Archive for the ‘Art’ Category


Woodturning Pierced, Curved Leaf – Lemonade From A Lemon

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here already! After my lampshade disaster, I was about to throw that wood into the fireplace. But after Lauren, a woodturner from our club, shared what he has done after a similar disaster, I decided to try something. This leaf is from the […]

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Nailed It – Woodturning “Woodies Breakfast”

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here. What to do with a pretty piece of wood with an old rusty nail in it? Turn a bowl, of course. But avoid the nail. The wood is spalted box elder. Someone drove a nail into the tree. The tree grew […]

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Multi-Axis Woodturning – What Is This?

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Why go anywhere else but here! After turning several projects where I mimicked Max Brosi turning that I saw him demo, I decided to try a take off. This is based on his Octahedron which is named for the octagon used early in its turning. […]

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A Woodturner’s Nightmare “Woodie’s Nemesis”

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! When on a wood acquisition journey, we cut off the end of a hollow box elder log to assess the amount of good wood. When we did, we also found old rusty nails inside the rotten hollow. The vendor gave me the […]

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Woodturning Bark Edge Candlestick From Crooked Branch

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here Already! This project is a crooked branch I cut from a crab apple tree. I’ve been watching out for such a limb following a demonstration by Paul Russell at our club meeting. It is kind of like a multi-axis turning because the […]

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Multi-Axis Woodturning Octahedron

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But, you’re already here! As I’ve noted before, I was impressed by demonstrations by Max Brosi at the AAW Symposium at Raleigh, NC this summer. At first, I could not figure out how to turn this octahedron. However, once I understood the process that Max […]

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DIY Wood Bleach For A Lighter Hue

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! After seeing several examples of turning projects that had been bleached, I decided to try bleaching wood myself. I researched on the internet and found some great resources especially from AAW. I also checked for commercial wood bleach products. Most of these […]

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Woodturning – Wild, Warping, Cross Grain Disks

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here at As Wood Turns. After seeing Pascal Oudet from France at the AAW symposium demonstrate, I came home to try it myself. I hoped to replicate the look and feel of his project. Pascal also sand blasts and bleaches many of his […]

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Woodturning – Implementing New Skills From Expert Demo

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here. After I see a great demo by someone who truly turns something unique, I just have to try it myself. This is my situation after seeing Max Brosi at the AAW symposium demonstrate what he called a whale bone form. The project starts […]

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Weird Wood Art – My First Step Into New Woodturning Realms

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Right here is where it is best. After attending the American Association of Woodturners Symposium, I’m inspired to start turning beyond round. One particular source of inspiration is Max Brosi and his multi-axis turnings. While this turning from pear is far from one of his, […]

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