

Large Ambrosia Platter
Handmade Ambrosia Platter Large Ambrosia Platter is handmade on a wood lathe. This is an ambrosia maple flat platter with gorgeous grain and incredible markings. The markings are from insect damage by the Ambrosia Beetle as he and his buddies infest the tree. As they eat through the tree fibers they leave behind these streaks. See the dots in the markings. These are the holes where the beetle enters and leaves the wood. They create their own art, but the tree will event


Ambrosia Sunset Platter
Description Ambrosia Sunset Platter shows what happens when the Ambrosia Beetle attacks maple trees and leaves behind these incredible markings. On this piece the Beetle shows great skill as a landscape painter. Ambrosia Sunset Platter is handmade on a wood lathe. This is an ambrosia maple platter with gorgeous grain and incredible markings that appear to be a sunset over the ocean. The markings are from insect damage by the Ambrosia Beetle that infests the maple tree. As t


Shifting Sands Wood Platter
Description Shifting Sands Wood Platter is from an 800 pound maple burl that a fellow turner and I sourced on a llama farm of all places. When I began turning I would not go near a chain saw so my friend did most of the work that day. Now I am processing my own wood from storm damaged trees. This burl contains the most unique patterns and inclusions I have ever seen. The patterns look like traces of prehistoric animal skeletons scattered and laying in sand dunes. What is a B