Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Segmented Cherry, Jatoba, Blood Wood and Maple Vase.


























This vase has been finished with 3 coats of a clear oil base followed by 6 layers os Lacquer then polished,
The vase is 9 inches wide by 4 1/4 inches tall.
This vase is made up of 305 pieces of wood,
11-03


Segmented Cherry, Maple and Red Palm Lamp.



















This lamp finished with a clear oil base, followed by 6 layers of lacquer then a wax polish.
It is 14 inches tall and 9 1/2 inches wide.
There are 520 pieces of wood in this piece.
11-01/02

Segmented Maple, Walnut & Burbinga bowl.
























Once again this bowl was finished with a base coat of clear oil followed by 6 layers of lacquer then hand polished,
The bowl is 10 3/4 inches wide by 4 1/2 inches tall.
It is made of 253 pieces of wood.
10-08/09

Segmented Maple, Zebra wood & Burbinga bowl.

























The finish on this bowl is a clear oil base followed by 6 layers of lacquer then polished,
There are 193 pieces of wood in this bowl.
Size 10 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches,
10-07

Segmented Maple Burl, Lacewood & Cherry Vase




































This is a Maple Burl vase with and edge design made of Lacewood, Cherry and Maple.
It was finished with a clear oil base followed by 6 layers of Lacquer then polish.
This vase has 214 pieces of wood.
It is 6 1/1 inches tall by 4 3/4 inches wide.
10-05

Segmented Maple, Walnut & Blood Wood bowl























This bowl was finished with a clear oil base followed by 5 layers of Lacquer and then polished, it is 10 1/2 inches wide and 4 1/2 inches tall.
There 217 pieces.
10-06

Segmented Acacia and Cocobola bowl















This bowl is made of one piece of Acacia wood with a rim of Cocobola wood
The finish is a clear oil followed by 5 layers of Lacquer and then polished.
It is 8 inches wide by 2 inches tall.
the bowl is made of 13 pieces of wood.
10-04

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The making of a Segmented Vase















The segmented vase starts as two or more different species of wood. In this instance the wood is Maple and Purple Heart.















Once the wood is selected it is cut to various various dimensions that are preplanned.













The vase that is being made in this instance is made up of 20 rings of varying thickness's of wood. There are 12 segments per ring in this vase (other than the 10th. and 11th. ring which is made of 22 segments). The strips of wood are cut at a 15 degree angles of varying lengths which are then glued together to form the rings.














Once the rings are made they are glued together to form a rough vase.




















After the glue has dried over night the vase is mounted on the lathe and the vase is cut sanded and then a finish applied to bring out the color and grain pattern if any of the wood. With the following result.





















This vase is mainly Maple with Purple Heart wood.
The finish is a Clear oil base with 6 coats of lacquer.
Size 11 by 6 1/2 inches.
There 401 pieces of wood in this vase.
No. 10-03

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Segmented Cherry, Maple and Lacewood Vase




















This tower was made at the special request of Sharron.
The Main wood is Cherry with with Maple and Lacewood.
It was finished with a clear oil base coat followed by 8 coats of Lacquer, then polished.
There are 42 rings in this vase with a total of 998 pieces of wood.
Size: 32 inches by 15 1/4 inches.
No. 09-08

Segmented Cherry, Maple and Tigerwood Vase


































The main wood in this vase is Cherry With Maple and Tiger wood Flag designs.
The finish is a clear oil base with 6 coats of lacquer then polished.
Size: 6 by 8 1/2 inches.
There are 305 pieces of wood in this vase.
No. 09-05

Segmented Walnut and Maple Vase



















This vase is made of Maple and Walnut.
The finish starts with a clear oil base coat followed with 6 coats of Lacquer, then polished.
Size: 8 by 9 1/2 inches.
There are 401 pieces of wood in this vase.
No. 09-01

Segmented Maple and Burbinga Vase







































This vase is made of Maple and Burbinga.
The finish is a clear oil followed by 8 coats of lacquer then polished.
Size: 8 3/4 by 6 inches.
There 289 pieces of wood in this vase.

Segmented Lace wood and Maple vase





































This vase is made of Spalted/Figured Maple with a Lace wood center piece and surrounding trim. There is inlayed copper wire in both the center piece and the trim.
It is finished witha natural oil base coat with 8 coats of Lacquer, then polished with a wax.
Size 8 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches.
There are 17 pieces of wood in this piece.
No. 09-12

Segmented Burbinga, Purple Heart and Maple Vase

The main wood in this vase is maple, the trim is Burbinga and the center of the arrow is Purple heart.
The vase was finished with an natural oil base coat followed by 6 layers of lacquer and then polished.
Size: 6 3/4 by 6 inches
There are 193 pieces of wood in this vase.

Segmented Maple and Walnut Vase







































Made from Figured Maple, Walnut and plain Maple
Finished with an oil Base 4 coats of Lacquer and buffrf to a semi gloss sheen.
Size 9 3/4 H. by 8 W. and 5 inches deep.
It took 226 pieces of wood to make this vase.
No. 10-02

Segmented Plywood and Ebony vase




































Made of Maple plywood with two Ebony layers.
Finished with an oil base, four coats of lacquer and buffed to a semi gloss sheen.
Size 6 by 4 1/2 inches.
There are 145 pieces of wood in this vase.
No. 10-01

Segmented Maple and Bloodwood Vase







































Made of Figured Maple, Bloodwood and Plain Maple.
Finish is an oil base followed by buffing to a semi gloss sheen.
Size: 10 3/4 H X 9 in wide and 5 1/2 inches thick.
This vase is made of 226 pieces of wood.
No. 09-13

Segmented Maple and Walnut Vase























Made of Figured Maple, Walnut and Plain maple.
Finish: Oil Base, 8 coats of lacquer then polished with carnauba wax.
Size: 8 1/2 X 3 3/4 inches
This Vase is made up of 890 pieces of wood.
No. 09-11

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Segmented Wood Vases & Bowls

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