For the convenience of some people, this video is also posted to YouTube and FaceBook. I will add this ornament to the Christmas Ornament Challenge. It incorporates a couple of techniques I observed in the Woodturners Worldwide symposium – specifically jam chucks or I will call them jam spindles. I wanted my raindrop to be […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. But, you are already here. I do not often turn miniatures. But, a challenge is a challenge – Turn a miniature in one day while participating in a challenge. Okay – cannot spend a lot of time planning and selecting wood; barely enough time […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. The annual Christmas Ornament Challenge will open soon to accept your ornaments during the month of November. The challenge is open to all crafts, all materials. We’ve tried to make as few rules as possible to allow exploration. This year, we’ll also offer Interactive […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube. But you’re already here. Announcing the results from the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge. Wow! This has been great. Take a peek at all the great ornaments and send your appreciation to those craftspeople who created them. A page view of all ornaments is on the challenges page. You can […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here where you are! After turning the “Ribbed and Holey” form recently, I received several suggestions that it could be a Christmas Ornament. And, the Christmas Ornament Challenge is open right now. So, I thought how to scale the down to a size […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube – What go there when you’re already here? Results are complete for the 2018 Christmas Ornament Challenge. Finalists are: # Maker Title 2 Eli Polite Expert Impossible 69 Pedro Trinidad Novice Tres Reyes Magos 9 Jim Beckwith Confident Carved Cherry Sea Urchin Ornament 68 Gene Dellinger Novice […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube. Here are the ornaments in the 2018 Christmas Ornament Challenge. This is the opportunity for viewers to pick their favorites. Please express your favorites in high to low order separated by commas such as 1,2,3,4,5. For voting purposed, it will be easier for us if you vote via […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best? – right here! This one is my daughter’s favorite ornament of all my recent ornaments. It used a piece of scrap walnut and other left over thin wood strips to create random angle slices in the body. This I call my “Saturn” style. For […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. Best right here at the source. Announcing the Seventh Annual Christmas Ornament Challenge. The challenge is open to all crafts, all materials, collaborations, mixed media, whatever. All skill levels may also enter. This year NO video is required. However, if you make a video, we’ll […]
Read More...I challenged woodturners to turn a sphere by the end of July. Why? Because spheres are an essential skill. I received some training years ago that just did not work. It took me years of false starts to turn my first good sphere. Since then I’ve learned and shared the techniques and process that works […]
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