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| 1. InsideOut Snowman A Snowman made with Maple and using the 2-piece inside out method. – Joe Garofalo (Confident) |
| 2. Santas The bodies are made of redheart, the heads of holly or cocobolo and the belts and boots of African Blackwood – Michael Stephan (Confident) |
| 3. Hollow sphere ornament For the 7th consecutive year, here we are!!! Merry Xmas everybody!!! – Mauro ‘il tornitore’ Migone (Confident) |
| 4. Reflecting on 2020 As we end this most difficult year I felt a little reflection was appropriate. This year I used (2) 3” beveled compact mirrors and a piece of Chechen for my ornament. It’s the season so I hand painted the snowman and the Christmas tree. Merry Christmas to all and hopes for a better/healthy 2021. – Bill Sanders (Novice) |
| 5. Cherry Burl Ornament The globe for this ornament is turned and hollowed from a cherry burl. The finial and the top is African Blackwood. The finish on the globe is General Finishes Wood Bowl Finish. The finial is rubbed with Mahoney’s Walnut Oil. – Michael Grady (Novice) |
| 6. Black Palm Bauble Bauble made from black palm, ebony and sycamore. – Chris Ford (Confident) |
| 7. Ornament and Stand Ornament made of Baltic Birch plywood and Walnut, dyed green. Oak cap and finial. Stand is made of Oak. – Rick Madden (Confident) |
| 8. Frogwood inside out ornament I made a inside out Christmas ornament, using frogwood as the material. – Paul Willmore (Confident) |
| 9. Hot Air Balloon Balloon is recycled skate board material (hollowed) basket is spectraply and is attached to balloon with string. – Terry Vance (Confident) |
| 10. Snowmen These snowmen are made from maple, mahogany, and sassafras. – Robin McIntyre (Confident) |
| 11. Maple Tree This simple maple tree has some texture to add interest. – Robin McIntyre (Confident) |
| 12. Bell ornament Sometimes simple is good! – Robin McIntyre (Confident) |
| 13. Birdhouse Made from hickory, mahogany, and redheart. – Robin McIntyre (Confident) |
| 14. Laminated Tree Laminated Tree – Robin McIntyre (Confident) |
| 15. Aluminum Teardrop Ornament 1.5″ solid aluminum teardrop ornament turned on a wood lathe using an Easy Wood tool, standard spindle gouge and standard parting tool – Denis Casaubon (Confident) |
| 16. Bird House Bird house body is myrtle, roof is cedar and finials are Brazilian rosewood. Finish is 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon (Confident) |
| 17. Christmas Tree 4″ cedar tree with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon (Confident) |
| 18. Hanging Ornament 2x2x7 – iridescent paint finish – wood base – Peter Lederer (Confident) |
| 19. Wood Elves A bearded gnome or wood elf with a faux fur beard. – Michael T Peace (Expert) |
| 20. Sea Urchin Surprise The ornament has a interior color of yellow with a dyed red Sea Urchin Shell mounted. The exterior is colored with red and faded green and has a textured red collar and a textured green collar. It will be a keepsake for my Great Granddaughter. – Sam Sampedro (Confident) |
| 21. Hollow Christmas Ornament Ornament has a myrtle body with Macassar ebony finials embellished with a crystal bead. Finished with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon (Confident) |
| 22. Hollow Christmas Ornament Ornament has a Brazilian rosewood body with Macassar ebony finials embellished with a crystal bead. Finished with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon (Confident) |
| 23. Many wood sea urchin ornament The skeleton af a sea urchin found on the sea floor this summer becomes a Christmas ornament for the Challenge. – Mauro ‘il tornitore’ Migone (Confident) |
| 24. Insideout Combined Holy family in a inside-out turningproject – Hans Peters (Confident) |
| 25. My First Christmas Ornaments The bauble is spalted oak and tha finals are spalted hackberry the ornament is 7″ tall and 21/2″ wide – Terry Morgan (Novice) |
| 26. Lumpy Icicle Two finials on opposite ends of a sphere. Natural (scrap) wood fnished with oil based varnish. – David Allar (Confident) |
| 27. Snowman Choir These singing snowmen are made at Workbridge, a charity with a difference. These singing snowmen are made from pine and sapele with a redwood base. Set up 40 years ago to offer a vocational pathway for people with mental illness, learning disabilities or brain injuries, we provide people with opportunities to gain skills and build confidence. – Stuart Whitney (Confident) |
| 28. Christmas Tree Bauble Cross drilled bauble, coloured with Hampshire Sheen Instrinsic Honey and then gloss lacquer. Finials are Ash. Smallest xmas tree I’ve ever turned. – Geoff Webb (Confident) |
| 29. inside out Inside out Christmas Tree, Snowman, – Eric Brown (Confident) |
| 30. Segmented Christmas Ornament This ornament is hollow and has 90 pieces total. The bulb segments are made from walnut, purplehart, and red elm. The finial and top are made from bloodwood and walnut. It is 6 1/2″ long with a diameter of 1 5/8″. The finish is shellac and wax. – Jim Nickless (Confident) |
| 31. Waste not want not :0 Cut a birch tree in yard and saved several logs from the trunk. After sitting in garage for a year the bark separated from the log. Now what…. make a tree out of bark and put on cutoff from box elder log. – Tom Midtbo (Confident) |
| 32. Olive Hollow Form 1 Olive and Bolivian Rosewood hollow form – Brian Mason (Confident) |
| 33. Olive Hollow Form 2 Olive and Bolivian Rosewood hollow form – Brian Mason (Confident) |
| 34. Sea Urchin Christmas Main body is a sea urchin dried shell, upper and lower finials are ebony. – Bruce Lewellyn (Expert) |
| 35. Tis the Season Holly and bloodwood turned hollow form. Orb shell is pierced with various Christmas figures. – Bruce Lewellyn (Expert) |
| 36. Acorn Birdhouse Acorn Birdhouse made from scraps for the first wood turning contest I ever entered. – Darryl Smith (Novice) |
| 37. Cherry Orb Figured cherry 2 1/4″ diameter. Cherry finial. Chattering on top. Weight 14-18 grams – Wally Cook (Confident) |
| 38. Red Christmas bell The bell is made from a pine cone set in red resin and is about 1 3/4 inches tall – Jim Conlon (Confident) |
| 39. Angel Ornament Inspired by Nick Cook’s angels in the Vol. 19, No. 4 Journal of AAW. I shrunk down his measurements to about 3″x 2.75″. Box elder with spray lacquer. – Gordon Fowler (Expert) |
| 40. Inside out ornament An inside out ornament turned from tiger wood. The cap was picked up at Rockler. Finished with polished wax. – Nathan Clinard (Confident) |
| 41. All I want for Chrismas is skew. A small ornament with 6mm inlays. – Johan Larsby (Novice) |
| 42. Candle Cherry base, maple candle, Osage orange flame – Wayne Iehl (Confident) |
| 43. Wind Blown Off Centre Turning Merbau timber, 6″tall Offcentre turned with 5 different centres, 1 for each frond level. Finished with bees wax and coconut oil. – Gregory Sheath (Confident) |
| 44. Laminated wood Xmas trees walnut, Ash, Oak, sapele and cherry Timber. finished with bees wax and coconut oil. Up to 5 different woods used laminated together, heights from 6″ to 12″ – Gregory Sheath (Confident) |
| 45. Jacaranda Crepe Myrtle Juniper Large Xmas Trees 4 xmas trees 8″ to 12″ Jacaranda, crepe myrtle, juniper timber, finish is beeswax and coconut oil – Gregory Sheath (Confident) |
| 46. Snowman Ash snowman with Ebony eyes and buttons plus a paduak nose and pipe that actually smokes with a Mahogany base. – Samuel Mcilroy (Confident) |
| 47. Hollow Christmas Ornaments These two Christmas Ornaments each have a hollow ball of Maple Burl. One is dyed with black and red Aniline dye. The other one is natural. The dyed one has a Black Walnut Finial and Icicle; the Natural one has a Maple Finial and Icicle dyed Green. They are spray finished with lacquer. – Allan Cusworth (Confident) |
| 48. Snowman The wood is noble fir from last year’s Christmas tree. How’s that for “paying it forward?” – D. H. Shearer (Confident) |
| 49. Hot Air Balloon Hollowed hot air balloon with textured basket. 2 x 2 x 3.5 – Charles Sapp (Confident) |
| 50. Adorno de ligustro y anchico. El globo es madera de ligustro o también llamado siempreverde. Feliz Navidad !!!!!!! – Jose Alberto Giordano (Confident) Click here for makers video |
| 51. Beaded & Colored Icicle Ornament Fun and fast spindle turned ornament. Beads were all done by eye. Coloring was India Ink applied with a small brush while still on the lathe. Finished with rattle can lacquer. – Jake Niedling (Confident) |
| 52. Ornament This is a hybrid bell. Made with Alumilite resin and Box Elder. The resin is poured over the wood, allowed to harden and then turned! – Kevin Carpenter () |
| 53. Ribbon Hanging Christmas ornament with top and bottom finials out of box elder. Carved globe of black walnut – Paul Zerkel (Confident) |
| 54. Birdhouse This turning was inspired by an East Coast woodturner, Tom Frey. An artist, Caitlyn Voight who lives nearby painted the birdhouse with an African theme. The wood is white oak. The top looks like thatching but is white oak unfinished. This was turned from a single piece of oak, painted and buffed with wax. – Fred Baudais (Novice) |
| 55. Lighthouse Cape Meares Lighthouse in Tillamook, Oregon. My great-grandfather was the assistant lighthouse keeper at the turn of the century. Made of white oak, whitewashed, with black paint. 3.5 inches tall. – D. H. Shearer (Novice) |
| 56. Lighthouse A CHRISTMAS LIGHTHOUSE (Well, lighthouses are still out there at Christmas time – in the winds and the storms, just as any other time) The lighthouse was made from green sycamore and the blue colours applied using spirit stains. The features include a couple of shells, some macramé webbing, three sixteenths thick white rope, slim dowels for the upper platform guard (linked with string) an entrance way and a miniature yacht with mast, striped sails and flag. – David Hughes (Novice) |
| 57. Feathery Bird House Wood: FIG (Found in Garage) Maple? Hanger: Twisted Copper Wire FIW (Found in Wall) Too cold to head to store to buy some. (Wife wonders why her sewing machine has stopped working:). Base: Cherry Wood. – Geoff Sykes (Novice) |
| 58. CHURCH WINDOWS – LANTERN My first attempt at Inside Out Turning. Wood: Oak. Church Windows. Lantern Top: Cherry. Base: Cherry. Finished with Wipe-On-Poly. LED candle auto on/off flickers. – Geoff Sykes (Novice) |
| 59. Christmas Bell Wood: Manitoba Maple. Colour: Artist Loft Red and Green fine felt tip. Finish: Wipe-On-Poly. – Geoff Sykes (Novice) |
| 60. Inside out Heart ornament This is an ornament that is called inside out because it is made in two different setups. Two identical pieces of wood are temporarily glued and the heart is turned. The wood is then split at the glue joint and each piece is rotated 180 degrees and permanently glued. The rest of the ornament is now turned including the candle holder. Several colors of acrylic are airbrushed. I think that the golden heart is very appropriate for this year, considering what the world is going through. – Alfred Schembri (Confident) |
| 61. Christmas Gnome This Gnome is made from walnut. Both the base and hat have been hollowed out. 9-1/2″ tall by 4-3/4″ diameter. – Martin Young (Confident) |
| 62. Laurel & Hardy in Heaven Laurel and Hardy are gone but not forgotten. Slim & Chubby angels – Jim Meizelis (Confident) |
| 63. Hollow segmented sphere with stand #2 Wood used:zebra wood,maple,European walnut,African Blackwood,oak,walnut. Size: 4×12 Finish: several coats of teak oil. – Don Foster (Confident) |
| 64. Hollow segmented sphere with stand #1 Wood used:zebra wood,Babinga,walnut,maple,African Blackwood,oak. Size: 4×11 Finish: several coats of teak oil. – Don Foster (Confident) |
| 65. Wormy Bradford Pear It’s about 6 inches long, 2 1/2 inches wide, made from spalted/wormy bradford pear, the top and finial are spalted wild cherry. I had to use wood hardner on it to get a halfway smooth cut, It’s hollowed, but not very thin, I didn’t want it coming apart on me, It is finished with spray lacquer. – Denver Lewis (Novice) |
| 66. Challenge Globe Ornament Traditional Globe Hollow Ornament. Box Elder with Pecan Finial and Cap, finished with Metallic Acrylic Paint mixture, and Spray Lacquer. – George Hancock (Confident) |
| 67. Christmas Star 5 point star turned from Pecan and finished with toned Lacquer Assembled with dowels and finished with Laser cut snowflakes. – George Hancock (Confident) |
| 68. Inside Out Turning with a Mini Christmas Tree I did a little inside out turning with a mini Christmas Tree as the center focus point. I used 4.5 pens blanks. A simple and fun project. – Ian Parish (Expert) Click here for makers video |
| 69. Scrapwood Ornament Ornament is hollow and made up of scraps – Holley, Yew, Madrone, Maple, Black Walnut -glued up and hollowed segment by segment. Finished with Doctors friction polish. – Mark Choitz (Confident) |
| 70. White Christmas Snowflakes Made of walnut and holly. The sphere is segmented to allow for inserting the snowflakes from the inside prior to final gluing for a cleaner look. – Dan Schmidt (Confident) |
| 71. Christmas Trees 13 different designs of Christmas Trees turned from yew, laburnum and ash. Designed to be inserted into my family’s Christmas Crackers for a Christmas lunch surprise. – Bill Percival (Confident) |
| 72. Snowman Choir My grandson suggested this years Ornament them should be about snowmen and this is what developed, a snowman choir, complete with song books and candles to read by. The accessories took much longer to make than the Snowmen. Lol. – Bert Delisle (Confident) |
| 73. Segmented Christmas Ornament Walnut, wengè and fir for a segmented Christmas ornament. – MAURO MIGONE (Confident) |
| 74. Peace, Shalom and Salaam When we unite in peace and enjoy and see each person as an individual, only then can we as a person, group of people or nation become one. – Paul Neuberger (Confident) |
| 75. Santa in chimney This is a layered ornament. There are three layers (each 1/8″). The background is a disk with Merry Christmas engraved on it. The second is the chimney (engraved bricks) and Santa’s lower half. The third layer is the snow on the chimney and his pant cuffs. All acrylic paints. The 1/8″ plywood was all cut on my laser engraver. And the final thickness is 3/8″. – David Welch (Confident) |
| 76. Laser Engraved Ornament I have created several Christmas ornaments this year using my laser engraver and paint. These are layered ornaments made from 1/8″ plywood, and engraved on my laser. – David Welch (Confident) |
| 77. Simple snowman Made with locally harvested black cherry – Mike Braden (Novice) |
| 78. Nut Cracker Soldier Nut Cracker soldier standing 12.5″ tall – John Dekle (Confident) |
| 79. Melchor.Gaspar.Baltazar Tres Reyes Magos individuales en madera de Cedro…torneados. Tallados ..Pirograbados y Pintados..con su base en madera teca.. – Carlos Diaz Leon (Confident) |
| 80. Segmented Ornament Segmented from: Quilted Maple, Red Heart, Hard Maple and Ebony. The finial and Icicle are of Ebony. The stand is Cherry. The vertical holder is steam bent after turning. There are 88 segments in the globe. The globe has a CA finish. – Franklin Young (Expert) |
| 81. Colored Pencil Globe Near perfect sphere. Colored Pencils in resin with maple finials. – Richard Jones (Confident) |
| 82. Snowman Simple little smiling snowman made from Holly. – Richard Jones (Confident) |
| 83. Bearded Gnome The Gnome was inspired by Rebecca DeGroot, and the stand inspired by Gerald Jensen – Rick Madden (Confident) |
| 84. Polychromatic turned ornament. Segmented pieces are curly Mango, from Hawaii, accent pieces are cocobola,cap and finial are white blue pearl acrylic. – Jim Mccleary (Confident) |
| 85. Bird house Pink ivory, maple, ebony – Dave Madden (Confident) |
| 86. Basket illusion ornaments upside down hollow globe ornament. The globe is from pear and hollowed to under 1/8″ thick. Surface beaded with 3/32″ beads and indexed to 48. Radial lines were burned and the pattern dyed with India ink markers. The finial and bottom cap are ebony. – Harvey Meyer (Confident) |
| 87. smile Turned and hollowed from Buckeye burl w/blackwood finial. – Cal Vander Kooi (Expert) |
| 88. Cardinal Bulb Made of Marblewood and Purple Heart. – Hal Schalles (Novice) |
| 89. Umbrella Ornament This is my umbrella ornament with a new style finial I have been working on. – Kurt Wolff-Klammer (Confident) |
| 90. Snowman Snowman has a maple body, and a walnut hat. The eyes, mouth and buttons are painted on, and it has a ribbon scarf. – Sean Quinlan (Novice) |
| 91. Sputnik Sea Urchin Mahogany finial and icicle attached to a sputnik sea urchin. – Howard King (Confident) |
| 92. Hollow ornament Black walnut & white maple main body (hollowed), with holly finials. This is my first year attempting ornaments. – Scott Sandgathe (Novice) |
| 93. 3 Christmas ornaments The inside out ornament in Mahogany is the first one i have made. The snowman is in Lime with a Mahogany hat and the gnome has a Lime hat with a Mahogany body – Geoffrey Doy (Novice) |
| 94. Polychromatic turned ornament. #2 Segmented ornament,the body consistening of hard maple, padauk, and wenge. Acent are hard maple,and cap and final are black wood. – Jim Mccleary (Confident) |
| 95. Polychromatic turned ornament. #3 Segmented ornament, with the body made of curly Mango, and cocobola, with black veneer between segments. acents are curly Mango, with cocobola cap and finil. – Jim Mccleary (Confident) |
| 96. Hollow Globe Hollow Globe made from Walnut – David Reese (Novice) |
| 97. Crimson Cherry Body of ornament is hollow and is choke cherry. Finials are maple, dyed red with Chestnut Spirit Stain. Ornament is approximately 6″ tall and 3″ in diameter. – Matthew Harber (Confident) |
| 98. Two-tone inside out ornament My first inside out ornament project. The ornament measures 3 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ and is made from redwood and pine. – Alison Brooks (Novice) |
| 99. A snack for Santa This diminutive snack measures only 1 1/4″ high. I hope Santa isn’t too hungry! – Alison Brooks (Novice) |
| 100. Snowman in a window Mahogany ornament with birch finial and pine snowman finished with acrylics. – Richard Wright (Confident) |
| 101. Snowman earrings The snowmen are pine finished with acrylics. The snowmen are 1/2” x 3/16” – Richard Wright (Confident) |
| 102. Mr & Mrs Snowmen Hard Maple bodys and hats 5-6 inches tall,hand painted faces, Hats made separetly to fit each individual snowman or lady. Make ornaments every year for family decided to make table ones this year. Made 12 all together. – Dave Myre (?) |
| 103. RBG Bell Ornament Not a political statement, but politically inspired by the attire of recently deceased RBG. Turned two pieces, bell is transtint dyed, “collar” is pierced, acrylic painted and slipped over the bell body. – Glenn McCullough (Confident) |
| 104. Gnome in the Woods Gnome in the woods. I turned the piece of wood round and then turned out the hat. I them realized that the woodbark turned off in just such manner that a part was uncovered that made a perfect Gnome’s beard, I just stuck on a nose and Voila, A Gnome! I thought the trees would place him in context. I am giving the Gnome to my four-old-granddaughter Matilda for Christmas. Merry Christmas to everyone~ ‘ – Kathleen Gardiner (Confident) |
| 105. Icicle Snowmen Snowmen turned with a finial base. Made from pine, with toothpick noses, friction polish finish, and burned eyes, nose and buttons. – Richard Wright (Confident) |
| 106. Golden Bells Inside Out Ornament made from African Blackwood. The bells are turned and pierced and painted gold. The finials are from Bocote – David Wright (Confident) |
| 107. Suspended Inside out inside an inside out ornament. The outer piece is cherry and the inner one is holly. There is a small finial inside the holly piece. The holly inside out piece spins on two blackwood points, The finial is continuous with the ornament and has an inside out area just below the globe and at the bottom of the finial. – David Wright (Confident) |
| 108. Let It Snow Hollow globe from poplar with African Blackwood top and bottom finials. Snow/tree scene is hand painted. – David Wright (Confident) |
| 109. Snowman Simple honey locust snowman – Mario Leneway (Confident) |
| 110. Birdhouse Ornament – Curly Maple/Pecan/Ebony The miniature birdhouse is hand turned and has four pieces that flow together to form an ultimate artistic element. The body of the birdhouse is made from Pecan and the Roof and bottom Finial are made from Curly Maple. Both the Roof and the Finial have artistic “burn-in” grooves that blend with the wonderful grain pattern of the Pecan Body. The bird’s Perch is made from Ebony. The Pecan has a distinctive pattern in multiple shades… from Gray, to Black, to Tan, to Brown… all displaying a marvelous grain pattern. The Curly Maple is one of my favorite woods that displays its curly figure throughout the Roof and the Finial. The dark black Ebony perch seems to flow out of the Pecan Body as if it were an actual branch! – Don Faulkner (Confident) |
| 111. Bertie the Banner Nutcracker, Made from Ash and Sycamore – Melvyn Francks (Confident) |
| 112. A Christmas Yarn Pom pom with colored bass wood finials – Richard Jones (Confident) |
| 113. Inside out 2 tone baubel Inside out, walnut and Alda. Measures 5 inches long and2 inches wide.Finished with beeswax. – Gregory Sheath (Confident) |
| 114. Christmas Bell A segmented Christmas Bell- Many different scrap wood pieces and the ringer is made out of wood as well – Mark Fishburn (Confident) |
| 115. Sea Urchin Christmas tree Ornament This sea urchin ornament was made by using a sea urchin and two finials were turned and glued together using a dowel. The finials were painted gold to remind us of the upcoming festive season. – Alfred P Schembri (Confident) |
| 116. Inlay Christmas Ornament Used a 2 ½ inch block of Cherry, centered and glued 1 5/8 wide Curly Maple strips , then drilled holes and glued in plugs. Wood used; Cherry, Curly Maple, plug center Padauk, Purpleheart, Curly Maple used for the finials. Second ornament: Cherry block 2 inch wide, 2 ¾ high, centered 1 ½ forstner bit drilled a hole in each side. Wood used for finials Marblewood, Bocote – Richard Meganck (Confident) |
| 117. Sea Urchin Shell Ornament Green Sea Urchin with South American Rosewood finial and top. Thin Lacquer finish on the finial followed by EEE Wax. The lacquer and the wax are applied on the lathe. – Michael Grady (Confident) |
| 118. Birdhouse Ornament #1 Ash body with Walnut cap. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 119. Birdhouse Ornament #2 Unknown bottom, Walnut top. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 120. Birdhouse Ornament #3 Unknown bottom, Walnut top. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 121. Birdhouse Ornament #4 Ash bottom, Walnut top. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 122. Birdhouse Ornament #5 Unknown bottom, Walnut top. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 123. Birdhouse Ornament #6 Ash bottom, Walnut top. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 124. Inside-Out Ornament Alder, 4 segments turned then reversed to turn the outside. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 125. Snowman Ornament Painted Fir. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 126. Gold and Black Surprise Maple with black stain and gold paint. Christmas tree engraving. – John R Deszell (Confident) |
| 127. Open Hollow Ellipsoid Redheart and Honduran rosewood open hollow ellipsoid with Honduran rosewood cross insert. – Melvin Bryan (Confident) |
| 128. 2020 Segmented Ornaments Segmented Ornaments from Maple firewood with walnut trim. – Douglas Smith (Confident) |
| 129. Faux Sea Urchin Faux Sea Urchin Christmas ornament is hollowed and turned on 90 degree axis. Inspired by Alan Stratton’s video. – Melvin Bryan (Confident) |
| 130. Just For Fun I have included two media-wood and glass. The inside out ornaments are maple and mahogany. The glass ornament is handblown in my hot glass studio using clear crystal with colored glass added. – Bruce Robert Grauf (Confident) |
| 131. Ebony and Ivory Tagua nut (vegetable ivory) body and Ebony (Gaboon) cap and finial. 5″ total in height. 1.25″ body diameter. Natural edge of nut, inclusion on body. Dr’s Woodshop micro crystalline wax and Walnut oil paste finish. – David James (Confident) |
| 132. Donald the Drummer Nutcracker made from Sycamore and Ash – Melvyn Francks (Confident) |
| 133. Gnome These are fun and quick projects to make and I want to give a shout out to Rebecca DeGroot for the inspiration. I’ll be making a lot of these as gifts for Christmas – Steve Rohr (Confident) |
| 134. A Cluster of Gnomes Painted gnomes are made of poplar, wood finish gnomes from Baltic birch plywood, spalted magnolia and oak. All are ~ 1.35″ x 4.25″ – Walter Mooney (Confident) |
| 135. Glows in the dark Globe was turned and hollowed from wormy maple. Globe was dyed. Finial is also partially hollowed. The magic happens when the lights are out and the light inside shows through the worm holes. Take a look at the video for the full effect. – Philip Stevens (Confident) Click here for makers video |
| 136. Sycamore and Walnut The ornament globe is made of sycamore and the top and bottom finials are walnut. The finish is high-gloss lacquer. It is about 6 inches long from the bottom the finial to the top of the hook. The hook and eyelet.s are made of aluminum rod, which I fashion using jigs for every ornament I make. – Jesse Phillip Mancini (Confident) |
| 137. Starry Night With apologies to Vincent Van Gogh, I have titled this ornament Starry Night. Hollowed ash globe, cherry finials, acrylic paint, buffed and waxed. – Warnie T Lore, Jr (Confident) |
| 138. Family of snowmen Just a happy lil Family of snow people. Wood is pine, Toothpick nose, Shimmer paint with white base. – Blair Denney (Goodturnedayly) (Novice) |
| 139. Three Icicles Three sided clump of snow generating three icicles – Bob Sinclair (Confident) |
| 140. Barrel Ornaments Wood Inlay strip and veneer on mailing tube with hard maple finial. Inspired by David Reed Smith – Woodturnng Design 2006 – Mark Wallace (Confident) |
| 141. Something New The sphere was turned and hollowed from a 2.5” x 2.5” x 4” block of basswood. The finials are elm. This is my first attempt at turning a Christmas ornament. – Henry Morgan (Novice) |
| 142. SnowSanta A turned snowman body converted to a Santa. A tabletop ornament. – Billy Burt (Confident) |
| 143. Scrap wood Scrap wood glued… Centered – John Scarsella (Novice) |
| 144. Gnorman(s) the Gnomes Inspired by Mike Peace – Stuart Scott (Confident) |
| 145. Little Drummer Boy Ornament Inspired by Little Drummer Boy – Ron Pollmann (Novice) |
| 146. Holly Jolly Made a small platter. Carved and textured Holley leaves. Used India inks and finished with poly – Cynthia Yates (Confident) |
| 147. Big Urch A large sea urchin shell with bloodwood finials. Lower finial is turned and carved. Stand is ebony, bloodwood, and copper wire which I made also. Urchin shell is 4 in. diameter. – Bruce Lewellyn (Expert) |
| 148. Charity snowpeople These were made to be given away for donations made to U.K. charities that work with victims of domestic abuse and homelessness. – Anthony Lorton (Novice) |
| 149. Captive Ring Ornament Cocobolo bauble with black walnut spindles. – Emily Ford (Confident) |
| 150. Sea urchin ornament This is my first attempt at an urchin ornament and I got lucky on the finials too, lol. – Bruce Jordan (Confident) |
| 151. Sea Urchin Ornaments Sea urchin ornaments with black-dyed maple finials. – Kevin Kapp (Confident) |
| 152. Snowman in a Lantern The body is cross drilled from a square maple baluster. The finials are made from honey tree, and the snowman from a (poplar?) dowel. The ornament was finished with Shellawax, and the snowman painted with acrylic paint. – Jennifer MacDonald (Confident) |
| 153. Forest of Fun Forest of trees made from Bradford Pear, Walnut and Sycamore. – Steve Brisco (Confident) |
| 154. Urchin 1 Sisso and sea urchin – David Slocum (Confident) |
| 155. Urchin 2 Sisso and urchin – David Slocum (Confident) |
| 156. 1 Urchin African Blackwood and urchin – Sarah Slocum (Confident) |
| 157. 2 urchin african blackwood and urchin – Sarah Slocum (Confident) |
| 158. 3 urchin Sisso and urchin – Sarah Slocum (Confident) |
| 159. The BigHig special Bradford pear with cherry top and bottom – Bill Higgins (Confident) |
| 160. Snowman First I turn the two small pine trees that are about 1/2 inch or less a night then I turned the Snowman. I attach them to a piece of Mesquite bark painted white to look like snow on the used a piece of PVC pipe as a mold and poured the epoxy. I then turned the ornament and attached to turned finials from Blackwood – Larry Jurgens (Confident) |
| 161. 3 Sea Urchin Snowman Walnut and maple with 3 sea urchin shells. The shells bear no weight. – Maurice Crosby (Novice) |
| 162. Wormy Cherry & Walnut Turned from cherry firewood and walnut. Age: 12 – Maurice Crosby III (Novice) |
| 163. Christmas Tree Ornament Robert, Please complete the ornament information form at www.OrnamentChallenge.com – Robert Sawyer () |
| 164. Seashell with finial and tree stand First try at Christmas ornaments. I designed the “tree stand” and cut it on the scroll saw. The finial is hard Maple, dyed with india ink and shoe polish. I made 15 of these in all. – Craig D Allen (Novice) |
| 165. Birdhouse #1 Birdhouse made from 4 pieces of wood – Larry Jurgens (Confident) |
| 166. Birdhouse #2 Birdhouse – Larry Jurgens (Confident) |
| 167. 2020 edition of bob Christmas tree ornament Herringbone ornament with pigtail – Bob Keller (Confident) |
| 168. Inside out inside out turning made from swamp kauri and a crown from a broken xmas ball – Johan Knapen (Expert) |
| 169. PGJ’s Tree Ornament My first ornament – Paul Johnson (Novice) |
| 170. Micro Inside Out Ornament ebony, privet, with a silver ball in the center – Jack Capps (Expert) |
| 171. My First Birdhouse Ornament 2020 My First Minature Birdhouse Ornament. Birdseye Maple, Cocobolo and Ebony. 3.5″X1.5″ polished w/ carnuba wax. – Bill Cash (Confident) |
| 172. Thought Through It’s an ornament version of some of my art and is part of our clubs (Front Range Woodturners) ornament exchange. – Mike Skiba (Expert) |
| 173. Bird house Christmas ornament Holly top with spalted maple body – Leonard Schemm (Confident) |
| 174. Accidental Eye of Sauron Made out of a poplar dowel. Was a cute little design I wanted to turn, and the grain started taking on a life of its own. I couldn’t have replicated the results if I tried. – Jennifer MacDonald (Confident) |
| 175. Mesquite Herringbone The edition is mesquite and maple with a pigtail. – Bob Keller (Confident) |
| 176. Maple and Purple Heart Ornament Maple bulb and Purple Heart finial and cap. Pieces were hollowed out to reduce weight. The ornament is 2.5″ wide and 6″ tall. – Edwin Putnam (Confident) |
| 177. Red Mallee Ornament Box Elder/Red Mallee Burl – Dave Arnone (Confident) |
| 178. Christmas Bell, Maple and Purple Heart Christmas Bell ornament. The bowl is turned from Maple, the crown and clapper were turned from Purple Heart. Bell does work. – Edwin Putnam (Confident) |
| 179. Purple Heart Snowman Snowman turned from purple heart. Nose turned from Maple. – Edwin Putnam (Confident) |
| 180. Kylie’s Snowman Snowman turned from maple. Decorated by my granddaughter. – Edwin Putnam (Confident) |
| 181. Bird House Christmas Ornament Wood: Ornament top Walnut, body Maple, finial Bocote and Sapele – Richard Meganck (Confident) |
| 182. Resin and Plywood Segmented The segments were glued together to form the body of the ornament, then partially hollowed with holes drilled in the center of each main segment. Sanded and holes covered with tape, red resin was used to fill in voids. Finishing included shaping and sanding the body, adding finials and a spray lacquer finish. – Linda Osterwise (Novice) |
| 183. Blue bird in my Christmas tree Pine tree roof on cherry birdhouse with blue bird – Ed Wilkiemeyer (Confident) |
| 184. Icicle Ship Green tinted resin with large suspended glitter made by me with a Cherry space ship center. – Ben Shipman (Confident) |
| 185. My First Ornament As per the title this was my first try at an ornament – Russell Manasse (Novice) |
| 186. Christmas Bird House Hollow Form learned at the Campbell’s Woodturners Retreat – Russell Manasse (Novice) |
| 187. Inside Out Baubles Tutorial by davidreedsmith.com Diamond Ornament Pine. Eight segments. – Kathleen Osterwise (Novice) |
| 188. Ol’ Fashion Snowmen I wanted to make a snowman that looked like an Ol’ Fashion Snowman, the snowman of my youth. The bodies are turned maple and ash cut-offs I obtained after a baseball bat factory tour at BWP Bats, LLC in Brookville, PA. They are more difficult than you would think, they are not stacked spheres. The snowballs have to look like they melt into one another. After the body is turned, I spray painted them with acrylic paint. I wiped off paint when it was just starting to dry beacuse I like seeing the woodgrain through the paint. The hats are various leftovers from other projects. I always have those scraps of interesting wood that I just can’t throw out. The tassle on the snowman with the beanie is made from the nub that is still attached after parting it off. It is split in numerous directions then trimmed with scissors. The noses are a dowel whittled that is colored with magic marker. After gluing the body, hat and nose, I get out my new woodburning kit and add the eyes, mouth and buttons. I have to add the right eye then flip it upside-down to add the left eye. I don’t get it either but it works for me. The snowmen get a final coat or two of lacquer for that sun melted glow. Everyone loves the Ol’ Fashion Snowmen. They are headed for family, friends and BWP Bats. – Ken Vasko (Confident) |
| 189. Reclaimed skateboard with black drop finial Reclaimed skateboard with black drop finial – Rebecca DeGroot (Expert) |
| 190. Simple Windowed Globe Turned from maple and walnut. The globe is a hand-cut perfect sphere. Simple holes drilled after turning and on the lathe. – Alan Stratton (Expert) |
| 191. Faux Sea Urchin Multi-axis turning from cherry inspired by Max Brosi. First turned as a hand-cut sphere, then drilled and rotated to resemble a sea urchin shell – Alan Stratton (Expert) |
| 192. Miniature Bucket Turned from dyed laminated birch(FrogBlanks) with four wires twisted together for a handle. – Alan Stratton (Expert) |
| 193. Rain Drop Turned from poplar. Hollowed and dyed. – Alan Stratton (Expert) |
| 194. Herringbone Ornament Inspired by Rebecca DeGroot. Herringbone glue up with finials. – Alan Stratton (Expert) |
| 195. Herringbone Ornament Salvaged offcuts from herringbone glue up. Added central layer to resize and turned another ornament. – Alan Stratton (Expert) |
| 196. Herringbone Ornamental Box Glued up from larger wood slices. Turned and hollowed. Uses 3D printed threaded insert. – Alan Stratton (Expert) |
| 197. Floating, Levitating Tree This Christmas tree sways and bounces using magnets – Alan Stratton (Expert) |
| 198. 3D Snowflake I have been experimenting with a 3D printer. This snowflake was created with OpenSCAD and printed on a Prusa mk3s printer – Alan Stratton (Novice) |
| 199. 3D Star I love the symbol of the Christmas Star and have struggled to create a star in wood. However, to supplement my woodturning, I created this star in OpenSCAD and printed it on a Prusa mk3s printer – Alan Stratton (Novice) |
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