Nativity

I was inspired by a clip from this video by Sam Angelo and made a nativity set for the family. I happened to have a bowl that I’d gone too thin on the bottom, so I could cut it to made the manger.

Hollow forms

I’ve been enjoying making hollow forms recently. This is just a sampling of some of the recent ones.

Beetle-Kill Pine:

Maple, with a bit of spalting on the top:

Aspen:

Cottonwood:

Another cottonwood form. I like how layering various colors of dye brings out the figure in cottonwood.

Wormy Maple Bowl

The worms really had a field-day in this Maple tree. They bored lots of holes. I like the patterns they left in the wood. I think this bowl shows off both the beauty of the wood and gives a glimpse into the lives of creatures that lived in the tree.

The bowl measures about 10.75″ x 3″

~~$85~~ Sold

Maple Platter

I acquired a very nice piece of Maple. I was happy that the platter I turned was able to show off this beautiful wood.

There is some beautiful quilting figure, a lighter band on one edge – I think this is from the sapwood, but it is really hard to tell. This tree must have been huge, as there is hardly any curvature to the growth rings at all.

The platter measures about 12″ x 2″.

Ambrosia Maple Tesla Platters

Here are several platters made from Ambrosia Maple and decorated with Lichenberg patterns around the rim.

Ambrosia Maple is not a species, but rather a regular Maple that has been infested with an Ambrosia Beetle. The beetle stains the wood and leaves little holes where it bored thru the wood.