May 3, 2011
Piece #214 – Tropical Almond – 10″ dia x 3″ – Sold
This natural edge and shape bowl is made from tropical almond.
Tropical almond is a large deciduous stately tree, originally from India, growing up to 90 feet tall with horizontal whorls of branches offering clusters of foot long; obviate leaves that turn pink-red to red – yellow before falling. It has large (2 – 3 inches) nutty fruits that taste very much like commercially grown almonds.
This bowl was finished with 5 coats of clear shellac.
Apr 9, 2011
Piece #103 – Wormy Oak – 10.5″ dia x 4″ – SOLD
This oak bowl is made from an Oak tree that was removed because of a worm infestation. Evidence is seen in the bottom of this piece. I also left part of the bark visible on the outside of this bowl. It all works together to make this a very interesting conversation piece. It would look great on your coffee table up at the cabin.
Apr 9, 2011
Piece #109 – Wormy Oak – 11″ dia x 3.5″ – Sold
This rustic looking bowl belongs up at your mountain cabin.
Apr 7, 2011
Piece #205 – Guanacaste and Maple – 5″ dia x 13″ – SOLD
This beautiful Urn is made from the Guanacaste Tree. I made it so that half is the heart wood (dark) and half is the sap wood (light). This wood is really rare. I don’t think I have ever seen anything else made from this wood. It could be because it is pretty caustic. It really aggravates my allergies; makes me cough. I have to wear a face mask, open all the doors and make sure my dust collection system collects every particle. Nasty stuff.
Look at the tiny worm holes in the sap wood. However, there are none in the heart wood.
The top is spalted maple.
Apr 7, 2011
Piece #203 – Cherry – 7″ dia x 5″ – Sold
This cherry bowl has a natural undercut rim. I was coming home from Walmart and noticed that someone had cut down a tree in their yard and the wood was piled up beside the road. I stopped and threw a couple of the biggest pieces in the back of my truck. This was a great find. I love cherry. This bowl is a real specimen piece.
Mar 27, 2011
Piece #200 – Ambrosia Maple (bottom) Guanacaste (top) – 7″ dia x 10.5″ – SOLD
This unique finial box could serve many purposes. It could be a cremation urn for your beloved pet, or a trinket box, or a decorative piece. Let your imagination guide you.
Mar 24, 2011
Piece #196 – Holly (bottom), Walnut (top) – 5.5″ dia by 8″ – SOLD
Mar 21, 2011
Piece #193 – Spalted Maple – 10″ dia x 4.5″ – Sold
This bowl has a wide undercut rim. That means the rim is wider and thicker than the walls of the bowl. It is made from maple that was naturally spalted while in contact with the ground for a couple of years.
Sold this bowl at the Lenoir City Arts and crafts Festival on June 5th.
Mar 20, 2011
Piece #190 – Elm botton, Red Cedar Top – 6″ dia x 8″ – Sold
This quaint little jewelry box is quite striking. It had an internal void which appeared as I was turning it. I decided to fill the void with turquoise lace and white crushed granite.
Mar 20, 2011
Piece #197 – Guanacaste (Ear Tree) – 5.5″ dia x 6″ – Sold
This charming little piece is from the Guanacaste Tree of Costa Rica. It has an inlaid ring around its base giving it a Southwestern flair.
Mar 20, 2011
Piece #192 – Oak – 13 dia x 5 – SOLD
This large oak salad bowl has an inlaid ring around its base.
Mar 16, 2011
Piece #191 – Spalted Maple – 5.5″ dia by 9.5″ – SOLD
Mar 15, 2011
Piece #195 – Camphor – 8.5″ dia by 5″ – Sold
This natural bark edge bowl has a square wing created one third way up from the bottom.
Camphor smells like Vick’s Vapor Rub when it is being cut. The whole house fills up with the aroma when I turn this wood. I usually keep the doors open until it is complete.
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Mar 15, 2011
Piece #199 – Spalted Maple – 5.5″ dia by 7.5″ – Sold
This is the second in a series of Urns that I’m working on. The first one turned out so nice that my beloved dog, Keku, resides within. (click here to see it)
It was my wife’s idea to make the Urn for Keku. Keku passed away three years ago and her ashes had been in the tin container she came home in. Ohh that makes me feel like a bad master. Now she has this beautiful Urn that has the place of honor in our glass display cabinet.
For some reason I feel better now that Keku has a beautiful new resting place. I always felt bad that she was in that tin can and I could have made her a special place. She deserves to be in a work of art that portrayed the beauty and love that she brought into my life.
Mar 15, 2011
Piece # 202 – Spalted Oak – 14″ dia x 4.5″ – Sold
Sometimes what you end up with is not what you wanted. You would not know to look at this beautiful bowl that it is not what I had in mind when I started this piece. I thought the wood for this bowl was dry enough when I started, but that’s the mystery of wood.
My initial design was a much deeper bowl with a smaller bottom and two beads around the top rim. My problem was that I did not leave enough thickness around the top rim when I rough cut the bowl. I set the bowl aside to dry further. When I came back to it a month later the top had warped substantially. So much so that when I put it back on the lathe to true it back up there was not enough material along the top to leave in the beads. I had to remove the top two inches of the bowl.
Man was I ticked-off. If my temper had gotten the best of me the bowl would have ended up a splintered heap on my scrap pile. However, patience prevailed and I have this beautiful salad bowl that someone will one day cherish. There’s a lesson here somewhere – I think.
Mar 15, 2011
This jewelry box is one of a pair I made at Christmas. I gave one to my Mother and this one to my Wife. It is made from the sapwood of the Guanacaste tree. The ribbon is Purple Heart and Maple. The inside dividers are Maple stained with MinWax Walnut. The box is 9 inches long 5 inches wide and 3 inches deep.
Dec 5, 2010
Piece #183 – Camphor – 10.5″ dia by 3″ – SOLD
This striking camphor bowl came from my stash of Camphor from a Florida Camphor tree cut down by friends Sheri and Doug. I have a lot of Camphor. I gave this bowl to my Aunt Brenda from Ohio. She was just wishing for a new fruit bowl. Now she has one.
Dec 5, 2010
Piece #186 – Oak, Walnut, Maple, Acorn – 4″ dia by 4.5″ – Sold
This composite box is the result of whim on a late weeknight. I had nothing to do so I went out to the shop to putz around. I found this small piece of oak with beautiful bark. It was too small to use by itself so I glued up some other scraps. When it was finished it needed a little something else so I added the acorn on the lid. Bam!
Dec 5, 2010
Piece #187 – Spalted Oak – 9″ dia by 4″ – SOLD
This piece was a failure that turned into a magnificent piece of eye candy. The bowl is a piece of spalted oak that I made using my secret beer spalting process. I don’t know what the base is made from. I picked it up out of a box of scraps at Amazon Exotic Hardwoods in Orlando Florida.
As I was cutting the tenon off of this bowl my tool dipped and the resulting catch tore the bowl off of the tenon. The result was a bowl with a hole in the bottom. “Another piece of firewood”, I thought at first. But I sat it aside and started a new bowl. Several weeks later I picked it up and had an epiphany. “Why not add a pedestal?” Here it is.
Dec 5, 2010
Piece #184 – Camphor – 7.5″ dia by 5″ – SOLD
This camphor closed form has a curved bark surface. It makes the piece quite remarkable. The pedestal base makes it different. The symmetric grain patterns frame the bark for a pleasing affect to the eye.
Dec 4, 2010
Piece #185 – Spalted Maple – 4″ dia by 5″ – SOLD
The fungus lines in this piece of spalted maple are quite striking. I have several pieces made from this log. (#176, #179, #188) E mail me if you want them all and I will give you a 20% discount.
Dec 4, 2010
Piece # 188 – Spalted Maple – 9″ dia. by 5″ – SOLD
The fungus lines in this piece of spalted maple are quite striking. I have several pieces made from this log. (#176, #179, #185) E mail me if you want them all and I will give you a 20% discount.
This round jewelery box is made from an old maple log that had been on the ground a long time. Lying in the weather much longer would have made the wood too punky to turn.
Nov 2, 2010
Piece #182 – OAK – 8″ dia by 8.5″ tall – Sold
Oct 28, 2010
Piece #181 – Southern Magnolia – 14″ dia by 7″ tall – Sold
Sold this bowl on June 4th at the Lenoir City Arts and Crafts Festival.
This stunning bowl is made from a Magnolia Tree that was cut down about three blocks from my home in Knoxville. The power company was trimming trees and this tree was due. However, the owner said “Just cut it down.”
I was passing by in my pickup truck and loaded up on four huge pieces!
Oct 26, 2010
Piece # 180 – Magnolia Tree – 12″ dia. by 3″ deep – SOLD
This natural edge bowl is made from Magnolia tree.
Oct 6, 2010
Piece # 174 – Spalted Oak Bowl 12″ dia. by 5.5″ deep – Sold
This oak bowl started out as a freshly cut block of oak from Florida. While it was green and still wet I coated it with my secret recipe. It was wrapped up and left outside under a tarp for about 6 months. I unwrapped it and cleaned it up with Clorox bleach. I let it set under the tarp for 4 more months. I brought it in and turned it last month.
Oct 6, 2010
Piece # 176 – Spalted Maple – 7″ dia. by 11″ tall – Sold
The maple for this piece came from my friend Kevin’s back yard. It spalted naturally. I cut it from the crotch in the base of the tree. The striking dark line is the outside edge where the two limbs grew together.
The fungus lines in this piece of spalted maple are quite striking. I have several pieces made from this log. (#179, #185, #188) E mail me if you want them all and I will give you a 20% discount.
Oct 6, 2010
Piece # 179 – Spalted Maple – 9.5″ dia. by 4.5″ deep – Sold
This spalted maple came from my friend Kevin’s back yard. It was cut down a year ago and spalted naturally. The dark lines are quite striking.
I have several pieces made from this log. (#176, #185, #188) E mail me if you want them all and I will give you a 20% discount.
Oct 6, 2010
Piece # 178 – Camphor – 12.5″ dia. by 4″ deep – SOLD
This camphor bowl was stained with walnut stain.
Oct 6, 2010
Piece # 177 – Spalted Oak – 7″ dia. by 2″ deep – SOLD
This small dish is made from a piece of green oak I spalted with my secret recipe. I used a core cutter to remove it from the large spalted oak bowl.
