Elm hollow form. About 6” tall, 4.5” diameter. Flame textured (torched and wire brushed). Lacquer finish.



Elm hollow form. About 6” tall, 4.5” diameter. Flame textured (torched and wire brushed). Lacquer finish.



About 7″ diameter, 3″ tall. Walnut oil finish.
Honey Locust. About 6-1/2” diameter, 3-1/4 tall. Sliced apart and reassembled with wenge pewa. Interior painted black, exterior finished with walnut oil.
Bent stem vase (Carved hollow form). Honey Locust. About 5” tall, body is about 3.5” diameter.

Wormy Ash. Hollowed with a small (1/4″) hole in the top. Sliced and reassembled with Wenge pewa.
About 5 1/2″ diameter, 6 3/4″ tall. Interior painted black, exterior finished with walnut oil.


Yes, I hollowed it through the bottom.
Wormy ash, about 4.25″ diameter. Walnut oil finish.


Box Elder Burl. Bleached and dyed.
About 5-1/4″ tall to the top of the finial (lid).
Lid is maple, dyed.
Lacquer finish.



Wormy ash hollow form. About 8.5″ diameter, 5″ high.
This was a crotch with 3 limbs that I found at our club’s wood lot. I turned it whole (leaving in the pith from all the limbs).
I decided to leave the cracks – too many to try to fill or patch. And I removed the frass from the worm holes (lots of those, too).
Finish is Osmo Poly-X.
I did a “Follow Along” post on the AAW Forum to demonstrate my progress and decisions along the way.
Big Leaf Maple Burl. Dyed maple “leg” and finial. About 9.5″ tall. Lacquer finish.


This piece was selected by the American Association of Woodturners Forum as Turning of the Week for January 29, 2024.
Hollow Form. Box Elder Burl. About 4″ diameter and 2.5″ tall.
Red and Yellow dyes finished with Lacquer.