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The pictures may show products that have been sold, but something comparable can usually be made. Some of the weirder,
artsy items are one of kind, they owe a lot of their character to the stresses the tree experienced. If you visit
me at the Michigan Renaissance Festival you can see and touch the items you are considering.
I will try to show you pictures of everything I make. If it is round and made of wood, I can usually figure
out a way to make it. I have made croquet mallets, drum sticks, and other items on special order. What I make
the most of are:
Mugs
Goblets
Plates and Platters
Bowls
Pretty, but non-functional art objects
| Pink Ivory Goblet - 9 1/2 inches |
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| This is a smooth, dense, beautiful, African hardwood. My wife already laid a claim to it. |
| Afzelia Burl Bowl - 9 inches in diameter |
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| This beautiful burl comes from Africa. I bought a piece that became a bowl and 2 goblets. |
| Afzelia Burl goblet - 10 inches tall |
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| One of the goblets I made from the piece of burl. My wife likes them so they must be good. |
| Afzelia Burl set |
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| I hope this set finds a good home. I would love to see them stay together. |
| Turning - Box Elder Burl |
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| The texture, color, and figure all appeal to me. |
| Box elder bowl |
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| This shows off the red streaking common in Box elder. |
| Lidded Bowl |
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| A nice bowl of oak with a fitted lid. |
| Natural Edge Apple Bowl - 8" in diameter |
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| The bark had to be stabilized with super glue, but it was worth it for the look. |
| Natural edge apple |
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| A different tree gives a different color and look, even if it is the same species. |
| Honey Locust Mug |
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| Honey Locust is a very dense wood. |
| Rotten Maple log turning - 10" high |
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| The center of the log rotted out and after turning the top split. This is what the wood wants to be |
| Kingwood goblet - 9 1/2 inches |
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| A relative of rosewood. Definitely one of a kind, since this was all the wood I had. |
| Walnut Bowl |
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| One of several bowls with "crotch" figure I got from a 15 inch log I cut in half. |
| Mara goblet - 9 1/2 inches |
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| Another African wood, somewhat similar to walnut. |
| Black birch bowl |
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| The bark is like birch but dark and the wood looks like apple. Nice stuff to work. |
| Rotten maple log turning - 9" tall |
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| Lighter in color than the ones above, this turning came from higher on the tree. |
| Honey Locust Goblet |
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| This goblet is about 8 inches tall. I like the color contrast. |
| Rotten maple log turning - 6" tall |
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| From every side this one looks different, form smooth to totally weird. I like it. |
| Amboyna Burl Goblet |
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| This is a one of a kind goblet. My wife grabbed it as a decorator. I love the color of this wood. |
| Oak |
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| A deep bowl turned on the end grain. About 7 inches in diameter. |
| Mulberry Mug |
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| Every wood has its own unique color and look. Mulberry comes out sort of yellowish. |
| Spalted Oak urn - 10" tall |
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| I call these urns, but you can call them covered vases, or whatever you want. |
| "Straws" and Cigarette Holders |
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| Some more new items using fancy hardwoods. You can sip and smoke in style. |
| Hickory Flute Champagne |
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| This goblet is very slender and 9" tall. Too bad most hickory becomes firewood. |
| Willow turning - 7" tall |
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| The log had a weird bulbous shape on it, so that became the top of this turning. |
| Cebil goblet - 9 1/2 inches |
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| A dense African wood. The trees are small so they don't make good lumber, but great for turning. |
| Oak Bowl / Box |
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| A lidded bowl about inches in diameter. |
| Purple Heart Platters |
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| This is the natural color of this wood. These platters are 12" in diameter. |
| Purple Heat Dice with Turquoise inlay. |
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| OK, they were not done on a lathe. But I thought they were neat. |
| Canteen |
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| This was a special order. Make two bowls, glue together, add leather and brass. Easy?? |
| Urns or Jars |
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| These jars are 12 to 14 inches tall. I made them of walnut and maple. |
| Rotten Apple |
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| This turning was made from an apple log that had rotted out in the middle. |
| Walnut |
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| Yes, I like working with this wood when I can get a good piece. About 14" in diameter. |
| Hollow Vessel |
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| A nice piece made from spalted maple. A hollow vessel, isn't pracitical, but looks nice on a shelf. |
| Hollow turning of oak and moradillo |
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| This oak is from a 350 year old tree that came down in a storm. The top supplies contrast. |
| Walnut Bowl |
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| This bowl is 15 inches in diameter. It came from a 250 year old tree. |
| Cork Screw Willow |
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| Willow trees with all those curly little branches, can also produce wood with curly figure. |
| Tulip Poplar |
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| The tree was struck by lightning, but lived, this led to cracks and strange colors. |
| Juniper Vase |
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| This wood is very sticky and difficult to finish, but looks nice when done. |
| Natural edge juniper bowl - 6.5" in diameter |
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| I really like the contrasting colors in the juniper. The wood is very sticky to turn, but aromatic. |
| Cherry Turning |
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| Hollow shape, about 11" in diameter. Some more of that nice spalting. |
| Walnut Bowl |
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| About 8" in diameter and about 4" deep. The color is nice and dark from laying on the wet ground. |
| Jar or Urn |
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| The wood came from a pile of firewood at a the Mayan Ranch in Texas. No one knew what it was. |
| Walnut Bowl |
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| About 8" in diameter, this bowl is from newly cut Walnut. Sap wood is white, the heart wood black. |
| Ambrosia Maple Vases |
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| 13 inches tall. The ambrosia beetle kills the tree and leaves behind the dark stain. Beetle juice? |
| Walnut Bowl |
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| 14" in diameter this bowl displays crotch figure(feather grain to Victorians) where 2 branches met. |
| Willow bowl |
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| This is another piece of willow burl, but this section didn't develope any spikes. |
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