Alice’s Garden
34” tall
Assorted woods
This was part of a series of turnings that had a very loose connection to
“Alice in Wonderland.”
Barbells for a Princess
4” diameters
Birdseye maple, ebony, and pink ivory
The spheres are truncated isosahedrons (hexagons and pentagons). Guess who the princess is?
Bucky was Right
24” tall
Brazilian tulipwood, maple, ebony, purpleheart
A tribute to Buckminster Fuller, one of the greatest visionaries of the 20th century.
Ico Candle Holders
4” diameters
Gabon ebony and holly
An example of polyhedron construction.
Connections with Satellite Boxes
23” diameter
Assorted woods
This is a tangle of four tetrahedrons surrounding an icosahedron, with protruding spindles that hold twelve dodecahedron based spheres (a mouthful).
Cosmos
29” tall
Assorted woods
By sheer coincidence, the total number of pieces of wood, not counting the boxes, is 2001, a reference to the movie, “A Space Odyssey.” The boxes are variations of icosahedrons.
Courage
34” tall
Mostly curly maple
This wall hanging (three views) is a tribute to the great Jackie Robinson. All the text is pierced through the bat wall and tells his story.
Cryptex Boxes
9” tall
Assorted woods
Inspired by the movie, “The Da Vinci Code.” The making is profiled in my DVD #6.
Curiosity
13” diameter
Gabon ebony and holly
Inspired by the launch of a Saturn Five rocket taking the rover, “Curiosity” to Mars. The rings were tapered using a drum sander.
Deception on the Cocobolo
42” diameter
Assorted woods.
Swivel seats and hidden drawers for storage of the playing pieces.
Malcolm’s Deck
900’ in diameter
Over 1M pounds of welded steel supported by 138 concrete footings
I jokingly refer to this as my largest turning. It is circular and segmented as it wraps around a mountain peak. It was my last big project at Heavenly Ski Resort. The then owner christened it, “Malcolm’s Deck.” I guess he liked my efforts.
Handle with Care
17” tall
Birdseye maple, dyed veneer, ebony
A small statement about how we should treat our planet. It’s fragile just as our home.
Journeys
18” tall
Assorted woods and Lego people
The globe has a vortex displaying numerous people types.
The Juggler
36” tall
Assorted woods
The center is an icosahedron style sphere. The top sphere is a lidded container with a multi-generation feature ring.
Lamination Trickery Lamp
14” tall base
Holly, maple, and dyed veneer
This is stave-constructed with laminated material. The checkered design results from the shape that was turned (revealing hidden layers).
Myrtle Moons
39” tall
Flamewood, Myrtlewood, and others
This is an early example of using tapered rings. Most elements rotate.
No Bread with One Meatball
23” tall
Curly maple, walnut, and ebony
Inspired by the old folk song, “One Meatball.” There is a single meatball inside the bottom bowl.
Oil Lamp
5” tall base
Purpleheart, yellowheart, dyed veneer
Another example of lamination trickery. Construction is shown in my DVD #4.
Pill Power
17” tall
Assorted woods
The pharmaceutical industry has created drugs that have saved countless lives and they deserve to make a healthy profit. Unfortunately, countless people, who are unable to afford those drugs, die everyday. In just one year, the top eleven drug companies made a profit of over 85 billion dollars and top CEO’s have received annual compensations of over 40 million dollars. Each of the 85 pills represents a billion dollars of profit.
E Pluribus Unum
24” diameter
Holly and dyed veneers
“Out of many, one.” This was mostly router work, with very little turning.
And the Painted Ponies Go Up and Down
15” tall
Ebony, walnut, and maple
Inspired by the Joni Mitchell song, “The Circle Game.”
Rocky Road Ahead
20” tall
Curly maple, holly, and others
The drip continues.
Secret Boxes
2.5” diameters
Maple, ebony and assorted dyed pen blanks
These were done as part of my DVD #6. Legendary English turner, Allan Batty, passed the style on to me.
Sports Bowls
Actual ball sizes
Assorted woods
I love to title my work. These are a Footbowl, a Soccer Bowl, and a Bowl ‘n Ball.
Throne for a Grandson
22” x 22”
Myrtlewood, walnut, form and cloth
Tower of Life
5’ tall
Maple, ebony, yellowheart, bloodwood, and mesquite
The notion of twenty-three pairs of chromosomes played a part in the design. In the tower there are 500 assemblies of three stacked rings of 15 segments (22,500 pieces) plus the 500 connecting dowels totals 23 thousand. Additionally each assembly of three layers totals 45 plus the one connecting dowel equals 23 pair.
Christmas Ornaments
2.5” diameters
Holly and dyed veneers
The insides are turned thin to reduce weight.
A Woodturner’s Dream
35’ tall
Redwood, steel pipe, and one piece of pink ivory
A 2016 Burning Man project with 31,000 pieces of wood.