Applewood Burl Vase
2 3/8″ diameter x 4″
Applewood burl
I turned this vase out of half of an applewood burl I found on an old apple tree in our yard. There were several voids that I filled with clear epoxy before I turned the vase.. The white spots you can see in the vase are those voids – and yes, you really can see through them. I just love the grain patterns in these burls.
Photography by CR Washburn
Bits & Pieces
2 1/8″ diameter x 1 3/4″
Walnut, maple, black dyed veneer
After I cut out the walnut I used for the Pedestal Bowl, I had 4 sort of triangular cut-offs that I could not get rid of. So I glued some black dyed veneer scraps I had laying around to some 1/8″ maple pieces and then glued those to the walnut scraps. I glued on a bit of maple for the bottom and turned this little cup. Rather nice for some scraps that most people would have burned in the wood stove don’t you think?
Photography by CR Washburn
Stave Crock
7″ diameter x 7 1/8″
Spalted maple
I had never tried creating a stave turning before, so for my first attempt I decided to keep it simple. First you need to decide on how large you want the diameter of your finished piece to be. Then you need to decide how many staves you need. Part of that depends on how wide you want each stave to be, or you can base your design on how many staves you want to use. Either of these options will determine the size of each stave and the angle you need to cut on each side. Then comes the fun of gluing it all together. Once the glue was dry I turned a rabbit on the inside bottom and turned a matching rabbit on the bottom piece and glued the bottom on. Then it was time to turn the crock.
Photography by CR Washburn
Stave Vase
3 1/4″ diameter x 7 5/8″
Spalted maple, maple, walnut veneer
I had a few staves leftover from turning the Stave Crock that I could not just throw on the firewood pile so I decided to make something out of them. With fewer staves, you have to have cut different angles on the sides of the staves. Once they were all re-cut, I thought they looked a bit narrow for what I wanted, so I glued walnut veneers on each side of some 1/8″ maple pieces I had left over from another project. I then glued one of these “sandwiches” onto one side of each stave, then assembled all the staves. Again I turned a rabbit on the inside bottom of my staves, only this time I completely recessed the bottom piece. Once all the glue dried, I turned the vase.
Photography by CR Washburn