sedona

"Hey dad, I bought this stick back as a souvenir from my trip to Northern California... can you make a pen out of it?" Clean and simple, nothing to flashy... but means more to him because of the memory associated with it, and is special to me because he asked for it (most of the time wifey...

My firewood rescue pile is bigger than my burnable firewood pile. It is driving my wife nuts. So should I continue this practice I ask myself? I am thinking ...... why not. This one was from a huge chunk of Curly Maple. It has that classic chatoyance that I love.

haven't found a spare minute in months for hobbies. so I'm glad the hour I spent tonight in the garage gave me this pen. pretty happy with it, except for this: the wood right under the finial thins out too much. you can see through it! will gift this to my father, who is coming in this weekend...

I don't usually post here but I thought this one deserved to be posted. This wood was a free gift from Arizona (Bill)

I had the privilege of making five pens for the Eddie Robinson Museum at Grambling, Louisiana, which will open later this year. The pens are made from the pecan gym floor of the old women’s gym building at GSU. The gymnasium is being remodeled into the museum building. The pens include one...

Hi guys, wanted to take a second to introduce myself. I live in Cartersville, GA which is just a little northwest of Atlanta. I started turning pens this past Fall, and have been totally addicted ever since! Have recently branched out into bottle stoppers and getting ready to turn my first...

Here are two variations of the "Morning After" pen that is in the tutorials. First is a Sedona, and second is a Baron. Both are made from African Blackwood, Padauk, and Maple, but the pattern and material thickness is a little different on each.

Hello, Started getting a bit more serious about the casting. Here is my latest. Please tell me what you think. I call it Orange Sherbert.