Birch bowl from "Guardian Tree" 9 inch diameter.  The wood had started to "spalt". Finished with polyurethane and lacquer.  Ref: Birch Bowl-Guardian -1-

Box Elder / Manitoba Maple wood vase.  9 " diameter.  Finished with polyurethane and Lacquer.  Pyrography decoration added to top.  Not water-proofed so for potpourri of dry inserts only . Adding sand and  decorative dry branch would made for a good still-life piece.  Ref: Vase-Ina-1-

Box Elder/ Manitoba Maple wood bowl with bark on.  9 inch diameter. Finished with polyurethane and lacquer.

Ref: Bowl- Ina-3-

Left:"Resurrection Cross"  He is not here; he is risen as he said... Lk.   8 " X 12" X 1" cross depicting an empty space ... on the cross or an empty tomb.  Made from Friendly Forest Spruce wood, grain texture created by brushing out the softer  wood and highlighting the  hard grain.  It was then dyed with a brown analine dye, and polished with paste wax.  It comes in a special presentation gift bag with a card explaining the significance of the image. Ref: Resurrection Cross

Right: Serving Tray, Red border wood is Padauk; light wood is Birch.  Images  created with pyrography and the application of analine dyes.  Inside finished with waterproof poly-resin surface. Ref:  STFallLeaves -3

Left:  15 " Diameter Black Walnut plate / platter.  Pressure ridge grain pattern.  Ref: Pressure Ridges 2

Right: 15 " diameter BLack Walnut plate/ Platter with wheat and aspen leaves. Ref: Fall Harvest 2.

Left: A piece of pressure-stressed birch wood turned  into a 10.25 inch diamter plate.  Ref: Birch Stress Plate

Right: Black walnut plate / platter.  14.5 inch diamter X 1 inch deep.  Image features the Sacred Hoop surrounded by leaves anf fruit of forest plants found  in Friendly Forest.  Ref: FF Leaves Fall 5

Left: Stylized landscape on birch wood platter ( 16 " diameter, 1 inch deep).  Ref: Fall Harvest - 1

Right: Stylized leaves with berries on birch wood plate (16 inch diamter, 1 inch deep).  Ref: FF Leaves -2

Both are finished with a clear, matt lacquer.

The final two  of the Inipi Wolf series.  All are on birch wood plates.  Ref:  Left: Inipi Wolf 4 , Right: Inipi Wolf 3

Although each image comes from the same  basic outline, they have taken on differences during the wood burning process.  I used a black and white photograph of Wolf to make these images.  Each seems to have taken on its own life in the images.

Right: InipiWolf -2.  This version  superimposed on a Sacred Hoop image.

 

 

To the Right is another plate with  Friendly Forest plant images superimposed by a Sacred Hoop image.  The process of adding the images to this plate is  illustrated  in several photos on my Wood and Shop Page. ,Ref #: 2390 PL

Left:  Hoop Plate with just the plant images burned into the raw wood.  To the upper right is the finished version.

 

Right: Cherry Plate. Ref. # : 2389 PL

To left:  Teak and African Wenge box.  Ref # GR2317 - GR2319

This Cherry Plate is not finished and only shows  raw wood.  It await inspiration and time to bring it to completion.

Left:  9 inch birch  plate / bowl with eagle  image burned into wood.  Ref: #: 2386 PL

Right: 9 inch diameter cherry plate.  Wolf howling image burned into plate Ref. ,2387 PL,

Left: Wolf image burned  into the cherry wood. Large 14 inch diameter Cherry Plate;  Ref. # 2384PL,

Right: 9 inch cherry plate with goose and gosling image burned into the wood.  Ref:2388PL

Birch wood with cordoban burst on outside surface.  Simple gold  strip adds a stabilizing element to the "movement" of the  colour pattern . Ref # :2383 CB  SOLD

Spalting Birch bowls.  Nature's  own  patterns in the wood. L-R Ref #:2381 BL,  2382BL

 

Right:  Birch bowl with cordoban dye on surface. Again, a simple gold strip  adds a separation between upper and lower  spaces.  Ref. #: 2380BL

Larger version of the birch bowl illustrated above.  Creating these colour effects requires  a combination of experience, luck and the application of the laws of physics, as well as a few strategic bursts of lacquer spray  at the right time in the right place. Ref. #:2379 CB

These are a series of boxes in birch wood with leaf / plant decoration burned into the  simple, blond wood.  I have used aniline dyes AFTER an initial sealer coat of Varathane.  When the wood is sealed the dyes, in a methyl hydrate solution, can be treated much as watercolour paints.

Shallow bowl / plate in birch wood.  Images burned into wood and finished with varthane to preserve blond character of the wood.  To the Right, the same, providing an edge view

9 inch diameter  Ref. #: 2377PL

Shallow bowl/ plate in birch wood with aspen leaves burned into the wood.  This one is also finished with Varathane to preserve the original wood colour.

8.5 inch diameter. Ref. #: 2376 PL

Birch platter / canister. 12 inch diameter.  Handle  is Walnut wood.  Leaf images  with pyrography (wood burning).  Bottom of platter finished with poly-resin to make it fully food safe and stain / water resist. (Ref # 2347CN)

Willow, bark-on vase, walnut neck (Ref # 2338 VA)

 

Left:  Vase in Nogal.  Blank was glued up  1 inch boards Ref # 2339 VA)

Right:  Walnut plates, 8 " diameter, Poly-resin coat on face to make food safe and water resistant.

(Ref # 2327 PL - 2329 PL)

Birch platter N o. 1 , lid on.  The lid can be inverted to also act as a serving pedestal  tray (Ref # 2331 CN)

Birch platter No. 1 lid opened

Birch Platter No. 3.  Nogal handle doubles as a base for inverted lid which can serve as a pedestal  platter on its own (Ref # 2332 CN)

Birch bowl with bark on edge 12 Inch diameter

Ref # 2358 BL

Birch Bowl with bark No. 2 Ref #2359 BL)  Interior finished with poly-resin

Items illustrated below this bar are sold or  were a custom order.  Although not available for purchase similar items  can be ordered  and if possible, will be made as a custom order for you.

Box Elder/ Manitoba Maple wood bowl with bark on. Irregular diameter approximately 9 inches.  Finished with polyurethane and lacquer.

Ref: Bowl-Ina-4

Box Elder/ Manitoba Maple wood bowl; 7 inch diameter with pyrography decoration.  Branch inclusion is natural.  Finished with polyurethane and lacquer

Ref: Bowl-Ina-2-

Left: Custom plate ordered as a wedding gift.  Pyrography images of plates with aniline dye colour added.  Plate is 15" in diameter.

Go to Wood and Shop page to see stages of this decoration process.

"Inipi Wolf" image burned onto birch plate.  14 inch diameter.

This is a custom item requested by a client.  The image to the left shows the unfinished wood.  The image to the right shows the finished item. Varathane and Lacquer  was used to seal the sufrface   Ref:  "Inipi_Wolf_Plate3"

Aspen, end-grain  trivets with aspen leaves burned into one surface.  Each trivet is approximately 6.5 inches in diameter.  They are sealed with polyurethane finish to make them water proof and stain resist.  Wipe with damp cloth to clean. (Ref # 2349 TR - 2357TR)

Large, 16 inch diameter birch plates.  To the right is the first  animal image I have done using  a wood burning tool. Ref. # 2389 PL SOLD 

Left:Birch Covered Bowl with cordoban burst and gold band.  Ref. # 2391 CB  SOLD

To the right is one of the boxes with the lid opened to show the simple interior.  Reference # 2361K, 2362K and 2363K.

This item is SOLD

 

 

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