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Coffee pot
4 commentsTurned and carved from figured maple. Form copied from 18th century silver piece.
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Cherry Ginger Jar
1 commentCherry Ginger jar with Spalted Maple and Ebony Inlay - open
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12 Woods Segmented Bowl
A bowl made for a friend. Made of small pieces left over from other projects.
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17 Woods Bowl
This bowl was constructed of 17 different woods. All of the materials were leftovers from other projects.
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Carved Vessel
3 commentsTurned and carved vessel of figured maple from a large dead tree in my yard. Completely hand carved and sanded. About 10" tall. Finished in 15 coats of lacquer and buffed to a glass finish
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"Smoldering burl"
Australian Coolibah burl with burnt top lip. I cut grooves in the top lip after burning with a blow torch. This gives the effect of clean red stripes within the blackened lip of this...
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Wrinkled Madrone Burl
2 commentsThis is a little hollow form I turned to finished thickness while wet, then I let it do whatever moving it wanted to do as it dried. It's about 4 1/4" wide by 3 3/4" tall, and it's a very tactile...
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Rain Mountain and Butterflies
Rain Mountain and Butterflies. A remembrance to the Navajo that died at Big Mountain.
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Pattern #1
1 commentMade from a single plank of Honduran Mahogany. It required 40 separate turnings. Final size of the object is 13" x 22". I Got the inspiration for it from a piece by Terry Scott, A New Zealand...
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Natural Edge Eucalyptus
1 comment10" diameter. Made from wood salvaged from a road widening project.
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Staved Mesqiute and Desert Ironwood Vase
1 comment14.5" x 5". The mesquite body was turned green, dried, then sliced into segments, and the Ironwood accents inserted. Then it was turned to final form.
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Lamplight turned inside out
This project was made of four 4x4x50 inches Itaúba blanks, glued together, and than turned in two places and in the edge that will become the internal hole where I passed the wiring. After...
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"Flicker and Ashes"
This figured redwood and African ebony vase stands 12" tall. Please visit www.vasetuner.com to enjoy many other of my vase photos. Feel free to use the "contact me" button with...
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Dinning Room Table Base
1 commentThis was an Elm Log that I rolled up onto my Oneway .. with some help from my friends. I pre carved some of the mass out with a chain saw on the out side ... I turned between Centers and using...
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Plant Stand
This was made using Purpleheart and Hard Maple. It is approximately 30 inches tall. There is an inside outside turning and a segmented style glue up in the column. It is finished with multiple coats...
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Spring Vase
2 commentsVase in Ash, Coloured with Chestnut Sprit stain, then gloss laquer. 8 inches High
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Catalpa Hollow Form
This piece is made from Northern Catalpa wood. It is approximately 5" tall and 6" in diameter. I used Ellsworth style hollowing tools to hollow the inside. The finish is several coats of...
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About this Contest
UPDATE: Congratulations to Bill Wyko (aka Sandtazam) of Tucson, Ariz. who wins this gallery challenge with his Monsoon turning.

















