Vessels

[monophoto]

In the Fall of 2014, wife and I cut down a couple of mountain maple trees that were encroaching on the back yard. I cut it up into convenient lengths, sealed the ends, and left the timber to dry in the garage.

For the last couple of months I've been having fun turning small bowls and boxes from this wood. Mountain maple has subtle grain, but but nice crotch figure.

Here's a selection of cups and lidded boxes, all around 2.5" in diameter. The tapered cup in the foreground is face grain; everything else is end grain. The finish is a shop-made wiping varnish consisting of equal parts of tung oil, commercial alkyd varnish (McCloskey's Man-o-War) and turpentine.

 

[plantman]

Louie; Very nice collection of turnings !! It always means a little more when you have watched the wood grow, cut, dried, and turned it yourself. Also your trees live on in another form to be enjoyed and remembered. Jim S

 

[magpens]

Nice work, Louie !!!

 

[JimB]

Very nice. I like the variety of designs.

 

[Woodguy95]

These looks awesome

 

[Charlie_W]

Very well done! Those have wonderful figure!

 

[Bob Wemm]

Love 'em, and the grain figure.
Well done.

Bob