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What is more fun than one fish? It is telling a story with a school of fish and a yellow submarine. The fish and the submarine are wood art pieces that I turn on a lathe. Most items that come off the lathe are perfectly round and not oval as are these items. So how does that happen? This is a technique that I learned in a workshop with a brilliant woodturner and artist Michael Hosaluk. I refer to Michael as the Picasso of woodturning. He makes a piece and then cuts it u

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

Matisse Inspired Wood Sculpture Falling Leaves Arc Sculpture is a Matisse inspired wood sculpture. When Matisse was no longer able to hold a brush and paint he began to scissor cut paper flowers, birds, dancers and other images often found in his earlier paintings. Many of these items became collages and if you have seen photographs of his studio you will notice them pinned to the walls. Here I use his leaf designs to create Falling Leaves Arc Sculpture. I fabricated the