mesquite

Turned from green birds eye mesquite without drying (one of the many reasons that I love mesquite). The light colored marks are the tiny birds eye knots. Finished with spray lacquer. Posted for photographic critique.

I made these urns at the request of my parents. I lost my mom in December of 07 and my dad in January of this year. Both urns are made from mesquite with desert ironwood accents. The short fat urn is my dads with an carved ironwood bear attached to the lid. The bear has a fish in his...

Mesquite Hollow Form with Ebony Finial. 4" dia. x 14-1/2" to top of finial. Body is 10-1/4" tall. Opening is 1" dia. Finish with antique oil and buffed. There is a 1/2" x 1" hole below the bark plus several thru the bark.

Mesquite Hollow Form with Ebony Finial. 4" dia. x 14-1/2" to top of finial. Body is 10-1/4" tall. Opening is 1" dia. Finish with antique oil and buffed. There is a 1/2" x 1" hole below the bark plus several thru the bark.

This mesquite cup is a variant on stacked segmentation to create wavy layes. It involves turning two green vessels where the inner one is taller and the two fit together perfectly on the sides. They are glued together and allowed to air dry. When they are finished turning after warping they...

This is from my Spring Dance series, call this one Parents First Born; hope you can see why. Petals of maple burl and birds-eye maple, stems and leaves are mahogany, mesquite base About 12" tall Comments +/- are welcomed :)

Made from Parana Pine and Mesquite Photo by: Arlan Heiser

Spring might be my favorite time of the year, wild flowers in bloom, trees budding, spending more time enjoying Mother Natures canvas. Wanted to express the joy of the coming of spring when all creatures and plants start to wake from the long cold winter. Maple burl, Maple, Mesquite, turned...

Mesquite and Blackwood. 5-1/4"W x 5-1/2"H. Sanded to 800, finished with Seal-A-Cell, and buffified.

Another view of the same bowl.

Experimenting with this shape. Mesquite about 13 1/2 x 5 1/4

This is my first try at turning a wall hanging, made from most of a mesquite stump and maple burl which is airbrushed with dye, the piece is sealed with shellac, sanded, and then finished with wipe on/off oil 13X8X3/4. I like this piece and wanted to hang it on the wall in the living room and...

This is a 10 x 2 Chilean Mesquite Natural edge with pyrography on the rim. The finish is Watco danish oil that is buffed. Critiques are welcome

Mesquite box with chatter on end and side grain about 3 X 1 - One would never guess that I made this after spending the day with Bonnie Klein.

9-1/2" x 4-1/2"... finished with antique Danish oil inside and out.

Another fluted item. From mesquite log salvaged from the dump. Fun stuff!

Stopped-flutes accent the exterior. Mesquite wood was reclaimed from the dump!

6" dia. x 2-3/4" tall with walls at 1/8". Finished with antique oil and Beall buffed.

bird's eye mesquite finished with pure tung oil (Better quality photo)

Small mesquite NE with lots of voids. Approx 5" x 7" x 3" tall. Walls about 3/16". Finish with antique oil and buffed.