Woodworking Contest
The Winners!
This is a dining set that I built using Tigerwood Decking. The table top was veneered from two particularly distinct boards. The chairs have a really pretty curved bent lamination back and leather upholstered seats.
Bradenton, FL - This project was for my senior thesis at Ringling College of Art and Design. I wanted bring awareness to endangered species through art using different types of wood. The wood I used for these projects included black walnut, tiger wood, purple heart, camphor, poplar, ebony, bocote, and norfolk island pine.
Sarasota, FL - Indian Rosewood from Florida with Wenge accents in back braces and rockers.
Lakewood, FL - I wanted to start wood working and needed to have a wood workers bench. I decided to build a modified Roubo Style work bench out of Tigerwood. I purchased 1X4 Tigerwood decking and laminated it to make the benchtop and leg vice. I used 4X4X8 posts for the corner posts and used a few 2X4s for stretchers and the sliding dead man.
Orchard Park, NY - This is a replica of an 1812 Cannon full scale. The wood is 8/4 ash purchased at Advantage Lumber and the barrel was made of a plaster mix and painted black. This is being displayed in Niagara Falls NY. The steel rings etc. were made at a local metal shop. I painted all the metal black. The barrel was made by a Buffalo plastering Co.
Bradenton, FL - Build ot wraped with beetle kill pine. Countertop done in red and white reclaimed oak ruff saw cut. 350 gallon fish tank made with reclaimed pine.
Bradenton, FL - Tv wall done with ruff sawed norfolk pine. 30 ft wall done with norfolk pine. Sliding barn doors done woth norfolk pine.
Bradenton, FL - Sliding barn doors made with norfolk pine. King head board done in norfolk pine. live edge slab foot bench. Wall done in reclaimed pine.
North Venice, FL - Maple cases with Zebra Wood and Ebony. This piece explores negative space and the perception of lightness.
Ashford, CT - This was a coffee table built for my daughter's house. It's made from 1x4 pine, it measures 36" x 59" x 16" . Finished it with 4 coats of semi gloss poly.
Orchard Park, New York - The door is made from Walnut, Redwood, Mahogany. It is solid materials making the door 3in thick and over 200lbs. It took about 40 hours to complete.
Zerniki Wroclawskie, Lower Silesia, Poland - The commode aims to display Hi-FI equipment and store CD and vinyl records. It is all made from solid wood. The frame and drawers are made from European walnut, inlays from ziricote and lacewood. Top is made from wedge wood and natural onyx stone, lighted with LED.
Buffalo, NY - Tigerwood used to create suspended slat wood light fixture with recessed dimmable LEDs; as well, tigerwood custom vanity for a bathroom in an historic circa 2170 home in Rochester, NY
Janesville, WI - Last Christmas I made my beautiful niece a xylophone for her present. She is still young enough to enjoy handmade presents although I know a time will come when they will not be as "exciting" as the cheap plastic junk. The xylophone is made for oak, cherry , and walnut scraps that I had laying around. Each block was planed down to about 3/4" and then tuned by sanding out the middle. The blocks where suspended on felt so they would not come into contact with the base and affect the sound. The mallet was a small block of cherry sanded to have random angles. It was a fun project that was well received by my niece. If you would like a full tutorial, I post a few of my projects on instructables. https://www.instructables.com/id/Wood-Xylophone/ Hope you enjoy
Cape Coral, FL - Using Cumaru, made this swim platform.
Port Jefferson, NY - It is not uncommon for wood turners to receive a request to create an art-form from the wood of a downed tree, usually it is a tree that held a special meaning for its owner---and now it was gone. Such was the background of this sculptured turning. It was turned from a burl cut from the downed tree.
San Fernando, CA - This is a child size garden bench that I made for my daughter's first grade reading area. It is made mainly with Ipe sticker wood that I milled and cleaned up. There are also cherry, walnut, and mahogany pieces. I like to use contrasting woods which I think help each different wood stand out. The bench has a subtle yet comfortable curve to the seat. What I really like about this little bench is how sturdy and heavy it is.
Mooresboro, NC - This dining set is made from cherry with a red oak stain. Finished with three coats of Minwax wipe on polyurethane. Table top has a extra coat of Minwax fast dry polyurethane. Used mortise and tennon joint on table and chairs. Chairs have pinned mortises. Built this for my Pastor and his family. Except for the 5/4" on the table top and 8/4" for three of the chair's rear legs, the wood was given to him by a church member. It was harvested by her and her husband while clearing their land to build a house. It was air dried for 10 years.
Huntersville, NC - I made the table using cumaru and ipe. The legs consist of strips of cumaru and ipe bent and lamenated to shape. There are no nails or screws, just glue and four brass pins for interest.
Aurora, CO - The dynamic body is all PurpleHeart wood. The static body is through dovetailed PurpleHeart and African Padauk. Both the static & dynamic jaws have a 5" wide centerpiece that is East Indian Rosewood. The biting portion of both jaws is Genuine Lignum Vitae, not the Argentine substitute. They are 1-1/2" thick x 3" tall x 12" wide. The cylinder lead for the screw is Marblewood. It is 4" in diameter and 5" long. The handle is also Marblewood. It is 1-1/2" diameter and 24" long. The handle is capped with East Indian Rosewood. The screw is steel and 2" diameter x 4-1/2 threads per inch. And there is a matching stainless steel nut It's a beast. 2-1/2 feet long. 1 foot wide jaws. And it weighs 55 pounds.
Mattawan, MI - It's not just for decks! Advantage Lumber has some amazing dimensional lumber. This small dining table is all made from Cumaru. I wanted something that would last a long time on our screened porch. They say Cumaru will last 50 years. I'm hoping my great grandchildren (once I have them) will be fighting over who gets Poppa's table. I was able to basically use the wood "as-is." Didn't need to run it through my planer, which would have been tough on the blades. Cumaru is amazingly dense. Most importantly, my wife loves it!
Sarasota, FL - With the addition of a piano to my living room, I lost a big shelf unit that we used to keep books a decoration on. I still needed a place to store these items, so my only option was to go upwards. I designed this tree shaped book case and shelves to give the storage that I needed without having something that looked like a giant block of stuff on the wall. All of the material gets thinner and loses depth as the height increases, and the trunk loses width as well, to give a more organic feel and simulate how a real tree grows. I also installed on LED back lighting on each of the branches, and some pendant lights to hang over my wife's desk. The book case is built from Pecky Bolivian Walnut.
Manila, UT - We bought the redwood burl at a shop in Garibaldi, Oregon while on vacation in 2008. Moved to Florida, then to Washington hauling the burl with us. Finally in 2013, I decided to sand it down and make a bar height table out of it. Got the sanding done and finished it with a urethane. While traveling to our son's home, there is a live edge place, where they happened to have this old whiskey barrel. We finished it with a stain, added some wine corks to the bottom of the barrel and used some brackets to secure the burl to the barrel. We moved to Utah in 2016, and use the table in our new pool room.
North Port, FL - My project is a Tea Light Candle Holder. It measures five and one half inches round and is one and one half inches high. It is made from 8/4 Wenge Wood which I purchased from Advantage Lumber. It is embellished with silver and copper studs. It has a glass insert to hold a tea light candle safely or a LED light. The finish is friction polish and then the Beal Buffing System, which adds three different compounds to really protect and enhance the finish.
Calera, AL - This turning is a vortex design bowl measuring 12" diameter X 6" tall. Woods used are: cherry, maple, Peruvian walnut, Yellowheart, black veneer and two types of spectra ply.
North Port, FL - Platter made from Yellow Hart. It is 15 1/2 " round and 1 3/4" thick. It has a decorative accent piece of Rosewood 1 3/4 " round on the front only. It is not a mistake. I did not go through the platter. It also has spiraling and texturing embellishments.
North Port, FL - Platter made from Ambrosia Maple. It is 11 1/2" round and 1 3/4" thick. It has two decorative beads, spiraling and texturing embellishments both front and back. And there are three carved feet to elevate the platter and add an additional touch.
North Port, FL - This is a segmented candle holder. It is made from oak, walnut and padauk. It has a glass cup insert that is 2 3/4" round and 1 1/8" deep. It is silicone in place. The candle is a size smaller. The overall size measures 6 1/2" round and 1 1/2" high. The bottom half is solid walnut. The top segments consist of 12 diamonds which measure 1 1/2" x 2 3/4". They form two different pictures or views. The first view is a six pointed star. The second view is a three sided box. This illusion creates what appears to be falling boxes and a six pointed star.
North Port, FL - A tea lite candle made from Oak. The top had a 1/4" wide ring of copper shaving fastened with ca glue and then turned. In addition there are six evenly space circles made from the same copper shavings. Also a 1 1/2" glass circular candle holder fastened with silicone and a replaceable tea lite candle. The underside is textured with Sorby Texturing Tools. Then additional embellishment with gold and silver Rub & Buff wax metallic finish.
North Port, FL - A 6 3/4" Ambrosia Splatted Maple bowl. It is 1 5/8" in height. And is finished with several coats of gloss lacquer.
North Port, FL - A natural edge ambrosia splatted maple vase. It stands 3 3/4" high. The bottom is 1" wide and flares out at the top to 2 5/8" wide. It also has a small bead with two burn lines at the base. The finish is several coats of high gloss lacquer. It has a unique 3/16" beetle hole 2" from the bottom.
Riverside, CA - It's a mahogany run-a-bout I've been building for about 2 years. It is made from African mahogany,philipine mahogany, and red oak for the floor.
Reno, NV - Pacific yew, half a double slab of pacific yew hung on barn door brackets
Merritt Island, FL - This is an outdoor dining table I built for my daughter. it is made entirely of Tigerwood and the bottom bracing was made from 2" hard copper. All items, including copper flanges were made in my shop. She wanted the table to be 8 feet long which is quite large but the strength of the Tigerwood made for zero deflections. All tops were glued with biscuits and all screws are hidden with Tigerwood plugs provided by Advantage. The benches fit completely under the table so it can be covered, as it will be outside year round. It is finished in Penofin oil.
Polson, MT - This is a memorial bench for a friend of mine that passed a while back. We had worked together for several years and I was honored that the PD let me take on the project. I used ipe for the construction in 4/4 and 8/4. Due to the oily nature of the wood, everything was cleaned with acetone before gluing, then each section was screwed together and finally all-thread was run through in 7 places to add additional mechanical joining. The all-thread also secured the 1/4" steel feet that are bolted to the concrete. The project was finished with ipe oil. The top was inlaid with a granite plaque and two 2' strips of aluminum u-channel that I filled with blue resin.
Clarksville, GA - This is my first project. The wood was bought from a booth out of a local antique store so I’m not sure what it is. The wood was cracked naturally so I burned the inside edge and inlayed crushed amazonite. Then resin was poured in layers until even coated and legs attached.
Wingate, NC - This sculpted box is made from a flawless piece of black heart persimmon. The hinges stop the lid open at just under 90*. It has a semi gloss rubbed oil finish. The outside dimensions are approximately 12x7x3.5 inches.
Bowling Green, KY - This is a blood wood box I made for my son as he was leaving for college. The pull is cocobolo. This was made last year. This was about my 5h or 6th turn since high school back in 1980!
Sarasota, FL - This is a 2x4x16" coffee table made of African ribbon mahogany and curly cherry with black polyurethane inlays. Legs are curly cherry with black polyurethane inlays and curly cherry as contrast. Side skirts are 4" with a 1" recess.
Fruitland Park, FL - This is a stool I made. The whole stool is made of reclaimed white oak. The seat is 12" wide and 1" thick. Legs are 1" square and lean inward 10° in 2 directions giving it a very sturdy base. I inlayed a guitar into the seat with Reclaimed Aromatic Cedar, a Purple Heart sounding hole, a Curly Maple bridge, and Poplar tuning pegs. The stool is 20" high. I hope you enjoy it.
Englewood, FL - This is a Segmented Vessel Which is I call "Pottery MY Way" The Woods are Maple and Walnut Ebony and Holly.
