Brown Mallee
This piece wasn't turned, it was carved. Upside down, it looks like a big mussel shell. I liked the shape so well I wanted to keep it - so I just carved out the center. Before caring it, I turned a small foot on the bottom - which is on the left side in the picture. I had hoped that the distribution of weight in the finished piece would make it possible to stand on this foot alone - but it didn't work, so I put a walnut base on it.
Amboyna
Another Asian bowl. The bowl in this case is round - it rests on a blackwood base. The bowl can be tilted to almost any angle.
Brown mallee
Another hollow form suspended on an eccentric base. The black in the brown mallee is pitch which seems to have crystalized.
Cocobolo
Cocobolo is such a beautiful wood that it seems only the simplest forms do it justise.
Eucalyptus and ebonized cherry
I'm not sure what kind of eucalyptus these "flowers" are, but they look like red mallee. 7
Grenadillo
Another attemp at avoiding a bottom on the bowl.
Brown mallee
Singapore ball
I made several of the balls to develop some techniques for another project. They are fun to spin as you throw them in the air and then catch.
Brown mallee
Another hollow form on an eccentric base - this one is really tall
Three cups
Three amboyna cups suspended on eccentric ebony stems stuck in a red mallee burl base.
Brown MalleeThis piece wasn't turned, it was carved. Upside down, it looks like a big mussel shell. I liked the shape so well I wanted to keep it - so I just carved out the center. Before caring it, I turned a small foot on the bottom - which is on the left side in the picture. I had hoped that the distribution of weight in the finished piece would make it possible to stand on this foot alone - but it didn't work, so I put a walnut base on it.
AmboynaAnother Asian bowl. The bowl in this case is round - it rests on a blackwood base. The bowl can be tilted to almost any angle.
Brown malleeAnother hollow form suspended on an eccentric base. The black in the brown mallee is pitch which seems to have crystalized.
CocoboloCocobolo is such a beautiful wood that it seems only the simplest forms do it justise.
Eucalyptus and ebonized cherryI'm not sure what kind of eucalyptus these "flowers" are, but they look like red mallee. 7
GrenadilloAnother attemp at avoiding a bottom on the bowl.
Brown mallee Singapore ballI made several of the balls to develop some techniques for another project. They are fun to spin as you throw them in the air and then catch.
Brown malleeAnother hollow form on an eccentric base - this one is really tall
Three cupsThree amboyna cups suspended on eccentric ebony stems stuck in a red mallee burl base.