oak

inherited this unwieldly oak burl from fellow turner/friend about 4 years ago. continually contemplated where/how to start with it. Inspired by another club member who had a similar piece I finally dove it. I hate roughing out, but everyone of the felt like roughing from start to finish but...

Inner Rim Vessel no. 2261 Turned from oak Finished with tung oil Approximately 5" x 5" I like to turn these from really wet timber, lightly sand and burnish the surface while it's wet, and then allow them to fully dry before final polishing. It leaves a really tactile surface that add to the...

Turned wet, Danish oil. approx 3 inches tall. Wood donated by friend who trimmed his tree.

8. inches dia 5 inches tall, turned from oak and sandblasted

Oak from Tubbs fire Santa Rosa 7" x 1" high

Matched endgrain tight fitting lid 3" wide, 3 1/2" tall

From a crotch of an oak (probably scrub oak) that was burn damaged in the 2017 tubbs fire - then allow to try to grow for 4 years before finally being felled in 2021 as it was never going to recover- parts of this were alive while parts were rotting and other parts are scorched (8" x 3-1/4"...

12 by 7 by 3.5 inch oak bowl. Turned from leftover piece I picked up on craigslist. Finished with Danish oil and Beall buffing system.

12 by 7 by 3.5 inch oak bowl. Turned from leftover piece I picked up on craigslist. Finished with Danish oil and Beall buffing system.

I was talking to a guy that has some barn wood for sale. He has 7 pieces 7’ long, 12” wide and 3.5” thick. He said they are old, dry with no rot or cracks. He thinks they are oak or hickory. He wants around $100 for all of it. If it looks good I will buy it. That should keep me busy on the new...

Tall bleached oak stool. 14" top x 25" high. Through wedged tenons and brass cross pins.

Another view of acorn box with lid removed. Real acorn is from burr oak and is about the size of a golf ball.

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Re-shot for photographic lighting critique.

Cork Oak, gold leaf, pyrography, acrylic paint 6.75d x 5t Protecting her nest, a mockingbird swoops boldly upon the cat. These feisty birds show up in our neighborhood every summer. I really enjoy their many vocalizations, which often continue through the night. Our cats just watch them and...

While driving around today, a thought occured to me about all the resources I have here in Louisiana compared to places where some of you live. We have trees EVERYWHERE. Lots of common species, like oaks and pines, but also a lot of the "native exotics" in the mix, Pecans...

Oak, pyrography, acrylic paint 9.375x3.25 A squirrel pauses in pray giving thanks for the abundance of the forest. My photograph doesnt show well the slight tint of green applied to the oak leaves by use of interference acrylic paint. The affect is subtle yet definite. Acrylic was also...

a view showing how the hard fibers and medullary rays create the frame

Western Australian She- oak Turned from a 150mm 5 inch high and wide blank that I brought in Australia This stuff is very expensive .After turning I found out why. Turns like butter, hard as nails, sands easily and has strength in the grain to turn thinly. After it was turned I spent a...

Small bowl - about 5" dia by 3.5" h - the last piece from a beautiful specimen of spalted white oak. All comments welcome