December 2021 Turning Challenge

[Emiliano Achaval]

For this month's challenge, we have a theme: "Happy New Year."
Turn something that celebrates the end of a challenging year and welcomes a new one full of hope, a blank canvas that you can paint anyway you choose to. Get in the shop, have fun, give it your best shot and then show us what you did.
And now, the legal stuff:
A few rules:

• Only one entry per person and only one photo of the entry. This is a turning contest, not an old photo contest, LOL. So make sure your work is something you turned for the challenge.
• Turnings submitted for the December challenge must be started no earlier than December 1, 2021.
• Entries must be posted in this thread.
• The deadline for posting entries is midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on December 24, 2021.
• Voting will take place from December 25 through midnight UTC December 31.
• The winner might have to pass a lie detector test before collecting the prizes. Good luck, have fun, make shavings!!

When voting begins you are allowed one vote and once you have voted you won't be able to go back and change your vote. After you have voted you will be able to track the vote totals. The voting is secret (just like a real election) so nobody other than you can see who you voted for (not even the moderators/administrators). The voting will end at midnight UTC on December 31, 2021. In case of a tie vote, the forum moderators will gather in a virtual smoke-filled room to sort out the winner.

 

[Keith Mombourquette]

Well, for me there is nothing that symbolizes hope more than a lighthouse, which provides hope to lost sailors. So, I turned this lighthouse as my entry into the December challenge.

 

[Art Betke]

The old year followed by the new.

 

[Charles Cadenhead]

When you accidentally turn a funnel, make an ornament. This bell is made from pecan and walnut and is a pretty good summary for my year (really last two years). This last year even with COVID we've been blessed with more time with our kids, health, and jobs.

 

[Wilson Andrews]

I just finished my rendition of an Olympic torch so this is my entry. It is a maple burl hollow-form on a ziricote handle and cup. The Olympic torch represents rebirth, youth, and hope, a guiding light through uncertain times.

May all of our futures be bright, happy New Year!

 

[Bill Boehme]

The December 2021 Turning Challenge is now closed.