Inlaid Bowl with Striking Figure #402
Piece #402 – Ambrosia Maple – Red Calcite Inlay – 7.5″ by 3.5″ – SOLD
Small Natural Edge Bowl #401
Piece #401 – Chestnut – Natural Edge – 6″ by 3.5″ – SOLD
Spalted Sycamore Bowl #400
Piece #400 – Sycamore – Calcite Inlay – 12″ by 3.5″ – SOLD
The rim on this large bowl is the focal point. The inside top of the rim is inlaid with calcite mineral. The outside edge of the rim is intricately stippled and spills over the side giving a rough textured effect.
Blue Mineral Inlay Fruit Bowl #399
Piece #399 – Curly Camphor – Calcite Inlay – 11.5″ by 4″ – SOLD
This unusual curly camphor bowl is very unique. The curls are quite pronounced and give the 3D effect. The undercut edge is inlayed with blue and white calcite mineral. The blue texture under the rim is called stippling and each indent is hand painted. It can be used to display fruit, serve salad or just put on display as art.
Delicate Pierced Closed Form #398
Piece #398 – Camphor – 7.5″ by 5″ – SOLD
This closed form is made from Camphor. There is a turquoise colored calcite inlay around the outside edge. The top is less than 1/16 inch thick and pierced in a doily pattern. The finial is Orange Osage and the base is red oak. It is quite delicate; so handle with care.
Elegant Pierced Bowl #397
Piece #397 – Butternut – 7″ by 4″ – SOLD
This beautiful bowl is made from three species of wood. The base is African Blackwood. The inlaid bead in the center is hard Maple. The top and bottom half of the main bowl is Butternut. The inlay is turquoise.
Ash Natural Edge Bowl #396
Piece #396 – Ash – 7″ by 4″ – SOLD
Whirlwind Pierced Vase #393
Piece #393 – Black Walnut – Calcite Mineral – 5″ by 12.5″
In this front and back view I slipped a piece of white paper inside the vase so that you can see the piercing pattern. Can you see where it gets its name?
Cigar Ashtray with Obsidian Inlay Center #395
Piece #395 – Spalted Hackberry, Obsidian inlay – 8.5″ by 2″ – SOLD
This is the perfect gift for any cigar aficionado who is also into wood. The center is obsidian inlay with fushite and calcite highlights. The cigars pictured are 7 inches long.
Mineral Inlay Hummingbird Platter #394
Piece #394 – Steamed Beech, Dyed Calcite Crystals – 11.5″ by 2″
This steamed beech platter features a hummingbird drinking from a Hibiscus flower. The bird and flower inlay are about 1/4 inch deep. Minerals used were calcite, fushite, howlite and obsidian. The outside border is optical calcite with the inlay cut all the way through the wood so that light passes through the optical calcite. I have invested about 100 hours of my time in the piece. It has it’s own display stand.
Figured Bowl with Turquoise Inlay #391
Piece #391 – Ambrosia Maple, Turquoise inlay – 11.5″ by 4″ – SOLD
Much like Spalted Maple and other forms of figured maple, Ambrosia Maple is technically not a specific species of Maple, but rather a general description of any type of Maple that has been infested by ambrosia beetles. The beetles bore into the tree, and with it bring fungus that discolors the wood. Ambrosia Maple is considered a decorative feature which gives the wood additional character, and is sometimes available for purchase.
Huge Inlaid Fruit Bowl #390
Piece #390 – Ambrosia Maple, mineral inlay – 15.5″ by 6″ – SOLD
Much like Spalted Maple and other forms of figured maple, Ambrosia Maple is technically not a specific species of Maple, but rather a general description of any type of Maple that has been infested by ambrosia beetles. The beetles bore into the tree, and with it bring fungus that discolors the wood. Ambrosia Maple is considered a decorative feature which gives the wood additional character, and is sometimes available for purchase.
Ambrosia Maple Bowl #389
Piece #389 – Ambrosia Maple – 9″ by 2.5″ – SOLD
Much like Spalted Maple and other forms of figured maple, Ambrosia Maple is technically not a specific species of Maple, but rather a general description of any type of Maple that has been infested by ambrosia beetles. The beetles bore into the tree, and with it bring fungus that discolors the wood. Ambrosia Maple is considered a decorative feature which gives the wood additional character, and is sometimes available for purchase.
Wormy Black Walnut Bowl #388
Piece #388 – Black Walnut – 8″ by 4″ – SOLD
Antique White Milk Painted Bowl #387
Piece #387 – Sassafras – 9″ by 3″ – SOLD
Antique Green Milk Painted Bowl #386
Piece #386 – Sassafras – 11″ by 4.5″ – NFS
Wood and Copper Vase #385
Piece #385- Birch – 4.5″ by 6″ – SOLD
Bronze and Wood Goblet #384
Piece #384- Poplar – 3″ by 7.5″ – SOLD
Wood and Copper Rice Bowl #383
Piece #383- Black Walnut – 6″ by 2.5″ – SOLD
Gilded Temple Box #382
Piece #382- Camphor – 5″ by 9.5″
Floating Jewelry Box #381
Piece #381- Spalted Maple – 8″ by 3″ – SOLD
Flat Bottom Fruit Bowl #380
Piece #380 – Black Walnut – 10″ by 3.5″ – SOLD
Red Tulip Pedestal Bowl #379
Piece #379 – Poplar – Calcite Inlay Band – 10″ by 6.5″ – SOLD
This piece has a blue Calcite inlaid band along the bottom. Finished using red and blue milk paint with a lacquer finish. I sanded the bowl to 320 grit sandpaper. Sealed it with a one pound cut of shellac. The first coat of paint was blue and the second coat was red. When it was completely cured (24 hrs.) I sanded through the red to expose some blue and also some raw wood. Finished it with three coats of spray lacquer. After curing I buffed it with 0000 steel wool and completed it on the Beal Buffing System.
Black Mineral Inlay Platter #378
Piece #378 – Spalted Hickory – Calcite & Obsidian Inlay – 12″ by 1″ – SOLD
