| This page shows some of my recent attempts at butchering some uninteresting piece of wood into something that resembles "art" |
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| These small bowls are only about 4" wide and 3" deep, All are made from Yew, I find it an easy wood to work with but care must be taken when polishing because of heat cracks. the Gobblet is only 2" high |
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| The next Bowl was made from an Poplar Burr,aka "Tulipwood". because it had so many knots in it I could not really get it as thin as I would of liked, but the finished thing was ok |
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| Tulipwood is not a very nice wood to turn normally but this Burr must of been the exception. Tulipwood is really a Poplar tree , Tulip tree wood is a different wood altogether, and better to turn. |
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| This piece is African Paduk, The colour and the grain make it a pleasure to turn, This piece was sold almost before it left the laith, So it's not gathering dust here,as some of my stuff is, it's gathering it in someone elses home! |
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| Osage Orange: the Gobblet is about 4" high, I was given this bit timber on a recent cruise I was on ,by one of the passengers (Tom ). It's a native wood from Texas, named after the Osage Indians I believe, They used it to coral their horses as every branch has thick thorns on it. |
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| Ash Gobblet / Egg Cup Not the ideal wood for turning something like this but this was my first try out at doing a long-ish stem gobblet/egg cup, I finished this one off with Danish Oil, It still needs more but as I say this was my first attempt, It can only get better, I hope. |
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| This is another bowl idea I am experimenting with, The rope is a bit on the thick side, but once I get it right I am hoping to incorporate the wood and rope plaits or Celtic knots together |
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