and...

Small spalted maple urn, tung oil finish, top is plain maple with black gloss spray paint.

Left to right: American Black Walnut, Spalted Maple and Cherry

This 18" platter started out as a waste piece from a larger blank but I just couldn't let it go. I really loved the grain patterns and when it cracked I used epoxy as a filler. The finish is tung oil.

Navajo ceremonial basket design. The symbol is also used to represent Spider Woman, the first Navajo deity. The basket is twelve inches in diameter and the wood is maple. Pyrography and ink were used to create the basket illusion. Donated to SWAT 2019 symposium and selected as an auction item.

Navajo Wedding Basket illusion is 12⅝ inch diameter maple. The wedding basket is probably the most well known of all the various Native American basket designs. This piece will be part of the SWAT 2-for-1 drawing coming up next month.

Maple natural edge bowl About 8" tall. This piece of maple is beautiful, it has some really nice color in the figured grain, wood from Salem, ma

Bleached maple ball foot stool. 12" seat x 21" high. Through wedged tenons and brass cross pins

Twelve inch diameter maple Native American basket illusion.

Navajo Wedding Basket Illusion, 14½ inches diameter, 2¾ inches high, maple, beaded, burned, and colored in the style of the traditional wedding/celebration baskets. The wood is thin enough that bright light can shine through between the rows of beads. This piece was donated to the Woodturners of...

Figured maple yarn bowl dyed with Chestnut dyes and finished with lacquer.

My first dyed rim platter on highly figured maple. This piece was made in 2010.

Maple sphere and off axis platter. Figured maple colored with TransTint dyes. Lacquer finish.