teapot

Turned from Pear, hollowed, and painted by Lisa Rosenmeier in a collaboration.

My early obsession was radio and electronics. Not into sports I was the one holed up in his room disassembling some device, building something that might at least make smoke or late night scouring the AM bands searching out some faraway station. 
In a junk store I ran across an old 6Z5 tube in...

I still have a thing for handled, lidded, spouted pouring vessels. After seeing the initial turned carved shape Karen thought that black and white might be a good palette but my proclivity toward using lesser timber first (another story, another time) took that option from the list. No, this...

"Left Handed Teapot Kyusa" Specially made for those poor left handed people. Turned from Pear, and airbrushed.

Cherry teapot, Walnut spout, handle and knob. Mahoney's oil finish then buffed out. 5 1/4" tall, 4 1/2" diameter.

Turned from Pear. Rattle can finish, giving it a ceramic look.

Masur Birch 4.25" dia spherical body. Mopane/Mopani base and lid. Blackwood lid handle (central peak is a shadow), Yellowheart handle and spout from Neil Scobie eccentric doughnut turning. Bad photography.

Turned from Pear. My feeble attempt to make it look like porcelain.

A footed teapot turned thin from a single piece of maple, carved, pierced, pyro-textured and colored with airbrushed interference paint. The lid, two cups and saucers all made in the same manner. The teapot measures 4-1/2" x 7" x 4". Thank you for looking!

Turned, Carved walnut, steel, mahogany trivet

First and definitely not last collaboration with great polymer clay artist, Prr Sahlberg. As far as we know not that many mixed medium pieces are created using wood and polymer clay. She gave me big box of nice bits and pieces. Fingernails and body jewelry are from that box. Wooden parts are...