Saturday, March 2, 2024

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.



Wednesday, February 14, 2024

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.



Tuesday, February 13, 2024

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. 



Monday, February 12, 2024

Birch Wood Bowl


 This is a 4.5 inch diameter Birch bowl. It was turned green, so it warped, as intended, as it dried. I finished it with orange oil/wax. 



Sunday, February 11, 2024

Small Birch Bowl w/Celtic Knot


 Here's a 3.5 inch diameter Birch wood bowl. I made a hand-drawn Celtic knot design around the outside of the bowl. It's burned with a woodburning tool. There's no finish on the bowl.



Saturday, February 10, 2024

Small Maple Bowl


 This is a 3 inch diameter spalted Maple bowl with a cherry bark stain on the exterior. I stained the base and the rim with black. I put a satin clear coat on the exterior and oil and wax coating on the interior. Nice little bowl.