Something diffrent

Hello folks

Here's a Blackheart ash form which caused me a few problems during drying- A large hole opened up on the side and was to fragile to leave- here is my resolve
the form is 5" wide by 5 3/4" tall

Ovoid forms

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I've been exploring the ovoid/egg form recently, I prefer to find a form by choice or by accident and make several one after another slightly altering the form and looking at them all to see which I prefer and why. Well with this particular form I'm struggling to get it right- I've made about a dozen now and about half of them are what I believe to be good... so here they are

Burr oak 3" wide by 3 1/2" tall

spalted beech 6" wide by 6 1/2" tall

Ash 5" wide by 5 5/8" tall

Olive ash 5" wide by 5 3/4" tall

Olive ash 5" wide by 5 3/4"tall

Olive ash 5 1/2" wide by 5 3/8" tall

Olive ash 5 3/8" wide by 5 3/4" tall

New turned box's

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I've been busy recently making a few turned box's, these are something I enjoy making from time to time as it gives me a break from the larger green forms and I also enjoy working with small piece's of highly figured/dense woods.

Boxwood and African Blackwood

Lignum vitae and boxwood

Yew with turquoise stone inlay

A few sycamore forms

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I was recently asked to make a few sycamore forms- I hadn't worked with sycamore before, I suppose I'd always thought of it as being a bit bland.

I visited my local tree surgeons yard and picked up just shy of 1/2 a tonne of freshly felled wood- this timber was felled as part of a forestry management- thinning, removal of dead or dangerous trees etc. If i hadn't of bought the timber it will be used for firewood.

here are just a few of the forms i have made with it

6" wide by 9" tall

6" wide by 9 1/2" tall

6" wide by 9 3/8" tall

6 1/2"wide by 11"tall

4 1/2"wide by 4" tall

Natural edge mulberry bowl

Hello folks here's a short video which shows part of the initial stages of making the mulberry bowl pictured below.

The finished bowl was left to dry for a few weeks in which time it found its own shape- I then applied a finish and here it is. 5" wide by 4"tall and weighing in at just 72 grams