Cigar Ashtray #104

Piece #104 – Spalted Oak – 9″ diam by 4″ tall – sold

This beautiful piece of Oak was spalted using my beer and Miracle Grow cooking sauce. There is a stone mounted in the center that matches the wood perfectly. The stone is there to stub out your burning stogie and not damage the wood. A great gift for that special someone who appreciates a good cigar.

Check out this lidded box made from the same piece of wood. It is perfect for your lighters, cutters, matches and other smoking paraphernalia.

Spalted Oak Mixing Bowl

Spalted Oak Salad Bowl #170

Piece # 170 – Spalted Oak – 13″ diameter by 4″ tall – Sold

I acquired this piece of oak from a neighbor down the street. The day after the tree beer woodwas cut I soaked it in my special beer cooking sauce. I wrapped it very tightly in surran wrap and left it alone for about six months.

This is how it looked when I unwrapped it.  I let it dry another 2 months and then I turned the blank into this beautiful bowl.


Spalted Oak Drink Coasters

$50.00 per set of four

These beautiful spalted oak coasters were just made for your man cave. There is nothing dainty about these babies. UNGH…UNGH…UNGH… They are 1.75 inches tall and 4.5 inches in diameter. They have a “thirstystone”  in the middle to suck up the moister that condenses on the outside of your big manly tumbler. For easy storage they stack on top of one another.

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Bark Rim Deep Bowl

Bark Rim Deep Bowl

Piece #102 – Oak – 10″ dia by 6″ – Sold

This beautiful oak bowl shows off the natural rim as well as highlights of turquoise mold growing on the bark. mold

The bowl is 10 inches in diameter and 6 inches deep. The opening on top is not round because of the natural flow of the bark. The bottom was set in from a different piece of oak to give it contrast. The piece was turned green which resulted in several checks. These checks were filled in with ebony saw dust and turquoise lace making them seem natural with relationship to the mold growing on the bark. This oak natural rim bowl is quite stunning.

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Beech Cabinet

Oak Bed Side Tables

This pair of bedside cabinets were made for my Uncle Richard. They are made from quartersawn red oak and are 26.5 inches tall and the top is 18×15. They are solid oak; no veneers over MDF. The finish is about five coats of amber shellac with three coats of furniture paste wax. There is about $150.00 worth of material in each piece. I lost track of the hours I put into these two tables.bedside tables2

If you would like me to make you this pair of tables they are $275.00 each.

Camphor Vase

SOLD

This Camphor vase came from a huge tree that was in Sheri and Doug’s front yard. They cut it down this fall and I got my pick of the wood. Wow! You should see what I have on my curing shelves. There will be a lot of pieces coming from this grand old camphor tree. Already this vase and the prayer box have been turned. My son Mitch has also turned a Chinese vase from this lot of camphor.

Anyone want to do some wood trading?

Oak Bowl with Bark Side

Piece #118 – Spalted Oak – 8.5″ 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.

This bowl was a gift to our dear friends Barbra and Luther. It sets on an end table in their NC mountain top home.