Renaissance Festival

Reincarnated Trees - Wooden mugs, goblets, bowls and other Wood in the Round

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Renaissance Festival

I just wanted to show you some pictures of the Michigan Renaissance Festival. It runs for 7 weekends in August and September. If you come visit us, stop at my booth, Reincarnated Trees, booth 501. I am right between the Bakery (great cinnamon rolls) and the privies. May the winds always blow from the South East.

A Neighbor at the Festival

There are many reasons to visit the festival. Most of the best reasons are in my booth, but I won't blame you for looking around.

Life is worth living.

Platters and bowls

A nice collection of turnings displayed along one wall of the booth. The platters are 14 and 15 inches in diameter. This should give you an idea of the size of the other objects.

Prices can range from $30 to $300 or more

Mugs and Goblets

I use all kinds of wood: Maple, Cherry, Walnut, Oak, Elm, Box Elder, Ash, Honey Locust, etc. In short, if the tree is available I will make something out of it.

$50 and up depending on wood and figure.

Another wall of plates and bowls. I would rather turn wood than burn it.

About 2 dozen tall goblets. They range from 7 to 10 inches tall. The taller and thinner the goblet the more it vibrates on the lathe when turning and the greater the risk of mistakes. Prices are $60 and up depending on the type of wood and the figure.

The watches have a battery powered movement, but the case is solid hardwood. I have carried one as a pocket watch for the last 3 years. I like it because I can tell the time without my bifocals. I price them at $50 regardless of the type of wood. You can also see some daggers in this picture and the vase contains some "magic" wands made of cocabolo.

The Michigan festival does not allow patrons to carry real weapons. I make these fancy swords and daggers out of cocabolo and other select hardwoods with real sword hardware for the guards and pommels. You can swagger with a dagger, wear a sword like a lord, and not get arrested.

This shot shows several plates displayed on one of the top shelves in the booth. They are about 11 to 15 inches in diameter. Prices can range from $40 to $150 depending on the type of wood, grain pattern, and size.

Platters, bowls, and lots of walnut.

This shows some of the variety of shapes, wood, and grain patterns one can find by scrounging wood from friends and then using a lathe to release the beauty nature produced.

This is my redesigned lathe. It started as the treadle lathe you can see me using on the home page. I added a small wheel in 2001 to allow audience participation. In 2002 I added a large metal wheel to increase the speed and decrease the work required by my volunteer apprentices. For 2003 I moved the location of the handle so my cranky help won't knock their elbows on the greasy wheel hub. I have dubbed this version Lathe 4.0 and it works great. For 2007 I will be adding a metal lathe bed and will create Lathe 5.0, stop by and give it a turn.

Goblets

This is another picture of my goblet shelf. As you can see, no two goblets are exactly alike.

Cherry Plate

Nice character because the wood sat in the rain for several years. About 8 inches in diameter.

Pipes, tops, spatulas, watches, etc.

Next to the counter I display a number of small items made from the same wood I use for Mugs.

Reincarnated Trees, fine wood turnings - contact John Becker - reincarnated_trees@hotmail.com