Bowls Turned from a Rhodes Tree

I made this series of 10 bowls using Magnolia 

harvested from a tree near Burrow Hall  

on the Rhodes college campus.

Each bowl has the above statement printed on the bottom.

(click on the photos to enlarge)

The bowls have multi coatings of General Finishes Milk Paint

followed by a dark glaze  

and for durability two or more topcoats 

of clear General Finishes High Performance.

The bowls range in size from 11 to 14 inches in diameter.

The rims were left as natural wood.

This bowl features an all-over pattern of pyrography lines.

This large open vessel features

pyrography spirals on the rim and 

along the wood's grain lines on the exterior.

Detail of spirals.

(finished much the same as the red beaded bowls)

2019 Christmas Ornaments

Woods - Maple 

and Birdseye Maple

These three are finished with

seven more turned and ready to painted.

Ornaments in motion . . . 

Inspired by an article written by John Lucas

in the December 2017 American Woodturner magazine.

Twin Stars (basket illusion my way)

Material - Cherry

12 3/4" diameter x 2"

 Back view of Twin Stars

(all photos will supersize if double clicked)

Halloween At My Grandson's House

How do you know when you have 

a lot of trick-or-treaters at your house.  

When you have the police who are 

patrolling the neighborhood stop 

in front of your house and

start to hand out treats.  

Our official counter counter count 

(me with a hand held counter) 

was 622 treaters.

(not counting the adults only the treaters)  

We gave out 1000 pieces of candy.   

The high light of the night was when 

the 3-year old grandson went out the sidewalk 

when there was a lull and 

announced in his loudest voice 

"WE HAVE CANDY"  "WE HAVE CANDY" 

"C'MON PEOPLE - WE HAVE CANDY!"

Red & Black Beaded Bowl

Magnolia

General Finishes Milk Paint
with 

General Finishes High Performance Top Coat 

Magnolia Bowl - Opportunity

13 inch diameter x 3 inch height

General Finish Milk Paint

with General Finish High Performance Top Coat

Walnut Bowl

11 inch diameter x 3 1/2 height
Finish is Walnut Oil

Week of Fun at John C. Campbell Folk School

My three baskets - black straps can be added
to the center basket when it is used as a backpack

The week of Sept 8-14 Julie was an instructor 

at John C. Campbell Folk School 

teaching a quilting class 

and I took a class in basket making. 

The basket class was great!  

Susan Taylor the instructor and 

John Roller the assistant 

exceeded my expectations for the class.  

They must have spent days preparing for the class 

to make the class a success for all nine students.  

THANK YOU Susan and John!

Below is a photo of the class with our completed baskets,

and a photo of Susan and John. 

(photos should supersize if double clicked)

After getting home I removed the straps 

and put a finishing protective spray coating 

of satin clear coat (Valspar topcoat)

on my baskets to keep them clean longer.

Shall We Dance

Overall height is 14 inches.

Ring diameter 13 1/4 inches in diameter.

Ring depth 1-1/4 inches.

Ring is segmented Snakewood.

Eggs are Cherry embellished with pyrography and paint.  

Each egg is 3 1/2 inches high.

The eggs are suspended on stainless steel wire.

The eggs are designed in such a way 

that they cannot touch each other.

Profound

Segmented Cherry ring is 23-1/2 inches in diameter 

and 2 inches in depth.

It is designed so that it always rolls to one side.

The ring is not perfectly symmetrical.

No two surfaces are parallel

and the center of the circle is slightly off-center.

The inner surface is embellished with pyrography and paint.

The outer surface is also embellished

with pyrography and paint.

And the ring contains a hidden surprise. 

Metal objects that come too close

will stick to the ring.

Endless Possibilities

Magnolia 

7 1/2 inches high by 13 inches in diameter

Milk paint finish

The spiral pyrography follows the grain pattern of the Magnolia.

Detail showing signature area on bottom of bowl.

Detail showing pyrography spirals.

Detail of bowl's rim and interior.

Lighthouses for Baseball Billet Challenge

The Mid-South Woodturners Guild's 

president's challenge for June 2019 

was to use a baseball bat billet section 

approximately 16 inches long 

to make any type of woodturning.

 Caveat:  the major portion of the finished piece 

had to be made using the bat billet.

I will be selecting one lighthouse for the challenge.  

I will be keeping one for myself 

and two others will be gifts.

The remaining ones will be sold

 at a price yet to be set.

Height - approximately 13 inches tall.

The crystal is a JIHUI Clear Glass 

Crystal Ball Prism Pendant Suncatcher 40mm

purchased through Amazon.com.

Beads of Courage Boxes

Five newly finished Beads of Courage boxes

featuring stave construction.

(photos will supersize if double-clicked)

Woods include Black Walnut, Cedar, and Poplar.

Lids are made from Birch plywood.

These will be added to other made by MSWG members

and delivered to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.

Tertiary

double-click to supersize photo to see greater detail

Tertiary is the next in my latest series.

Like Learning Curve and Crop Circles

(see two previous posts)

this one is designed to hang on the wall.

Measures approximately 35" x 35"

Crop Circles

 34.5 inches x 35.5 inches

Poplar on plywood

Acrylic Milk Paint and other finishes

Woodturning, carving, and pyrography and other techniques. 

Detail photo