Turnings on this page are divided into two categories, commercial and art. The art turnings are shown below the commercial turnings.
Art Turnings My art turnings are generally sold through Copperwood Artware Gallery in Orange, CA. Pieces come and go. If the pieces below are no longer available at the gallery there will be something else there in their place. If you are in town please visit them. They are nice folks and Old Towne Orange isn't too bad either.
Basket Bowl
Unlike many larger bowls, this piece is made from glued up lumber rather than a recently felled tree. There are many steps involved in sawing and milling the strips, glueing, resawing, gluing, a little more sawing -- well, you get the idea. The woods are Beech, Cherry, Maple, and Mahogany. $2,500.
Mimosa Winged Bowl
One challenge of woodturning is to blur the distinction between "Art" and "Function". This is a perfectly funtional bowl. However, by leaving a thin disk of the wood and bark in place, the visual interest is heightened and the viewer can actually see where it was once a tree. This piece is 16" across the longest dimension, $450.
Cherry Burl Form
Another popular ornamental tree in this area is a species of Cherry that yields nice white flowers in February but almost no fruit. Like many other common trees, the wood is usually quite bland. However, occasionally that oddity of nature called a burl appears and this wood becomes most interesting. This piece is 5" tall, $250.