AATURNING

Beach Sea Urchin features turning, carving and bleaching from Madrone wood. After turning the hollow form on the lathe I will spend...

Description This Manzanita piece is Cracked Orb.  It is a very difficult wood to process. It contains pockets of dirt and rocks which...

This Manzanita piece is Age Spots.  Manzanita is a difficult wood to turn. There are pockets of dirt and rocks which dulls tools...

Alchemy in Wood Wood Metal Alchemy Vessel is a theme that I often pursue to make a piece of wood no longer identifiable as wood.  The...

Raspberry Glaze Wood Donut is a Hollow Form style of woodturning. It requires skill and experience to remove the interior wood through a...

Cyclopes Wood Bowl is a Curly Maple hollow form that reminds me of a cat’s eye due to the grain patterns in the wood.. The size is 4...

Wooden Maple Donut Hollow Form Style Bowl with an undercut rim in the shape of a donut. Approximate size is 7 inches in diameter by 3.5...

Native American Style Pottery is a grouping of wood vessels inspired by Native American Art. The pottery made by the Native Americans was...

Description Shot Through The Heart Vase is wood from a plum tree outside our dining room window until it died from insect damage. Notice...

Antique Wood Quartet are four Madrone wood pieces that I paint with copper and an oxidizer so they look like antique pieces.  The sizes...

Culture Issues Crisscross Apple Sauce Vase Inspiration for this piece is from Native American pottery.  One day playing with my four year...

Description This Lost Wood Vase begins as an assembly of three layers of wood. On the outside are two layers of Sapele and in the center...

Late one afternoon, while visiting the studio of Master Turner David Ellsworth a small piece caught my attention and is the inspiration...

Description Purple Pet Urn Sphere. Perusing an antique store I come across approximately 40 antique European and Asian porcelain bowl...

This Spirit Form Vessel is Madrone wood.  The style is Hollow Form where the opening is smaller than the diameter.  It takes practice and...

I design and produce all my items in my Montvale, NJ USA studio Reading Wood This Oak Burl Hollow Form is 7 inches in diameter and 4...

Crawford Coral Bowl is a box elder wood hollow form.  I start with a hollow form shape. Then I carve and pierce the wood and finish with...

Description Monkey Cookie Jar is what I consider a design opportunity.  While turning a vase a knot appears with a void. Now I am stuck...

Collaboration Duncan Vessel and Lid features an European antique porcelain lid from the 1800’s that is missing its base.  It is a gift to...

Description Antique Knock Off Bowl is an experiment with color and texture. I threw everything at this piece using pyrography for...