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11” x 4”, finished with Walrus oil and buffed with brown tripoli Evidence that I make things other than shiny hollow forms 😅. Made this bowl as a housewarming gift for some friends who just built a new home. Their only ask what that the bowl could hold their remote controls, so I make the base...

4x3, hand carved, polymerized tung oil

I showed this bowl in unfinished form at the Feb 8 Thin Wall demonstration I gave to the Seattle Chapter membership. Before I started piercing I showed it to one of our members who commented on the wonderful figure of the maple . I decided to pierce every alternate ring of the figure in order...

Textured and engraved white ash bowl. Colored with metallic and iridescent acrylic paint over black India ink. Finished with clear, gloss enamel.

This hollow form vessel was turned with 1/2" wall thickness. It was then carved with a Fordom and Micromotor tools. After the final shape was achieved the surface was burned with pyrography pen followed by India ink and blue gray colors applied with a dry brush technique. The vessel is 6" tall...

5.75 x 2.25 inches. Hand carved. Outside oil-based stain. Polymerized Tung oil finish

Cherry wood. Turned, carved, burn-textured, acrylics. 5 1/2” diameter, 7 1/2” tall.

Cherry. Turned, carved, burn textured, with acrylics. 3 3/4” high x 4 1/2” diameter. Inspiration came from a mix of flora and fauna motifs without trying to make the piece be anything specific.

Cherry. Turned, carved, burn textured, with acrylics. 3 3/4” high x 4 1/2” diameter. Inspiration came from a mix of flora and fauna motifs without trying to make the piece be anything specific.

The second in my butterfly bowl series. Flowers, grass, butterflies and bees. Poplar, acrylics, interference pigments and water based polyurethane. 9 by 3.5 inches. Detailing done with Sakura Pigma micron pens. Thanks to Carol Hall for the pen advice. I love these pens.

For fly fishermen the four seasons are Rainbow trout, Brooke, Brown or Cutthroat. Turned from cherry, textured and painted with acrylic paints. One panel for each specie is carved on the four sides of the 12" tall vessel

Cherry wood. Turned, carved, textured, acrylic paints. 6 3/4" in length, 2 1/2" in diameter.

Cherry wood. Turned, carved, textured, acrylic paints. 6 3/4" in length, 2 1/2" in diameter.

A small bowl in beech, textured and coloured with spirit stains.

Cherry wood. Turned, carved, burn-textured, acrylic paints. 4 1/2" diameter, 6" long. I've been enjoying the recent images captured by the James Webb telescope, and so I tilted this piece in a way that it may consider the horizon and the heavens.

Cherry wood. Turned, carved, burn-textured, acrylic paints. 4 1/2" diameter, 6" long. I've been enjoying the recent images captured by the James Webb telescope, and so I tilted this piece in a way that it may consider the horizon and the heavens.

This 9-inch diameter bowl was turned from a block of spalted Maple. The upper section was turned with a steep-sloped multi-axis method to provide three separate overhanging surfaces. The bowl's rim was carved and shaped to follow grain patterns in the wood. A textured ring was added to the...

This 12-inch tall vase was turned from a block of Walnut. A 3-point multi-axis approach was used to create the twist. Texturing and coloring were added in the carved sections between the rising 'stalks'. When I finished the piece it reminded me of a stalk of corn with strands of brown husk...

Inspired by the animate, other-than-human spirits that inhabit our sensuous world. Maple, poplar. Turned, carved, burn textured, acrylic paint. 10" x 10" x 4"

Inspired by the animate, other-than-human spirits that inhabit our sensuous world. Maple, poplar. Turned, carved, burn textured, acrylic paint. 10" x 10" x 4"