What to do with aging hardwood species that are failing and falling? Firewood and fine crafts! Collected here are the objects turned from black walnut, various maples, cherry, and ash. Most are for sale.
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Commissioned Drinking Cups
A set of four spalted maple drinking cups. These were cut from a log on the property that was felled in 2023. These feature some interesting spalting patterns and are a bit wormy. Finished with mineral oil and beeswax.
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Commissioned bowl
A friend who happens to be a woodworker with lots of scrap pieces put together this bowl blank. The rim and foot are cherry. The center is two perpendicular slabs of maple. 8.25″ W x 4.5″ H. Beeswax and mineral oil finish.
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Pearwood
The pear tree died several years ago and the the treehouse was finally removed. This bowl is 10.5″ W x 4.5″ H and finished with beeswax and mineral oil.
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Refurbished Bowl
This bowl was refurbished for someone. It had been a wedding gift and well loved over the years. The finish had failed. Sandpaper grits used: 120, 180, 220, 320, 400. Finished with Howard’s Butcher Block mineral oil and beeswax. Good to go.
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Quarter Sawn Walnut Bowl
8 inches wide x 4 inches high. Boiled linseed oil finish. This piece is from a black walnut tree that fell in a storm several years ago. This bowl features the sapwood and a small accent from the bark layer.
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Spalted Maple Bowl
Spalted maple bowl, 9.5″ x 3.5″, Tried and True finish. (30 April 2024 / DJF).