Set of turned and carved wooden beads strung on 1/16th inch steel cable. Central medallion opens to reveal round mirror. Yellow birch cover turned inside and out, carved. Beads turned from walnut, spalted maple, yellow birch burl. Watco oil finish.…
An Ash burl turned and carved to resemble a sleeve cuff with a cufflink made from walnut, maple and ebony. The reverse is textured, pyrography. Watco and Minwax oil finishes.
A large spruce bowl was carved off-lathe with chain-saw and carving tools. Originally left plain (1994) the tattoo motifs were added by pyrography in 1997. Watco and Minwax oil finishes.
Four tapered panels of basswood joined by sewing with waxed linen thread. The interior is gilded. The outer panels are 'tattooed' by pyrography with four distinct patterns.
Six connected bowl forms carved from a single piece of yellow birch burl. The connecting points resemble the ball-and-socket form of plastic pop-beads. Pyrography. Watco and Minwax oil finishes.