2024 Ornament Challenge
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2024 Ornaments
| 1. “Man Glitter” Snowglobe The snowglobe is filled with Man Glitter with lights and merry Christmas glitter, then I turned a base from maple wood and used the basket illusion technique then inked candy canes and snowflakes – Shelly & Jim Kent (Confident) |
| 2. Santa’S Reindeer Flight School Candy Jar Ho Ho Ho Santa got go. So it’s time to train his reindeer to fly. This is a segment maple lidded jar, with a basket illusion technique. I then inked a design of Santa down at his stables training his fleet of reindeer how to fly. – Shelly & Jim Kent (Confident) |
| 3. Sitting Penguin This intarsia penguin is constructed of domestic and exotic hardwoods. The red is blood wood, and the white is holly. The black is ebony. And the yellow is Osage orange. The finish is clear lacquer for a lasting shine. The piece is 3 3/4″ T x 2 3/4″ W. – James Norfleet (Expert) |
| 4. Dancing Santa This intarsia Santa is constructed of domestic and exotic hardwoods. The red is blood wood, and the white is holly. The black is ebony. The finish is clear lacquer for a lasting shine. The piece is 4 1/4″ T x 3″ W. – James Norfleet (Expert) |
| 5. Dancing Penguin This intarsia penguin is constructed of domestic and exotic hardwoods. The red is blood wood, and the white is holly. The black is ebony. The yellow is Osage orange. The finish is clear lacquer for a lasting shine. The piece is 4″ T x 2 ½” W. – James Norfleet (Expert) |
| 6. Jack-N-The-Box This intarsia piece is constructed of domestic and exotic hardwoods. The red is blood wood, and the white is holly. The collar is maple with walnut springs. The arms are mahogany. The nose is Osage orange. The finish is clear lacquer for a lasting shine. The piece is 3 ½” T x 3″ W. – James Norfleet (Expert) |
| 7. Praying Angel The intarsia angel is constructed of domestic and exotic hardwoods. The gown and wing are holly. The face and hands are maple. The hair is mahogany, and the halo is Osage orange. The finish is clear lacquer for a lasting shine. The piece is 3″ T x 2″ W – James Norfleet (Expert) |
| 8. Bird Feeders Simplified bird feeders with fancy pillars – Richard Wright (Confident) |
| 9. Egg And Finial This ornament was inspired by traditional egg and dart molding, but replacing the dart with a finial. – Richard Wright (Confident) |
| 10. Snowman Family A snowman family. Dad, mom and child – Kevin Wheeler (Novice) |
| 11. Christmas Lantern Mahogany with flickering flame – Charlie Mccarthy (Confident) |
| 12. Twin Birdhouses Mini Twin Birdhouses made of 2 types of wood. I like making small woodturning pieces. – Elly Van Kampen (Confident) |
| 13. Mini Christmas Trees Mini christmas trees – small trees made of several types of wood – Elly Van Kampen (Confident) |
| 14. Hanging Ball Ornament Apple and walnut hollow form with a maple finial and paracord bow. – Phil. Hamel (Confident) |
| 15. At The Dentist Apple form with a brush carved from cedar. Tooth laser engraved on hat. – Phil. Hamel (Confident) |
| 16. Royal Beauty Cherry burl hollow form with Mexican royal ebony finials. – Phil. Hamel (Confident) |
| 17. Olive Supreme Olive wood hollow form with maple finials. – Phil. Hamel (Confident) |
| 18. A Christmas Tree Bird cage with a Christmas Tree – Mark Snyder (Confident) |
| 19. Spiral Ornament Bent wood with large beads – Alan Adler (Expert) |
| 20. Spiral Ornament Bent wood and beads – Alan Adler (Expert) |
| 21. Spiral Ornament Bent Wood and beads – Alan Adler (Expert) |
| 22. Candle turned,cut,painted reassembled – John Smith (Confident) |
| 23. 3D Mixed Media Christmas Bauble I wanted to try a 3D laser ornament but also wanted colour. Back and front are plywood and then 2 other layers of coloured thin cardstock, which I’ve also painted. – Geoff Webb (Confident) |
| 24. Adrift Ornament body was a piece of natural driftwood umbrella from Stump Pass in Manasota Key, FL with and oak finial. – Louis Currier (Confident) |
| 25. Star Of Pink Brilliance Starfish shell dyed pink with a complimentary pink spectra ply finial – Louis Currier (Confident) |
| 26. Starburst Starfish shell dyed orange yellow with a bougainvillea vine finial – Louis Currier (Confident) |
| 27. Snowflake * Snowmen Maple SnowFlakes and SnowMens … with Salt Lake Valley Walnut Hats. – Raleigh Lockhart (Expert) |
| 28. Piercing Snow Maple sphere, pierced, with olive wood finales. – Dale Guilford (Confident) |
| 29. Vintage Foil Solid Maple sphere, painted with irrdecent colors, and Iron Wood finial. – Dale Guilford (Confident) |
| 30. Spinning Spiral 2-3/4″ hollow form, pierced, and Olive wood finial. – Dale Guilford (Confident) |
| 31. Christmas Dirty Pour 2-1/2″ hollow form with red, green, gold dirty pour, and iron wood finial. – Dale Guilford (Confident) |
| 32. Peppermint 2″ sphere, red and white dirty pour, and iron wood finial. – Dale Guilford (Confident) |
| 33. Mr. Peanut Decked Out For Christmas Basswood carving 6″ high x 4″ wide – David Arruda (Confident) |
| 34. North Pol Snowmen Carved Basswood snowmen and fence on cedar background set on a carved walnut easel assembled with wood pegs. 12″ high x 9″ wide – David Arruda (Confident) |
| 35. Scrappy Snowmen Scene Snowmen and scenery constructed of plywood scraps 10″ high x 7″ wide – David Arruda (Confident) |
| 36. Jolly St. Nick Carved Basswood Santa, painted 5″ x 2.5″ x 2.25″ – Donald Barron (Confident) |
| 37. Santa Countdown To Christmas Chimney Snow-topped chimney “Countdown to Christmas” calendar constructed of wood with carved Santa. As each December day brick is pulled, Santa slides further down the chimney until he arrives on the hearth on Christmas Day. 18″ high x 4″-10″ wide – David Smith (Novice) |
| 38. Lighted Birdhouse Ornaments A battery powered string of 20 birdhouse ornaments. – Robert Harper (Expert) |
| 39. Birdhouse Ornaments- Nature And Paint Three BHO’s turned using a combination of natural spalted elm with acrylic red or green paints. The spalted elm has natural colors / zone lines ranging from black to browns, to greens, and even some purple. – Ron Patterson (Confident) |
| 40. A Melt Of Snowman Icicles – Study In Different Woods A “Melt” of Snowman Icicle ornaments turned from a variety of woods All between 6-7 inches tall and max diameter of 1.25 inches. – Ron Patterson (Confident) |
| 41. Xylarium Of Christmas Trees These are free standing Christmas trees in a variety of shapes and wood types. All 2-4 inches in diameter and 5-10 inches tall. Finished in walnut oil and satin lacquer. – Ron Patterson (Confident) |
| 42. Missile Toe Wood turned Missile and Toe – Maynard Green (Confident) |
| 43. Christmas Cookie Jar Turned segmented Birch/Walnut with color resin pieces. – Maynard Green (Confident) |
| 44. Christmas Candy Bowl Primarily, turned resin with a wood lid and snowman finial. Color resin balls inserted throughout the clear resin. – Maynard Green (Confident) |
| 45. Organic Shaped Mushrooms I love the beautiful organic shape of mushrooms. Wood used is yew and juniper. – Elly Van Kampen (Confident) |
| 46. Old World Santa This is a 12 ” ceramic Santa statue, which I then painted using black, blue and silver painted then dusted with snow for tree. – Shelly Duvall-Kent (Confident) |
| 47. Fall Acorn Textured oak top and ebonized with steel wool and vinegar. Maple body hollowed out and dyed with turned walnut perch. About 4-1/2” in length. – Sam Meandro (Confident) |
| 48. Ambrosia Maple Bird House Tree Ornament Matching roof and hollowed body using Ambrosia maple (silver maple). Turned walnut perch. Finished with friction polished then wax buffed. – Sam Meandro (Confident) |
| 49. Basket Of Illusion Turned Basket of Illusion Ornament – Allan Wells (Confident) |
| 50. Birdhouse Maple ash and cherry – Brad Dansie (Confident) |
| 51. Carved Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Basswood Carved Monarch Butterfly, Caterpillar Milkweed Seed Pod and Chrysalis – Ken Whiting (Confident) |
| 52. Angel Curly maple, end grain hollowed. Carved wings – Dave Fairman (Confident) |
| 53. Snowman Within A Snowman Inside out snowman turning with another small regular turned miniature snowman – Bob Roehrig (Confident) |
| 54. Silhouette Ornament Silhouette ornament of my wife and me. Maple & Walnut – Bob Roehrig (Confident) |
 | 55. Snowflake Ornament Snowflake was scroll sawed and then inlaid and turned into the ornament. Maple & Walnut – Bob Roehrig (Confident) |
| 56. Lantern Ornament Tree small lighted lantern ornaments. 2 1/2″ high Maple….various finishes – Bob Roehrig (Confident) |
| 57. Hybrid Ornament Lighted ornament of Burl & Resin. Twist threads on the top with gilders paste. – Bob Roehrig (Confident) |
| 58. “Ring” In Christmas mappa birch bell with rosewood handle and clapper – Stanley Dole (Expert) |
| 59. Old Stucco Exposed brick – Dave Fairman (Confident) |
| 60. Lone Christmas Tree At Night Ash and Black Walnut with a resin tree – John Deszell (Confident) |
| 61. Purple Heart The sphere is made with seven segmented dodecagons and turned. Each dodecagon is made from purpleheart and maple. The top and bottom finials are made from mahogany. The display stand is made from cherry and decorated with marbles. The hook is made using gold plated twined wire. – Thavendra Rajah (Novice) |
| 62. Christmas Star Sagurao A two piece laser cut ornament celebrating Christmas in the desert. – Jim Meizelis (Confident) |
| 63. Nuts About Noel Turned, wood burnt spalted sugar maple acorn. Dremel hand carved squirrel (scrap wood) – Cheri Horn (Novice) |
| 64. Snowballers Snowmen Bowling with a snowman’s head. Calvin & Hobbes inspired. – Ron Estrada (Confident) |
| 65. Snowman Protest Snowmen protesting the dad. Calvin & Hobbes inspired. “Calvin” was replaced with “Andrew,” who is my 29 year old son. – Ron Estrada (Confident) |
| 66. Segmented Sphere Segmented rings turned as a sphere with “lost wood” between the rings. Separated and re-glued with dyed spacers. All parts are figured ambrosia maple. Lacquer finish. – Max Kackstetter (Confident) |
| 67. Tight Fit Santa needs help from his workers to get down this tight chimney. Made from poplar, cedar and stones – Brad Hildenbrand (Confident) |
| 68. Lighthouse Tree Ornament Turned birds, base,ornament with cutoffs, branches,pallet wood and paint – Gordon Pike (Confident) |
| 69. “Got Christmas Gnomes,” These are adorable little gnome ornaments for your tree or to hang on a ornament stand. they are made from a variety of wood including spectrply wood. I then added faux fur in Christmas colors. – Jim And Shelly Kent (Confident) |
| 70. Cherry Desire Cherry burl with Mexican royal ebony finial. Finished with ca glue to hold it together. – Phil Hamel (Confident) |
| 71. First Christmas Tree Burned A 4 inch Christmas tree with walnut oil – Bob Ward (Novice) |
| 72. Hybrid Christmas Bulb Ornament Box Elder and Liquid Diamond resin, dyed Blue with an LED light inserted into it. ~2 1/2″ long and 1″ in dia. – Bobby Mccarley (Confident) |
| 73. Large Sputnik Urchin Ornament Sputnik Sea Urchin Ornament w/Maple finial dyed Black 3″ in dia X 8″ long – Bobby Mccarley (Confident) |
| 74. Small Sputnik Sea Urchin Ornament Sputnik Sea Urchin w/Maple finial painted Black – Bobby Mccarley (Confident) |
| 75. Birdhouse Ornament. Birdhouse ornament made from Paduak, Cocobolo, and African Blackwood. – Randal Griffin (Novice) |
| 76. Birdhouse Ornament Made from Cocbolo, Ambrosia Maple and African Blackwood. – Randal Griffin (Novice) |
| 77. Chevron Sphere – Bloodwood & Maple Classic ornament takes on a modern flair with a bold geometric pattern. Five solid pieces of wood are inlaid to reveal a flowing woodgrain, while the points of the chevrons meet in the center, creating a starburst effect. Size: 2 ¼” x 6” – Robert Vogtman (Confident) |
| 78. Swirl Present Box – Bloodwood & Maple A spiral inlay made of two continuous pieces of wood (similar to a spring) intertwine to create the base of this unique box. Size: 2 ¼” x 4 1/2” – Robert Vogtman (Confident) |
| 79. Spring Spiral – Maple, Bloodwood, Walnut This ornament showcases a captivating spiral of maple and bloodwood, achieved through the intricate technique of coiling two continuous pieces of wood like a spring. This unique construction creates a seamless flow of grain, finished with an elegant walnut finial that runs through the piece. Size: 2 ¼” x 5 ½” – Robert Vogtman (Confident) |
| 80. Team Snowsled Sled is Walnut and Maple. Snowmen are Maple with painted hats – Tony Aktines Jr (Confident) |
| 81. Snowsled Team #2 Sled is Walnut and Maple. Snowmen are Maple with acrylic hats. – Tony Aktines Jr (Confident) |
| 82. Woven Basket Birdhouse Mahogany & Cane – Paul Richard (Confident) |
| 83. “The Golden Bell” Created and turned the bell from alumilite resin, large abalone flakes, and a wood top that I burned dimples in and dyed with alcohol dyes. – Bruce Jordan (Confident) |
| 84. Lighthouse Dream Made from maple with two coats of shellac. Bulb painted with yellow enamel. – Phil Hamel (Confident) |
| 85. Santa’S Toy Shop – R&D Turned and hollowed wooden egg. Outside carved as holly leaves. Inside is a carved elf working on a new toy design. The base holds the completed toys and wrapped packages until shipping (Santa) takes them on Christmas eve. – Jack Boggio (Expert) |
| 86. Red Hollow Christmas Ornament Hollow Maple Burl & Black Walnut Christmas Ornament – Allan Cusworth (Confident) |
| 87. Advent Calendar Countdown index advanced by turning knob at rear. 5 1/4″ h – G Calistro (Confident) |
| 88. Santa’S Magical Key The Key will not work for You nor Me, leave out on Christmas Eve – G Calistro (Confident) |
| 89. Elf On A Shelf Inside out turning, Wood is from Tree of Heaven, stands 12” tall and 3.5” wide. – Richard Nealis (Novice) |
| 90. Olaf Turning is from local elm tree, Olaf stands 12” tall from feet to top of head, 4” in diameter. – Richard Nealis (Novice) |
| 91. Don’T Lose Your Head Snowmen and Christmas tree primarily turned using reclaimed wood – John Smit (Novice) |
| 92. Bird House Spectra Ply roof, maple body, African Blackwood perch and embellishment – Michael Grady (Confident) |
| 93. Spinning Top Body is mesquite, cap and finial are American Elm. – Jim Mccleary (Confident) |
| 94. Salt Lake Festival Of Trees Primary Children’s Hospital – Richard Grossen (Confident) |
| 95. Just Another Tree This tree was made using a 2″ x 2″ Spectraply Blank. The Blank was cut into (8) 3/8″ wafers which were then laminated back together twisting each layer as I glued them. Once dry, I chucked it up on the lathe and turned it. – Russ Philipp (Novice) |
| 96. Penguins Walnut and maple – Brad Dansie (Confident) |
| 97. Frosty And Family Mr. And Mrs. Frosty and son. 2 1/2”, 2 1/4” and 2” tall respectively. – John Masotta (Confident) |
| 98. Ask Me A Question Foothills (digger) pine cone, african blackwood, azurite pendulum/ornament. – Rick O’Ryan (Confident) |
| 99. Trio Gnomes Walnut and Cherry wood Gnomes without hair 🙂 – Raleigh Lockhart (Expert) |
| 100. Cherry Tree This is my first turning! From a small cherry log that was in the wood pile to burn. The wood has tremendous character and turning it brought that to light. I applied a light coat of Danish oil to bring out the grain. – Kristie Kapp (Novice) |
| 101. Christmas Tree Beaded and painted pattern – Karl Hansen (Confident) |
| 102. Star Bright Gilded Sea Urchin with Curly Purple Heart – Nelson Meyer (Confident) |
| 103. Best Friend Christmas Trees This is a matching pair of ornaments where you are supposed to keep one and your best friend gets a match one for there tree. – Kurt Wolff-Klammer (Confident) |
| 104. Bird-Keeper German Smoker Ash, Maple, Tulipwood, Acrylic Paint and Brush-on Finish – Raleigh Lockhart (Expert) |
| 105. Christmas Fish A school of Christmas fish. One for each grandchild customized for their school colors – Jim Meehan (Confident) |
| 106. Snowflake Box The snowflake on the lid blank for this box is done with CNC, then the lid blank and the base are turned in the usual fashion. top and base are held with glue blocks using the blue tape and CA glue method. – Richard Wright (Confident) |
| 107. Christmas Tree In Open Maple With Frame Spalted maple open ornament with green sparkle tree, white oak display hanging frame – Brad Haven (Confident) |
| 108. A Christmas Miracle Maple Burl with Madagascar ebony finial and cap – Dean Difrango (Novice) |
| 109. A Baker’S Dozen Curly Maple and Sapele – Dennis Larsen (Confident) |
| 110. Birdhouse Village Maple and Red Oak – Dennis Larsen (Confident) |
| 111. Inquisitive Mice Bamboo Display Stand.Maple and Sputnic ornament – Bob Foord (Confident) |
| 112. Grandparent’S Delight Black walnut images inlaid into maple, Turned on a sapele egg with Black walnut finials. On a Sapele and maple Display stand . – Bob Foord (Confident) |
| 113. Cherry Tree A simple tree ornament, refined and minimal this ornament exhibits the natural cherry grain with a matte wax finish Standing just over 4″ tall, this tree would fit in a holiday display or amongst traditional hung ornaments – Jacob Zimmerman (Confident) |
| 114. Christmas Tree Christmas tree about 3.5 by 2 inches of maple. Colored with magic markers – Steve Patzman (Confident) |
| 115. Nutcracker Coutdown Clock A countdown clock for my Daughter’s Dance studio. Ever year the put on a Nutcracker performance about a week before Christmas. – Russ Philipp (Novice) |
| 116. Snowman Chorus a snowman conductor with 3 singers all made with wood beads and finished with acrylic spray. – Donald Chase (Confident) |
| 117. Snow Maid Turned figure and mushroom painted with acrylics – Debra Hart-Chase (Novice) |
| 118. Tree With A View This is multi-axis turning from a branch of a cherry tree blown down in my yard during Hurricaine Francine this year – Jonathan Durocher (Confident) |
| 119. This Bellybuton Is New! Multi-axis turning of Swamp maple – Jonathan Durocher (Confident) |
| 120. A Breezy Christmas Tree A multi-axis turning of Pecan – Jonathan Durocher (Confident) |
| 121. Green Spalted Maple Hollowed Spalted maple dyed green with maple finial – Peter Huckstep (Confident) |
| 122. Inside/Outside Angel Inside/Outside Turned Angel & Tree – Gayle Seymour (Expert) |
| 123. Chicken Dinner This was inspired by a demo at my turners association. Its hippy style. I up cycled some scraps and went with the flow, man. – Kyle Young (Confident) |
| 124. Christmas Angel Inspired by BB Turning Merry Christmas BB – Dave Volzer (Confident) |
| 125. Maple Snowman 1 1/2” tall snowman made from maple – Michael Wallace (Confident) |
| 126. Sputnik On A Base Sputnik sea urchin on Ash base with dye – Ed Weingarden (Confident) |
| 127. Christmas Light Bulb Ornament Box Elder and Liquid Diamond resin, cast clear and glitter added, with an LED light inserted into it. ~2 1/2″ long and 1″ in dia. – Bobby Mccarley (Confident) |
| 128. Various 1. Globe suspended by a finial, 2. Gnome, 3 Globe suspended by a finial, 4 Birdhouse, 5 Globe suspended by a finial – Richard January (Confident) |
| 129. Snowman Spalted Birch Snowman – Bruce Benwood (Confident) |
| 130. Snowmen Three Spalted Birch Snowmen – Bruce Benwood (Confident) |
| 131. Santa Themed Gnomes Santa themed gnomes – Glenn Mccullough (Confident) |
| 132. Pete The Dog Paw Dog paw for a friend – Chris Limoncelli (Novice) |
| 133. Old Lady In The Shoe Home Represents the family aspect of the season – Charles Sapp (Expert) |
| 134. Laser Cut And Painted I built a laser from plywood and 3d printed parts and made these ornaments with it. I painted before assembly – Peter Huckstep (Confident) |
| 135. Inside Out Tree I decided to try something new this year: inside out turnings. Although not every attempt has worked, I have had fun exploring different insides ranging fronm simple ovals to snowmen and trees. – Richard Simpson (Confident) |
| 136. Box Elder Ornament Hollowed flaming box elder with walnut finial and top – Peter Huckstep (Confident) |
| 137. The Christmas Spirits A Christmas traer with the spirit of the Christmas – Carly Rivera (Confident) |
| 138. Sea Urchin Ornament Ornament with finial – George Mahoney (Confident) |
| 139. Play In The Snow Three snowman and a tree made from Mesquite – Larry Jurgens (Confident) |
| 140. Inside Outside Christmas Ornament Christmas Angel turned inside/outside. Wood: Basswood, Embellishment: White Milk Paint and Gold Metal Leaf – Ron Pollmann (Confident) |
| 141. Forest Gnome Carved and painted Forest Gnome – Ron Pollmann (Confident) |
| 142. Double Inside-Out With Tree Cherry, Walnut and Maple, with friction polish – Mark Lockwood (Confident) |
| 143. A Christmas Urchin A sea urchin with finial top and bottom – John Brower (Novice) |
| 144. Hollow Ornament Curly Maple with Maple finial and friction polish – Mark Lockwood (Confident) |
| 145. Inside-Out Ornament Ash with friction polish – Mark Lockwood (Confident) |
| 146. Live Edge Ornament Live edge ornament made from Spalted Tamarind and walnut. – Kevin Kapp (Confident) |
| 147. By The Sea Black walnut box with spalted maple and mussel shell inlays – Rob Mcneil (Confident) |
| 148. Gnomes Made of Bradford pear. Coated with clear glaze. Beard from Hobby Lobby and installed by wife. Body is hollowed and with hat averages 3.5 inches. – Allen Richard (Confident) |
| 149. Granpa Gnome Turned gnome with gray – blonde hair – Sandi Swayze (Confident) |
| 150. Accented Christmas Sphere This segmented hollowed ornament is made of hard maple as well as dyed red and green veneer. It is 2-5/8” in diameter and finished with three coats of shellac and four coats of lacquer. – Dan Schmidt (Confident) |
| 151. Turned And Carved Santa Light form turned in basswood and carved with a Santa face – Charles Sapp (Expert) |
| 152. Dark Aqua Globe Dark aqua spectraply hollow globe with African Blackwood finial – Sandy Karbowski (Confident) |
| 153. Mini Nativity A little Nativity inside a stone – Mauro (Confident) |
| 154. President’ Simple lighthouse – Bob Earle (Confident) |
| 155. President Lantern with flickering tealight – Bob Earle (Confident) |
| 156. Snowman Snowman – Bob Earle (Confident) |
| 157. Icicle Maple icicle – Bob Earle (Confident) |
| 158. Hanging Ornament Turned icicle wifh bell – Bob Earle (Confident) |
| 159. High End Lifestyle Bird house ornament – William Maes (Confident) |
| 160. Upscale Living Bird house ornament – William Maes (Confident) |
| 161. Natural Edge Ornament Natural edge Box Elder with a Walnut finial – Denis Casaubon (Confident) |
| 162. String Of Lights Turned to replicate the tree lights of my youth. Colored with spirit dye and acrylic paint. – Dave Grant (Confident) |
| 163. Oh Deer! Bad Hair Day! My deer looks more like a sasquatch with antlers. (I was informed that when I submitted this before I included the wrong picture. Sorry for the error.) – Dave Grant (Confident) |
| 164. North Pole Buddies Santa and Elf are turned, painted with acrylic, and fitted with a proper nose and beard. – Dave Grant (Confident) |
| 165. Tree Ornament A scrap of spalted wood was turned into a tree and lines were burned in. – Dave Grant (Confident) |
| 166. A Diverse Grove Of Trees. The trees are turned using different techniques and left in their natural state or colored with dye stain and decorated with colored markers. – Dave Grant (Confident) |
| 167. No Title Hollowed egg shape with beaded exterior and finial. Shape is cut away to expose interior. Interior contains a four-point star made of Corean. Surfaces painted with acrylic paint. – Bruce Kerns (Expert) |
| 168. Segmented Basket Illusion Ornament #1 Segmented hollow maple globe with hand colored basket illusion. Icicle from ebonized maple. – Larry Holt (Novice) |
| 169. The Christmas Present A wooden ornament – Charles Nieforth (Confident) |
| 170. Holiday Cheer A wooden ornament made from a local Nova Scotian Oak tree – Charles Nieforth (Confident) |
| 171. Drill Through Ornament This was this year’s President’s Christmas Challenge. Cherry Body with Maple Finials. Snowflakes are laser cut and purchased on amazon. – Philip Stevens (Confident) |
| 172. Turned And Carved Christmas Tree This is an elm branch that fell across our driveway. Turned on the lathe, carved for texture, and then wood dye for the colors, with a bit of burning on the natural edge. – Philip Stevens (Confident) |
| 173. Turned And Carved Christmas Spoon This spoon was first 2-axis turned for the shape of snowman and outside of the scoop. Then the shaft and scoop were carved. The hat and face were carved and then the color was added with acrylic paint. – Philip Stevens (Confident) |
| 174. Snow Globe – Family Making A Snowman 6 in X 4 in Maple globe with ash base. Several kinds of wood for interior – George Goode (Confident) |
| 175. Ring In The Christmas Season I used 62 pieces of wood to create each of these segmented Christmas Bell. There are 5 rings with 12 segments each, a solid top and a clapper made out of maple. The bells are made from left to right with: Red Cedar and Maple, Purpleheart and Maple, Walnut and Maple. If you would like to make one, the instructions can be found here https://bebopsturnings.com/ornaments/how-to-make-segmented-bells/ – Jeff Nester (Confident) |
| 176. Hot Air Balloon A hot air balloon with a small Santa gnome in the gondola, crafted from any wood I can gather for free around the neighborhood. – Nancy Price (Novice) |
| 177. Maple Xmas Forest Cluster of four small trees for holiday decoration – Larry Woodward (Novice) |
| 178. Holiday Bangle Tree ornament, ball with four medallions and finial. – Larry Woodward (Novice) |
| 179. Burtonesque Snowman Wooden snowman – Jose Berrios (Novice) |
| 180. Snowman With Black Hat A wooden snowman with a hat colored black – Marvin Brrrios (Novice) |
| 181. Sea Urchin Ornament 3″ Sea Urchin with Purple Heart hanger top and 5″ long finial – Larry Prunotto (Expert) |
| 182. Christmas Tree The tree is a mortar and pestle. – Elizabeth Figueroa (Confident) |
| 183. Mahogany Turned Pine Pine seed between epoxy and mahogany wood – Ivan Torres (Novice) |
| 184. Inside And Out Christmas Ornament Turned inside and out in mahogany and oak – Ivan Torres (Novice) |
| 185. Reyes De Balcón Representa una sección de la baranda con balaustres torneados de un viejo balcón de nustras casas típicas y cada balaustre representa uno de los reyes respectivamente. En PR uno de los pilares de la tornería antigua eran los balaustres, los eran utilizados tanto en las barandas de interior como las del exterior. – Mario Castro Torres (Confident) |
| 186. Little Xmas Tree This is a small turned Xmas tree – mahogany wood decorated with gold stars and glitter on top. – Vivian Crespo (Novice) |
| 187. Nativity Scene Three shepherds visiting baby Jesus – Rene Fuentes (Novice) |
| 188. Nativity Scene 3” tall, mahogany – Gerard Ramos-Martin (Confident) |
| 189. Marti-Gra Bulb For Christmas Multi colored 5 wood bulb – Kenny Dexter (Novice) |
| 190. Embellished Bird House Ornaments Turned bird house ornaments, (11), out of walnut and flowering pear. Scroll sawed birds. Wood burned vines and flowers. Made eyelets out of brass wire. – Brad Barker (Confident) |
| 191. Bell Of Freedom 5 wood, oak, sapele, Purple Heart , zebra wood, canary wood – Kenny Dexter (Novice) |
| 192. Old Fashioned Lamp Maple wood hallow lamp with electric light, seasonal hand painted decoration – Kenny Dexter (Novice) |
| 193. Penguin Mates Pair of penguins, red cedar, maple, heat-treated ash, paduk – Kenny Dexter (Novice) |
| 194. Red-Ribboned Christmas Bulb Oak bulb wrapped in blood wood ribbon and sapale finial – Kenny Dexter (Novice) |
| 195. Scrolled Nativity Walnut wood scrolled nativity – German tradition. – Jeanette Dexter (Novice) |
| 196. The Christmas Box – Shaker Box Snowman & Tree This is an handmake Shaker Box … with a woodturned Snowman & Tree attached to the top of the Shaker Box. – Raleigh Lockhart (Expert) |
| 197. Snowman In A Christmas Tree. Three circles inlayed into the tree one at a time. – Milton Lopez Ramos (Novice) |
| 198. Icicles Turned using boxwood and acrylic pen blank offcuts. Sizes range from 4 to 6 inches – Gary Landry (Confident) |
| 199. Laser Wooden Urchin Turned maple sea urchin with laser mandala design – Ray Gingras (Confident) |
| 200. Christmas /Holiday Santa – Jeff Bigelow (Novice) |
| 201. Big Snowman Spalted Birch Snowman, made in 3 segments connected with tenons. – Bruce Benwood (Confident) |
| 202. Forest Xmas Tree Ser of mushrooms made with local woods: Tamarindo, mahogany and Laurel. – Sergio Santiago (Confident) |
| 203. Star Globe A friend saw Eli Avisera demonstrate making the block required for this ornament and gifted me with some of the blocks he then made. I used them to make a segmented blank for the feature ring of this ornament. The metal finial is a a kit sold at Woodcraft this year. I combined them all to make an ornament like those that we hang in our window year round. Any time we see them swaying, we know there has been a little (or big) earthquake–we have little earthquakes almost every day in Alaska. – Michael Hassemer (Confident) |
| 204. Crystal Angels Angels crafted from crystal baubles and wooden heads, with additional decorations added as desired. – Janice Price (Novice) |
| 205. Rocking Horse A childhood memory to touch the heart of some of you! Felicidades!! – Jose E. Cruz (Confident) |
| 206. Camino De Belen Three little trees representing the three kings with three gifts and a box containing the grass for the camels. The trees are made of almond wood, each with different shavings representing the tunics, one made of oak, another made of mahogany and the last one made of acacia. The gift boxes are made of Maho, oak and mahogany. – Carmelo Rodriguez Heredia (Confident) |
| 207. Christmas Carol From building site offcuts – Terry Hooper (Confident) |
| 208. Christmas Urchin Urchin Shell with finials – Tom Pendleton (Confident) |
| 209. Red Ball With Finials A red dyed Maple ball seated between Walnut finials – Ted Monk (Confident) |
| 210. Orbitor A custom resin disc seated between Walnut finials – Ted Monk (Confident) |
| 211. Peeping Birdhouse A red bird peeping from inside a birdhouse – Ted Monk (Confident) |
| 212. Hollow Ball With Pyro Stars A hollowed ball with stars burned in – Ted Monk (Confident) |
| 213. Top Hatted Gnome A geared gnome with a Maple top hat – Ted Monk (Confident) |
| 214. Snowflake Globe 3″ globe with 4 different snowflakes inset. – Randy Cosgrove (Confident) |
| 215. Star Of Bethlehem Ornament Star ornament made from walnut and spruce. Made using only a hand plane. That includes all dimensioning and sizing to fit. From a tutorial posted by Doug Sellers. – Randy Cosgrove (Confident) |
| 216. Celtic Beauty Celtic banding using mulitple layers of red veneer, a hollowed body of sugar maple, yew end accents with a red dyed sugar maple finial – David Mclachlan (Confident) |
| 217. Red Wave A hollow yellow birch globe with a red veneer wave produced by cutting an arch through the blank with a band saw and filling the cut with multiple layers of red veneer. The blank is blilnd-bored with 5/8″ drill on the lathe while held in a collet chuck in the headstock, followed by a 8mm hole through the tenon. Hollowed out with a Hunter #1 C-hook taper tool. The globe is remounted between centers and the tenon removed. The finials at the top and bottom are holly. Finials held in ER20 collets for turning. – David Mclachlan (Confident) |
| 218. Walnut Facet A larger ornament, based on a central hollow sugar maple body with walnut scales, 5/8″ bored through, and hollowed out held a 5/8″ pin mandrel leaving a small thin central web to maintain concentricity while hollowing on the pin mandrel from both ends. The end finials are bored through 7mm with a 5/8″ short tenon, and the fittings at both ends are anodized aluminum pressed into a long (7″) 7mm OD brass pen tube running the length of the ornament. – David Mclachlan (Confident) |
| 219. Angels In Mahogany Made from an old banister rail. Heights 6″, 4.74″ and 3.5″ tall. – D. H. Shearer (Novice) |
| 220. Sputnik Sea Urchin 1 sea urchin shell with turned finials top and bottom – Jim Ruddock (Confident) |
| 221. Snowman With Scarf turned and painted hanging ornament with yarn scarf – Jim Ruddock (Confident) |
| 222. Christmas Tree With Red Top Hanging ornament – turned tree and painted – Jim Ruddock (Confident) |
| 223. Angel 1 hanging ornament – turned and painted – Jim Ruddock (Confident) |
| 224. Inside-Out Ornament 1 hanging ornament turned inside out in cherry wood – Jim Ruddock (Confident) |
| 225. Mr Snowman Woodturned snowman of red oak, nose of teak, and hat of the unknown. – Deborah Chapin (Confident) |
| 226. Inside Out Grinch Ornament Inside out turning with a Grinch tree – Paul N Courtright (Confident) |
| 227. Inside Out Cherry Red & Black Inside out turned cherry ornament with red interior & black finials – Matthew Harber (Confident) |
| 228. Inside Out Blue & Silver Inside out cherry ornament with blue and silver interior and blue finials – Matthew Harber (Confident) |
| 229. Natural Edge Walnut With Cherry Spiral Finial Natural edge walnut with cherry spiral finial – Matthew Harber (Confident) |
| 230. Solid Oak Ornament, One Piece Solid oak ornament, one piece – Matthew Harber (Confident) |
| 231. Inside Out Cherry Ornament With Blue Interior And Blue Spiral Ribbon Finial Inside out cherry ornament with blue interior and blue spiral ribbon finial – Matthew Harber (Confident) |
| 232. Bird Houses Birdhouses, hardened maple, walnut, padauk – William Maes (Confident) |
| 233. Christmas Bauble Icicle of birch and padauk – William Maes (Confident) |
| 234. Tea Light Lanterns I always try to make a small Christmas gift for neighbors, friends, and families. This year, I made 44 of these tea light lanterns. I created the blanks by laminating together three layers of 7/8″ maple. After the turning was completed, I used a copper metal reactive paint to give the lanterns an aged patina look. – Phil Romney (Novice) |
| 235. Bird House , Acorn, And Original Style Ornament The bird house is made of cedar, the acorn is white oah and the ornament is made of ash – Mike Keeton (Confident) |
| 236. Sweet Treat Turned cone and cherry with 2 sea urchin shells – Sandy Arnone (Confident) |
| 237. Box Elder Birdhouse Ornament This ornament includes walnut and box elder shared by a family member and red heart finials – Dave Arnone (Confident) |
| 238. Cape Cod Christmas Trees Made from a variety of woods – Mario Sakellus (Confident) |
| 239. Birds Birds Birds Miniature Bird Houses from mesquite and ash – Richard Slosky (Confident) |
| 240. Angelic Dreams 2×5 1/4 Walnut and Gum with polyurethane clear gloss finish – Greg Paulin (Novice) |
| 241. Swiftie Ornaments My Grand Daughters love Taylor Swift. So I decided to make them some Swiftie ornaments for their tree. They are made from Walnut, Cut and V-Carved on my CNC Router than hand painted. – Russ Philipp (Novice) |
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