robbiegraham

Two trophies I recently made from the same Matai as the Matai burl bowl in my previous post but not burl wood. Very old, hard and dense wood to work with. Height:450mm x 180mm (17-3/4" x 7- 1/8")

Very old Matai burl. The tree was cut down about 90 years ago to plant pine trees!! If considered no good for building timber the trees were bulldozed into piles and burned. 60 years later the logs were salvaged and mostly cut up for firewood but some of the burls survived and were too hard to...

This is the second half of Enigma Too which won the bowl section in the Art of Wood competition last year. My take on an emerging bowl. Made from a piece of Jarrah burl. Enigma Too didn't have the pyro texture on the edges of the wing but the bowl rim was textured. 240mm long by 70mm wide and...

“Phi” is designed using the ancient golden ratio, turned and carved from one piece of Black Maire 225mmH (9”) x 325mmL (12-3/4”), with the sphere wall turned to 3mm thick and base walls 10mm thick, then textured including the Phi symbol. The sphere is lightly sandblasted and the overall texture...

“Phi” is designed using the ancient golden ratio, turned and carved from one piece of Black Maire 225mmH (9”) x 325mmL (12-3/4”), with the sphere wall turned to 3mm thick and base walls 10mm thick, then textured including the Phi symbol. The sphere is lightly sandblasted and the overall texture...

Wood: Matai Dimensions: 150mm x 40mm Texture: Pyrography and Iridescent metallic paint This is a multi-axis turned piece. I started it at the NAW AGM demo for my Pyro demonstration back earlier in the year.

Wood: Matai Dimensions: 150mm x 40mm Texture: Pyrography and Iridescent metallic paint This is a multi-axis turned piece. I started it at the NAW AGM demo for my Pyro demonstration back earlier in the year.

Wood: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana width: 6-3/8", 160mm, height: 2", 50mm This is a multi-axis turned piece with pyrography texture and iridescent metalic acrylic paints. Bottom and edge texture inspired by one of the colourful tortoise beetles.

Wood: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana width: 6-3/8", 160mm, height: 2", 50mm This is a multi-axis turned piece with pyrography texture and iridescent metalic acrylic paints. Bottom and edge texture inspired by one of the colourful tortoise beetles.

These are my latest turned art pieces. Wood: Kauri and Jarrah Height: 295mm and 330mm Left piece is called: Middle Eastern Dancer and the right double piece: Last Tango.... These are turned, carved then textured with pyrography and painted with iridescent acrylic paint. The tops are hollow...

H 20cm x L19cm x W18cm (8" x 7 1/2" x 7") Turned from one of New Zealand's hardest timbers Puriri. The texture is pyrography with the vessel sprayed with a mini air gun then the leaves are hand painted with iridescent acrylic paints.

Wood, not that that matters : Walnut Height: 335mm (just under 14") Width: 310 Thickness: 50mm Turned and caved from one piece of wood, textured with pyrography and painted with iridescent metalic paints.