Teapots
Pearl Grey Teapot Pink ivory body with compressed cherry handle, acrylic paint, and cultured freshwater pearls. Dimensions: 3" wide x 4" high x 5" long. Made for invited Teapot Exhibition at the annual meeting of the AAW, Hartford, CT, 2010. As the crown...
Leaves in a Golden Wind
Black Walnut wood and 23K gold leaf (2008). 15.5" wide x 11.5" deep x 9.5" tall Polymerised tung oil finish. Additional photos: Return to Gallery 1
Black Lace Hat with Crimson Flower
Bigleaf maple, madrone burl, compressed cherry, acrylic paints (2013). Dimensions: 15.5” diameter x 8" high x 27" long. Hat My first attempt at thin-turning a large walnut block went through the wall when it was 95% completed. Lacking another piece of wood this size,...
Riverglider
Kiln-dried laminated compressed cherry, 23K gold leaf, bronze dust, paua shell, acrylic paints (2008) Dimensions 18" long x 7.5" high x 10" wide Riverglider was inspired by a cloisonné metal and enamel sculpture by Russian artist Valeri Timofeev. I wanted the fish to...
Homage to Binh
Large vessel 12”H x 6.5” dia; small vessel 4.5”H x 2.4” dia. Bigleaf maple, box elder, 23K gold leaf, wire, ballhead pins, Overhead transparency sheet, acrylic paints. June, 2020. This work is the result of a conversation with a collector who observed, shortly...
Lacemouse
Pink Ivory wood; glass fibre whiskers (2005) Dimensions 6.5"long x 4"high x 3.25"wide. Yes, it is all turned. Can you figure out how? A couple more photos: In 2016 I made a new pierced mouse, Souris sans Sourire. Dimensions are similar to Lacemouse, but the body...
Flower
Compressed cherry, acrylic paints, 24K gold leaf (2010). Dimensions ca. 8” diameter x 6” deep. This was an experimental piece, made from three concentric parabolic forms which were wetted, distorted and pierced, then assembled together. A solid wood button was placed...
Perfume Bottle #2
Perfume Bottle #2 Pink Ivory wood with acrylic paint, (2015) 6” tall x 4.5” diameter This vessel, a commission, is the second of two perfume bottles which I have made. The first, Essence of Lace, was made for the invited AAW exhibition Beyond Containment, the...
Swan Song
Swan Song (2021), 6” x 6” x 5.75”, basswood, compressed cherry, Brazilian rosewood. Swan Song is about negative space. (See my article on negative space in the 2018 American Woodturner – link is on my Résumé page under Selected Publications). Negative space can...
Whimsy
1. Thirty-Six Bee Cup Cup is from an unknown (Madrone?) burl, 8" diameter x 5" tall. Bees turned from poplar dowel with ballhead pins for eyes, beading pins for legs, plastic file folder sheet for wings, and acrylic paints. Made in 2016. Auctioned at 30th annual...
Heart Forms
Out of Africa & True Love 3 (2006) African Blackwood & Pink Ivory wood 3" dia x 3.5" & 2.75" x 3" The first piece in the series was made in 2005. The form is feminine, warm in colour and heart-shaped, so it was named True Love: True Love (2005) Pink...
Bowls
Bigleaf Maple Salad Bowl 11.5” dia x 5.25” (2003) I have made many bowls, some decorative and some functional (for salad). Here are a few: White Ash Crotch Salad Bowl (functional) 19.5” x 4.5” (2003) Spalted Maple Bowl (decorative) 18” x 8” (2014) Black Walnut Bowl...