Wood is from a fallen tree in Wembrook school.
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Wood is from a fallen tree in Wembrook school.
No idea about the wood.
Wood from a fallen tree.
Cutlery holder.
Having given away the others I had to make another!
Wood from a fallen tree.
I wasn't sure if this is a bowl or a vase. My calculations didn't result as I intended, but it is a useful shape. the wood is mostly crabapple.
More of the crabapple tree, with a ring of resin reinforsment.
If the wood is not sealed at both ends when is first cut,
then as it dries cracks form
For a while I had this unfinished and not knowing
how to finish it. Looks OK I think
The wood is a branch of my cherry tree and
I thought the cracks are just part of its natural finish.
Just to show that even a coconut shell can be made into something useful. The stand is crabapple wood.
The idea was as the greenwood dries the shape changes into a flower!
I don't know the wood and left
some of the bark as a feature
Same wood again. The idea here is to put your cutlary in it when you have a party
and the food is self served.
Beech wood. I was trying to make a meat pounder for a friend but a burr with many holes, was unhygienic.
More of the same beech wood but I liked the knot and the
void it had created
Same beech wood again
Not having done any woodturning during the pandemic, I needed a new idea in order to restart.
I came across a new accessory called Eccentric Spiralling from Axminster, which enables off-center turning. So I had to have it, and it was fun!
Using a few very dry wood given to me by a friend, these are a few shapes I managed to replicate from the videos on Axminster website. It is hard to work with dry wood.
This wood is most likely Ash.
This wood is likely to be Malbery.
Root of my conifer tree, treated in Danish oil.
The tree had to come out because it was dominating over other plants. Being a tree root, there are many directions the wood turns and voids are also formed, with some mud and stones in between.
Another pot made from cedar, I think!
Using many off-cuts one can make anything, but the effort is more than to just use a chunk of wood.
Almost forgot I made this one a while ago...!
When you are left with a chuck of wood and don't know what to make, just make a hole and soon find a use for it.
An olive chunk of wood, I could not think what to make. Now it could be a pot holder or pen holder, etc...!
Idea comes from youtube and the walnut wood from Potsdam. The wood had traces of decay but was still useable and offered new patterns.
Two mugs joined together plus a handle makes a good cutlery holder when you have a potluck dinner
And three mugs joined together gives more options for cutlery holder.
I took down a tree for a neighbour. She told me it is cherry but nothing like it.
The wood is from a cherry tree. Rough turned, sealed, and left for many months but still cracked...!
A burr formed from a cut branch of a beech tree. For a few years couldn't think what to make from it because the centre of it had rotten, but taking out the rot made a nice plant pot holder
The base was an experiment for a musical instrument but then it was left for a while without a use, so it became a container.
Cherry... this one didn't crack!
I have no idea about the wood, it was in a corner of workshop for a while and had to be used!
Ash from a tree being cut down in town. Nice wood to work with even when dry
Last of the ask from the tree in town.
I have no idea of the wood, It was given to me by a friend and had a few woodworm holes, but proved to be nice.
Set of rustic plant pot holders, made on request for my daughter's shop.
Beech wood with a small burr, from Toll Bar Cottage in Keswick. I used Padauk and slice of some white wood to repair the fault at the base but the fault on the side looks better left exposed!
This is the burr from the same beech, part of it still visible on the side of the pot. Much smaller in size but very nice patterns. It is amazing how tree defends itself against virus attach or other injuries!
A large tree trunk can offer a large pot, but what is the wood ? I think the strong perfume points to cedar?
I believe this was from a fruit tree
Wood came from Germany, whatever it is!
Already forgotten where the wood came from
Made from crutch of yew
One just can't resist Yew...!
Salt and pepper pots made from bamboo.
There is always a shape hidden in nature.
Hollowed pot with natural profile.
Last piece of walnut I had left, and thought to make a hollowed vessel (pot) from it.
Mahogany sandwiched by walnut... making use of off cuts!
Yew is the best wood I have worked with, hard and uniform with interesting colours inside. A friend got the wood from a church yard where they were about to build a community centre.
This is from the stump of a cherry tree in my garden. Love the patterns you could find in a stump of a tree.
Every shape has its own uses, the shape for me comes from where the wood leads me.
I remember this was the most difficult wood to turn, I could not get a good finish on it...lots of sanding.
Fire wood but oak, stain no good. well, why burn it when you can turn it...!
Another oak fire wood. I turned it else I would have burnt it...!
Last of plum tree. A single dried rose would look nice inside each.
One has to make use of every wood.
Cherry and pine.
Cherry
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