Oak/Iron Wood Pencil Box

 

This is a pencil box I made for myself. It measures 8.5 inches long, 2.75 inches wide and 1.5 inches high. The top and bottom are white Oak. The sides are Iron Wood (Eucalyptus). The lid is a slide-open one. All corners are mitered. No metal hardware, all joints are glued. The finish is orange oil and little hand rubbed wax.

 

Wooden Brush Box

 I made myself a brush box to hold my artist paint brushes. I wanted to make a nice one. It measures 10.5 inches long, 3 inches wide and 1.5 inches high. The top and bottom are Redwood. The front and sides are some very hard mystery wood and the back is Oak. The catch on the front is made of Sycamore and is held in place with glue and wooden pegs. The half inch wide hinges are made from that mystery wood. The only metal in this project is the tiny steel pins in the hinges. The finish is Danish Oil.

Small Walnut Cup

 This is Walnut wood, 3 inches high by 2.5 inches wide. No finish on this; it's just polished with "True Grit" buffing compound. 

5 Inch Plum Bowl

 

Here's a small bowl turned from Plum wood. A real old partially decayed wood. Just to see if I could get something out of it. Most of the wood is solid but there were bad sections of it running through it. I thought I'd post it here because some people like this kind of wood turned stuff, though I'm not a fan of it. I've a little more of this wood so another one of these may show up here.

An Awl

 

I made this awl for one of my brothers. I tapered a drill bit to serve as the business end of the awl. I turned the handle from a piece of Plum wood and added a bit of textured detailing to it. I made a sheath to protect the point from a piece of plastic tubing and turned a plug for the end of it. 

Watercolor "Cotati Fields"

 I started working with watercolors again. I might have painted one every few years, or let's just day "once in a while". I was never using the media quite right. Never had a formal lesson in watercolors. So I decided I needed to correct this and learn how to do it properly. For a quick one, this isn't too bad.

So, here's one I did in 2009 of a scene near where I live in Northern California. "Cotati" is a small town near me. At this point I was still painting incorrectly with these paints but by accident, nearly correctly. 

So, as practice, I've been painting on 4x6 inch postcard sized watercolor paper. This way I can quickly practice a technique without committing to a full size painting. 

I'll be posting more of these, showing my progress.

Small Walnut Wood Bowl

 This is a Walnut wood bowl measuring 3.5 inches diameter and a little over an inch high. Finished with Pita's True Grit.

Walnut Wood Box w/Finial

 I posted this Walnut bowl last week. Then I made a lid for it, so it becomes a box. Dark wood is Walnut. The light wood is Sycamore. I added a textured rosette between the box and the finial.

Small Maple Bowl

 Here's a Maple wood bowl measuring 4 inches diameter and 2 inches high. Finished with Pita's True Grit.

Small Walnut Bowl

 A small Walnut wood bowl measuring 2.5 diameter and 2 inches high. Finished with Pita's True Grit.

Small Maple Bowl

 This is a small Maple bowl measuring 4 inches diameter and 3 inches high. Finished with Pita's True Grit. 

Small Walnut Wood Bowl

 Here's a small Walnut bowl measuring almost 3 inches diameter and 2.5 inches high. I made a textured bead around the rim. Finished with Pita's True Grit. 

Small Sycamore Bowl

 This is a Sycamore wood bowl measuring 3.25 inches diameter by 2 inches tall. Finished with Pita's True Grit polishing compound (mineral oil, beeswax and diatomaceous earth). This is my new go-to finishing compound. I love this stuff. 

 

Small Spalted Pear Bowl

 Another small spalted Pear bowl. This one measures 2.75 in diameter and 1.25 inches tall. Wet sanded and finished with mineral oil. 

Large Pear Bowl

 Here's a simple, plain Pear bowl measuring 8 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. It's large only in the context of my bowl-making. It would be medium sized in the real world. Wet sanded and finished with mineral oil. 

Small Spalted Pear Bowl

 Here's a spalted Pear bowl measuring 3 inches in diameter by 1.5 inches high. I made a textured bead around the rim.  Finished with mineral oil.

Small maple box.

 

This Maple box is 3 inches high and 2.75 inches in diameter. Though the lid and the cup look like different kinds of wood, they are both spalted Maple. The lid is loose-fitting. The finish was done using my new "true grit" polishing compound. Nice little box.

Maple Bowl

 

Here's a 6.5 inch diameter Maple bowl about 1.5 inches high. Hey, no spalting on this one! I tried out a new finishing compound on this bowl. It's called Pita's "True Grit" polish. It polishes wood turning up to a nice semi gloss sheen with no dust at all. I think I've found my new finish.

Small Birch Wood Dish

 This is a 3.5 inch diameter Birch dish. It has a Danish Oil finish. There's a small foot on the base. This was turned green, so there's some expected warping.

Small Maple Dish

 This is a 3 inch diameter Maple dish with a small pedestal. As an experiment, I used shoe polish to stain the interior of the dish. It didn't work so well but it didn't ruin it, so I'll go with it.