Vase made of wenge, padauk, billinga, kambala, oak, chestnut and merbau. 18456 pieces. Bottom made of meranti, 24 segments per ring, cut in 2 and inserted a segmented disc containing 48 pieces. No finish yet.
I haven't posted in a while because I've been busy on other things. I have recently made 2 vases with open segments made on my Muse laser. I found that the creation of a segment design to cut only takes about 2 minutes which allows you to make as many of that size as you want. The cutting is...
A close friends wife past away and I felt I needed to do something special for his family. I got to work and made this urn. I don't think its bad for my second urn. I added a threaded lid for ease of opening and closing and some chatter work to the lid.
There's been talk about the Dizzy Bowl but not a dizzy vase so that is what I want to try. I milled material today and glued the block required.
I will slice boards from my block at about 3/8 thick and then plane them to 1/4. I should get 6 boards to work with.
I will then mark the...
Here is my latest turning which features inlay work depicting a man in a boat fishing with fish below him and birds above
it is constructed using
Ash for the sea bed / river bed,
Sapele as the sea
Ash oak and maple for the fish
Maple for the sky
Walnut for the fisher man birds and...
Spiral Vase 12.5" H X 6.5" D, 540 segments Mrytle wood, Paduak spiral, and Wenge top and basel. This is my 3rd attempted open segment using the stomper.
This was the result of using some scraps I had saved. The top ring was an attempt to form ovals. The swirls in the middle came from a design that didn't work out. Materials include walnut, maple, purple heart...and whatever else may be there.