This is a Gallery of some of the new things I have been making. I will be replacing and adding to these photos every month or so as new, hopefully better, but at least different, work is completed and I get around to taking pictures of it.
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Goblets
I have been exploring the possibilities of the goblet form. They are fun to make, they can be challenging, and people like them.
The Segmented and Polychromatic
I am still making these bowls and platters, but I have been trying some new things with them. It was never planned to be this way, but the platters have become the closest thing I will ever get to having a "signature" work.
The Natural Edge and Solid(?) Wood
I have not forgotten the natural forms whenever I can find a suitable piece of wood. Here are a few of the recent pieces.
10" tall vase form from fruit-tree Cherry
A large 24" piece of Walnut burl. The wood came from a very old
tree in the Frenchtown district of Tallahassee, FL.
A 12" diameter bowl form from Douglas Fir. This was the growth around a broken limb.
A pair of "natural edge" Birch goblets. These are 9" and 10" tall.
Another pair of tall goblets. These are from Spalted Maple, and 9" and 10" tall.
"Slipped Ring Bowls"
I have been breaking away from the typical segmented bowl that is assembled from a series of stacked flat rings. This is the first of these.
I have not forgotten the "Polychromatic". This lidded box is made from two of the striped platters with a finial and base. It is 10" diameter and the woods are Birch and Walnut.
This platter was made with the image of a Hummingbird at a feeder in my mind. This one is 14" diameter, and made from Birch and Walnut. There are more of these coming.
A more conventional goblet form from Spalted Maple. 6" tall
A larger natural-edge goblet from White Birch. This one is 12" tall
A smaller 5" diameter natural-edge bowl from Chinese Tallow
This page was last updated: April 28, 2008
This is a different approach to a "natural-edge". Notice that the pith (center) of the tree is just below the bark line on the left side of the bowl. This one is 12" diameter and from Magnolia.
A 12" bowl from a very old and large Ornamental Juniper that was removed for expansion of Olympic College in Bremerton, WA
