Up-dated 09/27/08
These are some photos of pieces that I have
made that I consider fine art.
Project 0215
Embellished Vase
This is an experimental vase made from tulip poplar. I deliberately cut a “crack” or more like a gash in the vessel and I intend to use one of the “bridging the gap” methods of lacing across the gap. The vase is 5” high and 2 ¾” in diameter. The finish is satin lacquer. The lacing is waxed lacing string.
Project 0225
Pewter Embellished Vessel
This project used the same camphor as 0210 and the pewter casting for the CWT demo on 06/27/07. The camphor stock was 3 7/8” x 3 7/8” x 6”. The final height with pewter rim is 5 ½” and the diameter is 3 1/8”. The finish is lacquer and mylands.
Project 0210
Pewter Embellished Vessel
This vessel will be
used for the demonstration at the Cumberland Wood Turners club meeting on
06/27/07. The wood is some camphor that
I got from one of the guys in
Project 0209
Pewter Embellished Vessel
This vessel is made
from Honduran Rosewood and a pewter top.
This will be my first attempt at using molten metals as an
embellishment. When I get around to it,
I’ll post how I did it on the “How I Made It” page. This particular piece of wood was the only
salvageable part of a big 8” x 8” x 18” piece of rosewood that I bought in
Project 06-062
Chain Saw Embellished Lidded
Box
I had a few cherry planks that I could make
some platters or other shallow things.
One of the pieces was severely chain saw “damaged” on one side and I
thought that I should use this for something.
I chose the most damaged section and cut my circle for the box out of
that. The lid was made from wood that
was directly below the body and the grain would be in line with the box cut out
part. I turned the body so that the
maximum chain saw embellishment was visible.
Notice also that this part of the plank had sap wood in it that was worm
ridden. The knob is from another part of
the plank and matches the rest of the body.
The maximum diameter is 8 ¾” and the maximum height is 3 ½”. The finish is semi gloss lacquer.
Project 06-052
Lidded box
For this lidded box I wanted to have the base
and the finial flow into the body smoothly.
I had to spend a lot of time on the joining surfaces so that they would
mate perfectly. The body is Afzelia burl
(from
Project 06-045
Pierced Vessel
“Waves”
This is my first attempt at making a pierced
piece. Obviously, I could not cut a
turned vessel on my scroll saw so I had two choices. One, use a hand saw of some kind and two, use
some kind of power tool. I used a jig
saw to do the cutting. I cut down an
appropriate blade to about 1 inch and drilled appropriate holes where needed to
make the cut outs. I used a Dremel tool
with the small saw and sanding drums and some small files. I did lots of hand sanding!! The wood is camphor and the finish is spray
on polyurethane. The height is 4 7/8
inches and the diameter is 2 3/8 inches.
Project 06-041
Mixed Media Bowl Number One
This project was done for the American
Association of Woodturners Spring 2006 Contest (www.woodturner.org). The requirement for the contest was a bowl
between 6 and 16 inches in diameter.
That made it pretty open so I decided to make something unusual. I had wanted to make something combining wood
and leather for some time and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. Back in the ‘80s I made a lot of things out
of leather and I used various lacing techniques on some of the pieces. This piece is maple and leather lace and the
lacing style is “round braid” or “Mexican basket weave”. Click HERE to see how I made it.
Project 06-040
Cherry Laurel Vessel
You might not consider this project “fine
art” but I do. Florida Cherry Laurel is
a rather finicky wood. It will warp real
easy and crack just for fun. Well, I got
a bunch of it up the street (that would be called “curbwood”) and thought it
was grapefruit. I found out it wasn’t
but I turned this vessel anyway just to see what would happen. I was hoping it would crack and I was not
disappointed. Now what to do with the
crack?
I suppose there’s lots of ways to fix a crack
but I figured that I could staple it.
Project 06-019
Urchin Box Number One
I have been focusing on boxes for awhile and
decided to try something different from the usual straight sided box. The idea of making something that looked like
a sea urchin had been in my head for some time.
The actual inspiration for this box came from a sea urchin I collected
when I was in the Army and on temporary duty to an
I do not believe that we woodturners should
keep secrets as to how we made things.
Therefore, I have included a discussion of how I made this piece in the
“How I Made It” section of this website.
You may go HERE to see
how I made it.
