Fairly Useless Platter

Or maybe it’s a shallow bowl. Either way, it won’t hold soup.

Cherry burl with large bark inclusions wenge pewa) and some bug tracks. Quite a mess. This was the outer core from around the bowl I posted earlier.

About 12″ diameter, 2-1/4″ tall.

Cherry Burl Bowl

About 8″ diameter, 2.75″ high. Round bottom (no foot, just a little dimple so it sits upright).
Simple walnut oil finish.
A few pewa (maple) to stabilize a crack, and some epoxy fill in the cracks just to make the bowl more usable, since the cracks went all the way through.

Maple Burl Box

About 4″ tall, 3″ diameter. The interior is about 2″ diameter.

Lid is parted off in an arc, and the top attached with 2 pairs of small magnets. The magnets are oriented so the lid only goes on the “right” way.

Lacquer finish.

Zeta

Rocket Box #6 – “Zeta”.

Stands 10-1/2″ tall.

Box Elder Burl with dyed maple lets, rings, finials. Lacquer finish.

Simple Goblet

About 10” high, bowl is about 3” diameter. Box elder burl, dyed. Dyed maple stem. Lacquer.

This piece was selected by the American Association of Woodturners Forum as Turning of the Week for June 17, 2024

Rocket Box, Too!

Enjoyed making the first one, so had to do another.

About 11” tall. Big leaf maple burl w/ dyed maple legs, rings, and finials.

Finish is lacquer.

This piece received an Instant Gallery Excellence Award at the 2024 AAW International Symposium.

Tall Box

A tall box with 3 carved legs. Box Elder Burl, about 10″ tall.

Disc under the lid and finial are dyed with India ink. Finish is lacquer.