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 #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 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 #192 – Oak – 13 dia x 5 – SOLD
This large oak salad bowl has an inlaid ring around its base.
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 # 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.
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 #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.
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 # 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.
Aug 13, 2010
Piece # 108 – Spalted Oak – 8″ diam by 3 ” tall – SOLD
Aug 13, 2010
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.
Aug 5, 2010
#169 – Oak – 11.5″ diam by 3.75 tall – SOLD
Aug 5, 2010
#165 – Maple and Oak – 5″ diam by 6″ tall – SOLD
Aug 4, 2010
Piece # 168 – Spalted Oak – 10.5″ diam by 5″ tall – Sold
From this to this!
Aug 4, 2010
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 was 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.
Feb 18, 2010
Piece #112 – Wormy Oak – 13″ diam by 5″ tall, NFS
This unique oak bowl has a spectacular natural rim which is contrasted by the 4 sweeping legs. It contains numerous worm holes and other distinctive bits of character. It measures 13 inches wing tip to wing tip and 5 inches deep. This oak bowl is a real conversation piece worthy of any coffee table.
Feb 18, 2010
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.
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.
