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Red Maple Burl Bowl Dimensions 11 1/2"W x 4"H x 1/8" very thin-walled. 2 coats shellac and 4 coats salad bowl oil.

Silver Maple Burl Bowl from Roxborough Street,Toronto. Dimensions 10 3/4"W x 5"H Ambrosia figure with holes, filled in with dark maple wood-dust. Also filled-in and sealed the inclusion near the top.

This is the next piece in my series inspired by Hubble Telescope images. The hollow form is turned from end grain maple and measures 5.5 inches tall by 4.5 wide. It is finished with aniline dyes and wipe-on poly. All comments, especially critiques, are welcomed and appreciated.

Red Maple Burl - Wide Rim Platter#1091 - Front View. 17 1/2"W x 3 1/2"H

Red Maple Burl Wide-Rim Platter, 17 1/2"W x 3 1/2"H. Log recycled from the city tree dump. next photo shows the front view.

Silver Maple, 22k gold leaf 12.625" x 4.813"

This is the next hollow form in a series that are inspired from photographs taken by the Hubble Telescope. This piece represents the edge of a galaxy. It is turned from end grain maple. It measures 8.25 inches by 5 inches, is finished with aniline dyes and spray lacquer. All comments...

Red Maple Nested Set of 5 bowls. The largest bowl is 17 3/4"W x 7 1/8"H. The log was recycled from the city' tree dump.

The back side view of the hollow form vase turned from end grain maple crotch. It measures 7.25 inches by 3.5 inches and is finished with aniline dyes and spray lacquer. I was trying to emulate images from the Hubble telescope capturing a nebula. All comments, especially critiques, are...

This hollow form vase is turned from end grain maple crotch. It measures 7.25 inches by 3.5 inches and is finished with aniline dyes and spray lacquer. I was trying to emulate images from the Hubble telescope capturing a nebula. All comments, especially critiques, are welcomed and appreciated.

This hollow form is turned from end grain, spalted maple. It came extremely close to the burn pile several times. It was really punky, has worm holes, and moldy. The tear out was nearly impossible to overcome. It measures 7.5 inches by 5.75 inches and is finished with wipe-on poly. All...

Maple burl and Bronze, pierced, gold leaf

This was a project that has been in my head since the summer. The wedding was actually a couple days after Christmas so it was a late gift. I wanted to give it to the couple on their 1 month anniversary so I didn't have time to take a picture with my light box. The wood is maple and the...

This hollow form vase is turned from end grain, fiddle back, ambrosia maple. It measures 4.5 inches by 8.5 inches. It is finished with aniline dyes and spray lacquer. All comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.

This hollow form vase is turned from end grain, fiddle back, ambrosia maple. It measures 4.5 inches by 8.5 inches. It is finished with aniline dyes and spray lacquer. All comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.

This hollow form reminds me of what might have been if a vase was made from the wood Moses brought down from the mountain top. I had a difficult time capturing the subtleties of the different colors in the flamed wood grain. It measures 4.5 inches by 7 inches and is turned from end grain maple...

Fun to turn...... Tried to expose 3D grain pattern by cutting at different angles and depths. 5x of tung oil before polish. www.turnedoutright.com

This started turning as a bowl. From bowl to chip and dip platter, the route included a bent gouge - to hang on the wall and a piece of the work piece flying around my head. That forced the design decision to go with the high center and lower outside. The tree was cut down by a neighbor for...

I roughed this 12 (x1.25) inch Maple Platter in 12/06. I finally turned it to final thickness and finished in last October for my wife. The tree was given to me by a co-worker and friend. The other side of this crotch was donated to the Christmas Party Door Prize collection at work. This is the...

This hollow form vase is turned from end grain, blistered maple. The grain pattern reminds me of river rock at the bottom the stream I used to play and fish in as a kid. It is 10 tall and 5.5 wide. It is finished with Waterlox.