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This beautiful Albert LeCoff Retirement Artbook book features over 50 artist gifts to Albert LeCoff upon his retirement in 2019. He is the founder of The Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia, PA. This gallery focuses on wood art with a museum of over 1200 unique handmade wood art items. Albert is one of the most influential people responsible for developing Woodturning into a recognizable Art Form. It is an honor that my gift to Albert is in the Albert LeCoff Retirement

Description This Universe Wooden Vase is turned on a wood lathe. Once the wood vase form is complete I will spend more time finishing the vase to tell a story. I cut a recess into the top rim and hand place each color pencil into the cutout. Then, I flood the rim with tinted resin to fill the voids and seal the pencils in place. I go back to the lathe to trim the pencils and bring the piece to life. Now I add graphic elements using pyrography and the airbrush to complete

Life Cycle Bowl features a piece of Norfolk Island Pine (NIP) wood. In the United States NIP only grows in Florida and Hawaii. I believe that it is the only tree where the branches grow in concentric layers. This is unlike other trees where the branches grow randomly. This piece does not have any knots, but you can see them in this piece. These knots appear as eyes looking out into the world. This Life Cycle Bowl features symbols that tell the story of life on earth. Sym

Award for Genesis Platter is a commission piece for family honoring their dad. A Cherry Tree was planted by the family and grew at the grave site. Eventually the tree became so large that it began to cause damage near the grave. The son spoke with the authorities at the cemetery into allowing him to secure large logs from the tree anticipating that family heirlooms could be made from the wood. The son phoned me and asked if I would make some items for his mother, sister an

Volcano and Forest Bowl this is my interpretation of planet earth developing.  There are no flat spots on the bottom so the bowl will wobble with a slight push.  Volcano and Forest Bowl features several craft techniques including off center turning, pyrography, carving, decoration with acrylics and finally a protective finish. It is a one of a kind lathe turned wood wobble bowl featuring forests and a volcano. You can imagine your own story about how the forming of the planet

Item Description A swarm of colorful night time Dragonflies decorate this Painted Dragonfly Vase. The size is 9 1/2 inches tall with 6 1/2 diameter at top tapering to 3 1/2 inches at base. Pyrography and iridescent paints decorate this vase.  This item sold on the first day of showing. Process A vase like Painted Dragonfly Vase is more difficult to make than a bowl because of the depth and the ability to reach the base with available tools.  Additionally a deep piece will vib

Description Genesis Wood Vase is a 12 inch tall cherry vase featuring symbols representing water, land and life.  Pyrography techniques are used to decorate this vase. Starting at the base is the symbol for water.  The middle section represents land.  The top section is life with DNA strands. Process A vase like this Genesis Wood Vase is more difficult to make than a bowl because of the depth and the ability to reach the bottom with standard tools. In addition, a deep piece m

Culture Issues Crisscross Apple Sauce Vase Inspiration for this piece is from Native American pottery.  One day playing with my four year old granddaughter I asked her to sit Indian Style for a photo. Her reply is that I should not say “Sit Indian Style” and that the correct saying is to sit “Crisscross Apple Sauce.” Therefore this is not a Native American Style Vase, but a Crisscross Apple Sauce Vase.  I am still not sure I understand why this correction is taking place in o

Description Angry Wood Sea Urchin is a wood sculpture taking many attempts and several months to complete.  My goal is to recreate in wood a ceramic sculpture I own.  The ceramic piece features a texture similar to volcanic rock flowing out of a small opening at the top.  I could not get it quite right.  I abandoned that path and pursued a vegetable shape.  Very unhappy with the progress of this second attempt I set the piece aside for many months.  By this time I am creating

Description Climbing Vines Vase is a thin wall maple vase features a simple pyrography vine growing up along the sides of the vase.  The size is 4 inches tall by 3 inches in diameter.  This was a transition piece for me.  My goal was to make a form with a very thin wall.  Up to this point my bowls and vases had thicker walls.  A new turner wants every piece to be something.  At some point a Maker must be ready to take chances to expand boundaries in order to improve the skill

Tadpoles and Not Sperm Wood Tadpole Egg Vase.  Every turner enjoys making eggs.  These tadpoles are drawn onto the wood with a pyrography tool which is a wood burner.  It looks like a soldering iron and the red hot tip brands the wood. These are tadpole. Not what you think. They have legs. The size is 5.5 inches tall with a 3 inch diameter at the widest point. Hollow Forms The style of this Wood Tadpole Egg Vase is a  Hollow Form.  The artist makes a small entry hole and remo

Description This Basket Weave Hollow Form vase is Apple wood. Hollow form is a style of wood turning on the lathe where the artist makes a small entry hole and removes the wood with special tools. The tools look like hooks and the maker goes through the cutting process not being able to witness the wood removal. This takes lots of practice to develop the skill level. Pyrography Pyrography creates the basket weave texture which is branding wood with a red hot wire. An art

Description Summertime Bowl is part of a series of 40 antique hand painted European and Asian vase and bowl lids that were missing their bases. This lid has been identified as Chinese Export from the 18th Century. The overall size is 4.75 inch diameter by 5 high. The wood is Ash which I dyed red. I then followed the growth rings with a pyrography tip to form the branches and then painted the leaves and flowers with acrylics. The process to design a wood base it is interest