2021 Christmas Ornament Challenge
Challenge Results
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| 1. Christmas Tree With Pencil Bulbs When I turned an ash blank into a Christmas tree I decided it needed some life. It needed color. I remembered seeing ornaments made entirely of colored pencils and decided to drill holes randomly into the branches. When I glued in the pencils, it looked like Sputnik. I rough sawed the excess and the ornament started to come to life. I returned to the lathe to finish shaping the tree. After a coat of finish, the bland ash tree had the pizzazz it needed. My Christmas tree glowed with ‘ornaments.’ – Ken Vasko (Confident) |
| 2. Holiday Twig Pots I turned a spalted oak branch into some 4-1/2” and 2-1/2” twig pots for Christmas presents. The decorative picks can be changed every season. Happy Holidays to all! – Ken Vasko (Confident) |
| 3. Many Wood Nativity A little wooden Nativity scene made on the lathe with many different woods. – Mauro Migone (Confident) |
| 4. Decorated Memories The painted parts are poplar and the red stained area is spalted maple from a farm I visited, and worked on, run by my Aunt and Uncle and family. Many fond memories on the farm. The base is made of figured walnut and the painted wire is ceiling grid wire. – Jay Schmit (Confident) |
| 5. Acrylic And 3 D Ornament Acrylic combined with a 3D print and turned. – Kevin D Carpenter (Confident) |
| 6. White Christmas Made from scraps from a cabinet shop. – Jay Holland (Confident) |
| 7. Bird House Antler and redwood miniature birdhouse – Peter Lederer (Confident) |
| 8. Snowflake Christmas Ornament The globe is composed of walnut with snowflake inserts and then turned. – Alvin Linkswiler (Confident) |
| 9. Banksia Pod End piece of a Banksia pod with a Kokobolo top – Stew Bremner (Confident) |
| 10. Large Christmas A large ornament I was playing around with and decided to add a ring and hanger it is maple – Jeff Goodson (Confident) |
| 11. Christmas 2021 This is a 3 sided turned ornament based on Cindy Drozda’s multi-axis hollow form zoom demo. The body is maple, the icicle and finial are ebonized maple. the tree is poplar. – Dan Kozar (Confident) |
| 12. Resin And Wood Ornaments I used a combination of dowels and epoxy to create these ornaments. A combination of PVC, dental impression material, and waxes were used to create a rough mould to minimize the excess that needed to generate round, tapered mixture of resin and wood. The shapes were then created on a WEN lathe. – Christopher Guirguis (Novice) |
| 13. Urchin For Christmas To Arrive Sea urchin with African Blackwood accents finished with Deft brush on lacquer. – Glenn McCullough (Confident) |
| 14. Just For Kicks – A Soccer Christmas This ornament is made of 301 pieces of red oak, maple, and walnut. Twelve segmented pentagons are glued together to form a dodecahedron. Greatly inspired by the very talented You Tuber ThePapa1947. – Dan Schmidt (Confident) |
| 15. Ornaments Plywood and purple heart – Anna Redd () |
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| 16. Snowman And His Christmas Hat Snowman on bottom with tree on top of his hat. Made with a Combination of wood, pinecone and resin. Turned on a lathe. Hung from a oval wood ring with base. Ornament is approximately 8 inches tall. – Maynard Green (Confident) |
| 17. Estrella De Oriente Three Magic Kings going to Belen guided by the Star. Made with local hardwood: mahogany, theka. blue mahoe and Guayacan (roughbank lignum-vitae). – Sergio Santiago (Confident) |
| 18. Christmas Advent Tree Advent tree with ornaments to hang one on a day during Advent. All Ornaments made from old dining chair legs – Jacquie Brady (Novice) |
| 19. Basswood & Rosewood Ornament A simple ornament with a basswood ball and rosewood finials. – Tim McDougald (Novice) |
| 20. Spectraply Christmas Light A simple Christmas light bulb ornament from SpectraPly. – Tim McDougald (Novice) |
| 21. Christmas Cat-Tastrophe Looking to do something fun, it came to mind to make the cat with the Christmas lights tangled in its body, something that surely any cat owner can identify with. Felicidades desde Puerto Rico! – Jose Esteban Cruz (Confident) |
| 22. Miniature Ornament With Bead A small turning with a bead inserted above the finial. Four inches in length overall. – Steven Leithwood (Confident) |
| 23. Simple Bell Complete With A Knocker The bell body is made of Oak and the knocker is hard maple and the handles are walnut. The oak has a nice resonance and each bell has a different tone likely based on how thin the bell body was hollowed and how resinous the blank was. These are like Pop Corn, can’t make just one. Fun to make and always well received by family and friends. – Bert Delisle (Confident) |
| 24. Circular Ornament With Insert Mahogany turned circles each hold a second ornament, which is also turned. Internal ornaments are either natural or painted maple. – Richard Wright (Confident) |
| 25. Jingle Bell The 4″ jingle bell sphere is turned from striped maple and finished with 10 coats of Wipe-on poly. Inside is a 1″ cherry ball – Denis Casaubon (Confident) |
| 26. Inside Out An Inside Out Christmas ornament made from walnut and sugar maple. – Mike Traynor (Confident) |
| 27. Pink Droplets This is a spectraply and walnut ornament. The center is hollow – Kurt Wolff-Klammer (Confident) |
| 28. Tree Group Spalted cherry (l & r) and honey locust trees that range from 2-1/2″ to 3″ tall. – Don Chase (Confident) |
| 29. Lighted Sea Urchin inspired by Theo Haralampau – Charles McCarthy (Confident) |
| 30. Medallion Style Ornaments And ? Turned medallion shape ornaments using musical, Christmas and horse themed Cabochon inserts. As an added bonus on the back of the piece is also a small Neodymium Magnet – 5/16″ which turns the ornament into a refrigerator magnet! My wife is a music teacher and she will be giving these to her students this year. The horse theme is inspired by Kentucky where we live…The Horse Capitol of the World. – Larry Mitchell (Novice) |
| 31. Sea Urchin Family 5 Purple Sea Urchin ornaments with stand – Tom Cooper (Confident) |
| 32. Lighthouse The outer ring is made of cherry and the lighthouse is holly. Our club is making lighthouse related turnings for the benefit of the Race Point Lighthouse in Provincetown, MA. – Robin McIntyre (Confident) |
| 33. Coloured Ornaments Several coloured ornaments between 11 and 15 cm. All but the one with the dots are turned in one piece. The woods are hornbeam, olive and oak. The one with the dotts is hollowed and pierced. Maple and yew – Matthias Bachofen Beer (Expert) |
| 34. Three Magic Kings Three magic king made in guaraguao wood palo de hierro wood roble blanco the gift cocobolo wood guaraguao wood and blue Major. The base in caoba wood . And the crowns and the gift have cristal stones . This a tradition in our country instead of Santa Claus . This it’s a great holiday tradition – Carlos Rivera (Confident) |
| 35. Grumpy Gnome Gnome from one piece of Prosopis pallida. Technique: center to center to start an then with the chuck. Finishing with shellac. – Anibal Ruiz (Confident) |
| 36. Fancy Gnome Gnome made of Guaiacum officinale (body and nose). Hat made of Thespecia populnea and the umbrella made Peltogyne pubescens. Technique: center to center and chuck, fine sanding and polish with shellac. – Anibal Ruiz (Confident) |
| 37. Deck The Halls With Burl Natural edge Cherry Burl, Cherry finial and top with silver wire loop. – Clarke Buchanan (Confident) |
| 38. Peek Inside Spalted Maple hollowed core, natural edge bark inclusion with Walnut finial and icicle lacquer finish. – Joe Centorino (Confident) |
| 39. Nativity Made from Guayacán wood, one of the hardest woods in the world. – Dr Gerard Ramos-Martin (Novice) |
| 40. Bright Holiday Species: Cherry ball, blackwood Size: 2.5in round Augments: Pierced and filled with UV resin to look like stained glass Also added modified tea light that have 7 different colors Note: Tea lights were modified to allow for battery replacement as well as allowing for the bottom to snap on/off to remove the battery. – Rob Carleton (Confident) |
| 41. Segmented Ornament 2021 I cleaned out my “scrap” bin and used the best wood color choices. Paduak, Bocote, Purpleheart. Hard Maple, Oak, Marblewood, with a Paduak Finial. With wipe-on Minwax finish. It is completely hollowed, except for the top and finial. – Hal Schalles (Confident) |
| 42. Turned Globe Globe of the ornament is spalted maple. The finial and the cap are maple. The finish is lacquer thinned 50% with lacquer thinner. – Michael Grady (Confident) |
| 43. Christmas Trees Using scraps of baltic plywood and contrasting scrap wood. Glued up and turned the tree. – Thomas Midtbo (Confident) |
| 44. The Snow Family Mr.and Mrs. Snow with daughter Annabelle and son Junior! – Pam Bozkurt (Confident) |
| 45. Hanging Christmas Ornaments 1) Hollow sphere with hanging “garita” inside. 2) Hanging “garita”. 3) Hollow sphere with hanging “garita” below. – Milton Lopez (Novice) |
| 46. Old Fashion Christmas Tree Oak wood, acrylic paint, sanded for final affect – Deborah Chapin (Confident) |
| 47. Old Fashion Christmas Oak turned ornament, painted with acrylics, then sanded. – Deborah Chapin (Confident) |
| 48. Old Fashion Christmas Oak turned ornament, painted with acrylics, then sanded. – Deborah Chapin (Confident) |
| 49. Littlest Christmas Tree This tree is my very first turning – Judy Wright (Novice) |
| 50. Snowman Mesquite snowman – Larry Jurgens (Confident) |
| 51. Poor Man’S Christmas This one is for all the people trying to make the best of it. Whatever resources you have available, it’s always the thought that counts! – Bassi Van der veen (Novice) |
| 52. Sea Urchin’S Sea urchin shells – Robert Francis (Confident) |
| 53. Inlay Of Objects Icicles and inlay desigh – Robert Francis (Confident) |
| 54. Light Hard maple, red acrylic paint with a tea light from the dollar tree. Thanks for the demo last year! – Paul Neuburger (Confident) |
| 55. African Christmas Ornament Exotic wood combination (Ausubo & Tachuelo) found in the tropic. Minimal painting to give an interesting appearance. This is my first ornament and the stand serves as connection with nature. – Eduardo Torres (Confident) |
| 56. Christmas Angel Two piece ornament made from maple with wire halo. – Richard January (Confident) |
| 57. Metallic Ornaments I used metallic paints for these ornements to add more elegance😊 – Matthias Bachofen Beer (Expert) |
| 58. March Of The Wooden Soldiers These are made of African Black Wood, Mahogany, Redheart, and Holly – Michael Stephan (Confident) |
| 59. Celtic Ring Ornament This is a segmented hollow ornament with four Celtic rings. The woods are Quilted Maple and Red Heart. The stand is made from Cherry. The bow is turned as a finial then steam bent. – Franklin Young (Expert) |
| 60. Cedar Sphere I turned this cedar into a hollow sphere with about 1/4″ wall thickness to minimize it’s weight. I wanted to show off the colors in the wood and thought the simple sphere shape would do that. – Tom Crosby (Confident) |
| 61. Lighted Lighthouse This lighthouse has a battery operated light with a switch and a threaded roof. – John Dekle (Confident) |
| 62. Acrylic Treasure Chest Our great granddaughter has the nickname of “Treasure” so this ornament with a treasure chest charm is for her. – John Dekle (Confident) |
| 63. Xmas Bell inside out turning with wooden bell inside this is my first one c2 – Neil Griffin (Confident) |
| 64. Hot Air Balloon Faux segmented hot air balloon. Spectraply is used to create the segmented look. – Terry Vance (Confident) |
| 65. 5 Sputnik Ornaments Sputnik Urchin Ornament with poplar finials. My Firs time with the Sputnik shells easier than the other shells to work with. Fun to make. – Tom Cooper (Confident) |
| 66. Almost Done! A simple design in cherry. Turned early in the morning a rainy dark day in November. Cherry – Maria Gunnarsson (Confident) |
| 67. Christmas Tree Bauble A simple Christmas tree bauble made from beech – Simon Armson (Novice) |
| 68. Chatham Light Lighthouse ornament modeled after the Chatham Light made from apple wood. – Richard Simpson (Novice) |
| 69. Hollow Form With Icicle Ambrosia Maple Hollow Form with an Icicle Finial. – Tanya Becher (Confident) |
| 70. Jolly Snowman Hand painted wood turned snowman out of oak – Tanya Becher (Confident) |
| 71. Hollow Fish The hollow fish are about 2 inches in diameter and 3 inches long. – Stephen Patzman (Confident) |
| 72. Snowman Skiing How do you improve a snowman? Bring him to life by putting him on skis. – Brad Hildenbrand (Confident) |
| 73. Snowmen Tobogganing What’s more fun than snow kids tobogganing? – Brad Hildenbrand (Confident) |
| 74. Reindeer Tobogganing I made standing reindeer, then reindeer on skis and now reindeer on toboggan. – Brad Hildenbrand (Confident) |
| 75. Penguins Tobogganing Three penguins having the time of their lives tobogganing. – Brad Hildenbrand (Confident) |
| 76. A Wreath For Mom My mother lives in an assisted living facility in Tacoma and needed a wreath for her front door. The ornaments are all turned by me using a variety of woods. – D. H. Shearer (Novice) |
| 77. Snowmen In The Forest A wide variety of woods are used, including oak, birch, laurel and fir. The snowmen are three inches tall. – D. H. Shearer (Novice) |
| 78. Mixed Up Forest Made from pallet pine, spalted maple, spalted birch, cherry and black walnut. – Mark Albitz (Confident) |
| 79. Spalted Firewood Tree Unknown species. – Mark Albitz (Confident) |
| 80. Fire Wood Tree Inspired by Charles Neil Woodworking Flame Finial https://youtu.be/LDw_X14W4RI – Mark Albitz (Confident) |
| 81. Birchin Twisted Tree Twelve and one half inches tall made from Birch – Mark Albitz (Confident) |
| 82. For Kelsey A Maple hollowed globe with stained cherry finial and icicle with a spiral carving.SLUJ – Jim Beckwith (Confident) |
| 83. Bell Walnut inside out bell ornament – Michael Dimick (Novice) |
| 84. Rattlesnake Tails Walnut Rattlesnake Tails inside out ornament – Michael Dimick (Novice) |
| 85. Snowman Birch snowman (one piece) inside the walnut shell inside out ornament – Michael Dimick (Novice) |
| 86. Snowman Birch snowman (one piece) inside walnut teardrop – Michael Dimick (Novice) |
| 87. Cherry Snowman Cherry snowman. Cherry hat (turned separately) red paint. Oak Nose. Overall height is 7 inches by 3 inches diameter. Pyrographed face and buttons – Clive Rogerson (Novice) |
| 88. Rotating Baubles Baubles are hollowed Ash with Field Maple finials and are lacquered. Approx 6 inches tall by 2 inches diameter. Stand, with rotating top, is Lime base and top with unknown stem and is waxed. – Clive Rogerson (Novice) |
| 89. Merry Christmouse The circle is turned from mahogany, the candle from maple. The mouse is carved from basswood. The candle is 1 1/8” tall the mouse is 7/16”. Candle and mouse are painted with acrylic then sprayed with Krylin Crystal. Design inspired by Mrs. D. Chase, who coined the Christmouse name. – Richard Wright (Confident) |
| 90. Lantern Ornament Lantern ornament: 1. size: 5″ diameter. 2. wood: unknown 3. caps: purple heart 4. light source: LitezAll USB Rechargeable Mini Lantern – Jiunn-Kai Wang (Confident) |
| 91. Walnut &Birch Hollowed Out Ornament This was my first attempt of creating a hollowed out project. The body is walnut. The top cap and finial are birch. – Michael Dimick (Novice) |
| 92. Santa Hat Ash wood hat – Wayne Iehl (Confident) |
| 93. Hanging Holly Sphere turned from one piece of Hazel cut from my garden. The total length is 220mm with 60 mm diameter sphere. this was then drilled with 18 holes – John French (Confident) |
| 94. Christmas Tree Wood spalted hackberry with tine lights – Terry Morgan (Confident) |
| 95. Agelica Stained Glass Angel – Jim M (Confident) |
| 96. 3D Glass Star 3D Glass Star – Jim M (Confident) |
| 97. Holey Baubles American Black Walnut one-piece baubles – Phil Scoltock (Confident) |
| 98. Ebenezer Scrooge This Ebenezer Scrooge is about 7″ tall. The body, top hat and nose are turned from black walnut. The face section is turned from persimmon. – Adam Reid (Confident) |
| 99. First Try This is my first try at a spindle ornament. It is made with a Sputnik Urchin shell and Padauk spindles. 8″ tall and 3″ at the widest point. – Reed Behling (Novice) |
| 100. Ebony Sea Urchin Sea urchin shell has a 3 wing ebony top and short bottom finial. An LED light is imbedded in top wood piece and includes light switch and battery compartment. – Dave Madden (Confident) |
| 101. Textured Purpleheart Textured Purpleheart hollow ball is 2″ in diameter. Light colored wood is maple. 9-1/2 inches tall – Dave Madden (Confident) |
| 102. Ufo Landing Maple ornament was hollowed and perforated to allow internal LED lighting to shine downward, simulating landing lights of this 6 winged vessel. Light is controlled and batteries can be replaced through screw cap at top. Wood appears darker in two pictures as lighting was reduced to show UFO downlights. – Dave Madden (Confident) |
| 103. Santa Claus And His Reindeer A wooden Santa Claus and reindeer made on the lathe. – Mauro Migone (Confident) |
| 104. Holey Ornament Batman Body made from pink ivory, finials from African Blackwood, an olive wood pierced ball at the centre with a glass marble inside that. The base is ebonised beech and the hanger is made from a wire coat hanger. – Malcolm Peter Cleaver (Confident) |
| 105. 98 Pc Segmented Ornament I love woodturning and my wife is a painter so we decided to collaborate on an entry – Richard Anderson (Confident) |
| 106. Snowman 1st Snowman. Box elder – Brian Semle (Novice) |
| 107. My Little Christmas Santa Claus and Christmas tree made of beech wood – Azadeh Masoumi (Confident) |
| 108. Black Walnut And Cherry Ornament. The bulb is Black Walnut and the Finial and Cap is turned from a Spalted Cherry Burl off cut. Finished in Laquer. Base of stand is from same piece of Cherry as the finial and cap. The ornament is approx. 7″ tall. – Edwin A Putnam II (Confident) |
| 109. Nativity Scene Inspired from Colwyn Way’s demonstration from 2020. Woods used are oak, maple, holley, walnut, osage orange, fir, some wood stain, no finish applied. – Mark Choitz (Confident) |
| 110. Hand Bells Both made from Sycamore. The smaller has Vermont Maple stain on the handle. Both are made from one piece of wood. – Eric Brown (Confident) |
| 111. Large Seashell Ornament Purple heart – Craig Allen (Novice) |
| 112. Christmas Tree Maple with paints – Douglas Grissom (Confident) |
| 113. Fir Tree A fir tree, turned from scrap butcher block, colored with fabric markers. – Hollis E (Novice) |
| 114. Glorious Angel Walnut angel is 10″ tall and has 8-1/2″ diameter wings. Highlights are goldleaf. – Martin Clay Young (Confident) |
| 115. Snowman Family The bodies are bleached American Holly, the noses are Black Cherry, the boy’s hat is Sycamore, the mom’s hat is Box Elder, and the dad’s hat is painted Tulip Poplar. – Mike Runyan (Confident) |
| 116. Gnome Family Maple wood cone head, paint and fur to finish them off! – Richard Jones (Confident) |
| 117. Sea Urchin Ornament A scrap of Leopard wood and a 4″ sea urchin shell and about two hours. – Andy Pulsipher (Confident) |
| 118. Snowflakes Maple – Brian Mason (Confident) |
| 119. Snowflakes Ii Olive and Bolivian Rosewood – Brian Mason (Confident) |
| 120. Chevrons Maple – Brian Mason (Confident) |
| 121. Unity Maple – Brian Mason (Confident) |
| 122. Diamonds Maple – Brian Mason (Confident) |
| 123. First Attemp The ornament is made from ash and walnut – Jeffery See (Confident) |
| 124. Turned Sycamore Body is Arizona Sycamore, finials are Wenge. Size 5″ long by 2″ wide. – Wally Warnke (Confident) |
| 125. Viking Gonk These are Viking gonks. They are also bottle openers just pull up the helmet. They make a nice gift. We all need bottle openers at Christmas. – Geoffrey Doy (Novice) |
| 126. Ring With Candle 3 inch cherry ring with a 1-1/2 inch hand turned and painted candle. – Denis Casaubon (Confident) |
| 127. Spalted Maple Spalted maple with Honduran Rosewood finial. – Ben shipman (Confident) |
| 128. Christmas Tree Toppers The Christmas Tree Toppers consist of 3 parts ( hollow globe, Base and tall Final}. The globes are about 3 to 3.5″ diameter and the overall height is 10 – 11″. Finish is about 4 coats of rattle can Lacquer. These were made for our annual Christmas charity sale. – Jake Niedling (Confident) |
| 129. Inside Out Ornament Thought I’d try my hand at these. This attempt is Sapele and Ash, very pleased. – Geoff Webb (Confident) |
| 130. Viking Gnome Ornament Made this ornament for my sister, as she is married to a man of proud Norwegian heritage. – Ron Pollmann (Novice) |
| 131. Red Oak Bell Quarter sawn oak with walnut finnal – Charles bell (Confident) |
| 132. Red Oak Bell Quarter sawn oak with walnut finnal – Charles bell (Confident) |
| 133. Globe Ornament is 8″tall,and globe is 2 3/4 wide. Globe is ceader and cap and icicle are bocote. – Jim Mccleary (Confident) |
| 134. Bee Merry A simple bee of different woods with wire wings and a toothpick stinger. – Alison Brooks (Confident) |
| 135. Windmill Ornament A redwood windmill with working sails. – Alison Brooks (Confident) |
| 136. Illluminated Inside Out A two-toned inside out ornament that plugs into a standard Christmas tree light set. – Alison Brooks (Confident) |
| 137. A Honey Of A Christmas A diminutive honey pot with dipper only 1.5″ tall. – Alison Brooks (Confident) |
| 138. …And A Blimpy New Year Who doesn’t want their own Christmas message on a blimp? And yes, the propeller turns! – Alison Brooks (Confident) |
| 139. Christmas Angel The Body, wings and halo are made from Desert Ash, and Blackwood for the book of carols, finished with Matt Estapol. (have fitted Barbie’s legs into the hollow bottom to gain a smile from the chaps at our local club) – Jack Murphy (Confident) |
| 140. Dodecahedron Play 1/2” Baltic birch (60 pcs) 120 joints, finished with spray lacquer. Special thanks for Alan who Recently uploaded video on making off center ornament stand, this is my version. – Michael Lober (Confident) |
| 141. Dodecahedron Play Red Oak (120 pcs)180 joints, finished with spray lacquer. . Special thanks for Alan who Recently uploaded video on making off center ornament stand, this is my version. – Michael Lober (Confident) |
| 142. Melting Snowman After turning the hat from a scrap piece of choke cherry, I practiced turning the body of the intended snowman. While turning the bottom section, the snow started to fall from the skew. While practicing this fun texture, this guy evolved. So I added the hat and gave him a personality. – Glenn McCullough (Confident) |
| 143. Potpourri Hollow form globe with removable top so that various potpourri can be used. Pine for artificial trees during the holidays; then change the potpourri and hang in the closet during the off season. – Charles Sapp (Expert) |
| 144. Snowman Snowman turned in box elder. – Charles Sapp (Expert) |
| 145. Umbrella Natural edge limb turning with finials. – Charles Sapp (Expert) |
| 146. Invisible Snowman Invisible Snowman – Steve Reynolds (Expert) |
| 147. Christmas Tree Tree with texturing on each layer of branches. – Doug Grissom (Expert) |
| 148. Bird House Bird house with occupant. – Don Eskridge (Expert) |
| 149. Bell Bell with tree for top finial. – Scott Eiswirth (Confident) |
| 150. Umbrella Natural edge bowl with finials; resembles an umbrella. – Ken Bald (Expert) |
| 151. Rose Engine Rose engine used to texture ornament. – Charles Schrock (Expert) |
| 152. Hollow Globe Hollow globe with walnut finial. – Steve McNeil (Expert) |
| 153. Jíbaro Cascanueces It is a modified nutcracker whose traditional hat was changed to a Jíbaro hat and the Puerto Rican cuatro, a musical instrument used by the Jíbaro, was added. The woods used were: Majó, Noni, Roble and Pino – Mario Castro Torres (Confident) |
| 154. Classic Christmas Inspired by a Dan Douthart ornament, it is made of Mahogany, Congona and Redwood – Mario Castro Torres (Confident) |
| 155. White Circle Christmas Redwood and Majó wood ornament – Mario Castro Torres (Confident) |
| 156. Vintage Christmas Crackers A pair of of Christmas crackers turned from an unknown wood. Mortice and tenon jointed to allow a small gift to be place inside. And yes the joint is good enough to produce a pleasing pop! – Paul Williamson (Confident) |
| 157. Blue Bauble Inside out turning. – Claire Ruben (Novice) |
| 158. Red Bauble Inside out turning, coloured inside – Claire Ruben (Novice) |
| 159. Living Garden Xmas Tree This is not a delicate ornament! Giant baubles made of various woods , one with plywood segments, all hanging on living tree in garden. Diameter of wooden spheres is about 12cms or 5 ins. Finish is exterior yacht varnish! – Stephen Evans (Confident) |
| 160. Stool Sample #2 For all of you who do not know what to give your doctor friends or your doctor, a “Stool Sample” is perfect. It can also be used as an ice breaker for your next doctor’s appointment. – Paul Neuburger (Confident) |
| 161. Crimson Vow Red dyed burl with icicle ornament piece. – JJ Haymann (Confident) |
| 162. Mushroom A green dyed Elder Burl, shaped into a mushroom for those that like an earthy touch to their holidays. – JJ Haymann (Confident) |
| 163. Cedar Point An abstract ornament made from aromatic cedar. – JJ Haymann (Confident) |
| 164. Christmas Gnome Marblewood Hat, Maple body, Mahogany nose, Faux fur beard – Richard Meganck (Confident) |
| 165. Bird House Ornament Walnut body with natural edge cedar roof. – Henry Karbowski (Confident) |
| 166. Acorn Box This little acorn box is made from maple and walnut. It measures 2 inches wide by 1 1/2 inches tall. – Mike Foydel (Confident) |
| 167. Knome Body and hat one piece of maple nose also maple hat top walnut beard attached with hot melt glue – Jack Getzler (Confident) |
| 168. Parranda De Reyes Piece made of Roughback Lignum-vitae, West Indian Mahogany, Spanish Elm, Brazilian Walnut and Theka. The musical instruments were worked in pyrography; the piece can be used as a table ornament or Christmas tree pendant. – Edwin Borges (Confident) |
| 169. Campana Bell made of Roughback Lignum-vitae and whose bell-clapper created in Brazilian Walnut Christmas tree ornament. – Edwin Borges (Confident) |
| 170. Ornamento Navideño I Ornament for Christmas tree worked with the technique “ïnside out” worked up in West Indian Mahogany. – Edwin Borges (Confident) |
| 171. Candy Apple This is a hollow maple sphere 2″ in diameter. Dyed red with trans tint dye then sprayed with lacquer. The finials are also maple and have gold gilding wax applied. Total length is 7 inches. – Mike Foydel (Confident) |
| 172. The Bad Knome Inspired by the Bad Santa movie the bad Knome body and hat are one piece of maple nose is saple to represent a red nose the cigar is walnut burnt the end with lighter beard was attached with hot melt glue – Jack Getzler (Confident) |
| 173. Child Gnomes I make larger gnomes with the long, furry beards. The ornaments are the kids (they don’t have their beards yet). These particular gnomes are made from apricot and elm with water-based dyes and several coats of lacquer. – Jeff Jewison (Confident) |
| 174. Sparkly Tree Woodturned Christmas tree, detailed with parting tool, lots of glitter, glitter glue, more glitter, more glitter glue, more glitter…I have to acknowledge Mike Foydel for introducing me to Big Glitter! Thank you, Mike, I have it EVERWHERE! LOL! – Kathleen Gardiner (Confident) |
| 175. Christmas Bell Handle is Majó (Blue Mahoe-Talipariti elatum) and Bell is Guayacán (Lignum Vitae-Guaiacum officinale). On the inside it has a ribbon with a Sleigh Bell for sound. – Juan Acevedo (Confident) |
| 176. Cherry Ornament Woodturned Cherry Ornament – Mike Lanham (Confident) |
| 177. Walnut Inside Out Walnut wood – Bill McDonald (Confident) |
| 178. Bling Bling Xmas Ornament Turned with Cedar wood and decorated with glitter. – Vivian Crespo (Novice) |
| 179. Ornaments TBD – Vivian Crespo (Novice) |
| 180. Bird Of Peace Pine body/turned ebony beak/embellished with woodburning – Sandra Arnone (Novice) |
| 181. Cedar Ornament Cedar Ball/Bass Wood Finials – Dave Arnone (Confident) |
| 182. Texas Tornado Maple, walnut, purple heart, and unknown wood – Todd Fischer (Confident) |
| 183. Inside Out With Christmas Tree Walnut body and maple finial and tree – Ronald Stocks (Confident) |
| 184. Nacimiento Worked in Mahogany wood (caoba), Teak (teca), Roundback lignum-vitae (guayacán) and the round base is made of Brazilian walnut (imbuia), approximately 3 inches tall. – Edwin Borges (Confident) |
| 185. Reyes Magos Worked in Mahogany wood (caoba), Spanish Elm (capá prieto), Roundback lignum-vitae (guayacán) and the round base is made of Brazilian walnut (imbuia), approximately 3 inches tall. – Edwin Borges (Confident) |
| 186. Snowflake Ornament Snowflake ornament is 2 1/2″ inches in diameter. Wood used was Florida Mahogany. Finish is lacquer. Ornament starts off as a square block on 4 sides. 1 1/4″ holes are drilled into blank. Blank is then turned to round shape on the lathe. Snowflakes are laid out separately and cut to shape with a scroll saw. These are then glued into the round holes cut. Ornament is then mounted back on the lathe and turned round thus shaping the snowflakes. Total length including the finials is 7 1/4″ – Robert Roehrig (Confident) |
| 187. Nativity Set Multiple woods – Greg Patterson (Confident) |
| 188. Inside Out With Snowman The 7″ ornament is walnut and the snowman is birch. – Ronald Stocks (Confident) |
| 189. Laminated Inside Out Ornament Each quarter of the ornament is maple laminated between walnut and then are assembled with each quarter turned 90 degrees – Ronald Stocks (Confident) |
| 190. Xmas Tree 1st try at turning a tree with spalted mahogany wood. – Vivian Crespo (Novice) |
| 191. Xmas Ornament Turned using cedar wood. – Vivian Crespo (Novice) |
| 192. Globe Ornament Cherry & Walnut Ornament Globe – Jim Grieco (Confident) |
| 193. Christmas Bauble The Christmas Bauble comprises of two woods. The ball of the ornament is Purple Heart and the top and lower portions are of Box. The ball was turned into a circle and the centre decorated using a Sorby decoration tool and then coloured using gold paste. The Box stem and upper portion was then turned off-centre and finished using sanding sealer and wax polish – Harvey Grimwood (Confident) |
| 194. A Tear Drop Made from Purple Heart and Maple. The body has been hollowed out. – Richard Slosky (Confident) |
| 195. Wi Ball Ornament Woodturned ornament with three different types of wood. And a loose christmas tree inside – Wictor Wilsberg (Confident) |
| 196. Foray Into Finials Maple leftovers from Butcher block counter top. I started turning in July 2021, when I was gifted a lathe. This my first attempt at turning a finial. Sanded to 600 grit, finished with Mylands bowl friction bowl polish. First one, probably won’t be my last one. – Brian F Hicks (Novice) |
| 197. Christmas Ornament Terry, you uploaded(Part 2) the ornament but did not tell us who you are (Part 1) – Terry Hooper (?) |
| 198. Snowmen And Tree A pair of snowmen and Christmas tree made from resin and pine cones – Jim Conlon (Confident) |
| 199. Santa’S Sleigh Done on the scroll saw. Paduak, curly maple, walnut & wenge. Janel is age 11. – Janel C (Novice) |
| 200. Frogwood Hollowforms Left: Black palm, Macassar ebony, black limba. Right: Olive wood, paduak & Gabon ebony. – Moe C (Confident) |
| 201. The Bee Hive One piece oak with walnut finial – Ed Wilkiemeyer (Confident) |
| 202. Iridescent Globe The ornament form is made of Maple hollowed out as well as the finials. The embellishment is Jo Sonja Iridescent paint blown over the globe. – Anthony Duarte (Confident) |
| 203. Candleabra Leftover wood created this beautiful candleabra ornament with miniature candles. – Steve Noe (Confident) |
| 204. Six-Sided Inside-Out Ornament This was made after reading an article by Mr. Jim Gross that was published in the AAW Journal in February 2011. It is walnut and maple with gloss sprayed lacquer finish. Approximately 3-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ (88mm x 168mm). – Walt Mooney (Confident) |
| 205. Mesquite And Persimmon Ornament The body is Texas mesquite and the finial and ‘icicle’ are Texas Persimmon. Approximately 2-1/2″ x 7″ (65mm x 180mm). Gloss spray lacquer finish. – Walt Mooney (Confident) |
| 206. Hybrid Segment Hybrid segmented ornament with acrylic rings incorporated into the body and lower finial. – Kevin carpenter (Confident) |
| 207. Ornament … – Kevin carpenter (Confident) |
- #11 2021 Challenge – This Page
- #10 2020 Challenge (Link)
- #9 2019 Challenge (Link)
- #8 2018 Challenge (Link)
- #7 2017 Challenge (Link)
- #6 2016 Challenge (Link)
- #5 2015 Challenge (Link)
- #4 2014 Challenge (Link)
- #3 2013 Challenge (Link)
- #2 2012 Challenge (Link)
- #1 2011 Challenge (Link)
11, 104, 186, 38, 75.
A lot of great ideas. I will certainly be trying some.
Thanks for running this, Alan.
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16,21,70,77,167
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45,75,77,142 and 187.
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74
192
166
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187, 59, 128, 118
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82,87,88,114,139
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I’ve updated the web page. unfortunately, I cannot update the video.
Thank you
Alan
142,130,107,23,13
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1- #21
2- #56
3- #65
4- #72
5- #77
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21,1,131,199,200
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141, 59, 14, 71, 102
Thanks for doing this fun event. It is an honor to participate.
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21
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142, 139, 21, 3, 172
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8
59
150
136
186
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1, 90, 100, 140, 186
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59,82,27,118,107
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24,103,57,18,36
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186
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187, 15, 90, 114, 192
Thanks for doing this challenge. What fun to see all of the creativity.
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13, 59, 141, 204, 202
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Thanks to all for doing challenge and submitting entries. Lots of future projects.
Tinkering Tom
31 65 59 81 186
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1- #21
2- #17
3- #109
4- #139
5- #153
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This is hard, I need at least 10 choices. Oh well:
4, 14, 43, 75, 109
Honorable mention: 103, 43
This is fun, thanks for setting it up!!
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Tough decision. I ended up with 37, 74, 95, 103, 186. In no particular order or placement. Thanks for sponsoring this collection.
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1- 76
2 – 3
3 – 103
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17,44,53,83,90,103,139,168. Wonderful work by all entrees!
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my email is lv2fishcb@gmail.com thank you for doing the challenge it was alot of fun #1 best 186 #2 131 #3 121
#4 90 # 5 last is 59 all of the oranment were great to look at have a merry christmas Alan great job and thanks
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122
27
57
39
18
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14
199
74
103
4
Yes, it was very tough to choose.
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21,25,13,74,168. I would put them all on and around my tree. Good job by all.
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105
59
122
186
192
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Very impressive! My votes 8, 23, 50, 56, 203
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69,70
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I vote for #1 and #2
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70,69,13,21,109
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Wow amazing work by all. 70,69,91,102
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So many great and fun pieces. 69,70,166,167
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1
2
11
87
199
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21, 153, 107, 36, 203
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21,36,153,17,103
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36
35
104
122
168
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70,69, 166, 207 great work
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Awesome work everyone 69,70, 21, 166, 168
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I vote for: 11,1,2,42,82
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1-132
2-97
3-193
4-114
5-72
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These are a pleasure to look at. #70 is amazing and I certainly like 69 too.
70,69, 172, 167, 201
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69,70, 3, 7, 201
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70,69,7,166,201
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186, 114, 104, 90, 59
Alan, please consider posting a video on how on earth that jingle bell (no. 25) was turned.
Thank you so much for all your posts.
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Muy difícil decidirme, todos los adornos son hermosos y se ve que los hicieron con mucho amor. Mis favoritos fueron: 21, 34, 89, 107 y 109
Felicidades para todos los participantes.
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Many beautiful works of art. Favorites are 59,186,122,4,11.
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69, 70, 139, 162, 172
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Many beautiful entry’s. I like
#199
#200
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Many great ideas 59, 90, 62,14, 11 Thanks everyone that sent in a submission
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1. 1
2. 2
3. 11
4. 186
5. 192
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1. 59
2. 107
3. 186
4. 109
5. 122
All beautiful pieces. Will try some of these for sure.
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Great works – so many excellent choices (and ideas).
1. 21
2. 7
3. 14
4. 140
5. 59
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1. 69
2. 70
3. 8
4. 124
5. 133
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69,70,172,166,201
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#69
#70
#21
#166
#201
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35, 36
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1. 123
2. 12
3. 103
4. 23
5. 18
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19
20
27
42
154
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123
12
14
8
1
Great work everyone! It was very hard to decide.
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It’s unbelievable the talent entered into this. All really well made pieces
69,70,7,139,130
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72-97-129-17-32
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114, 139, 82, 187, 122
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#21 I fell in love with the cat
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#21 el gatito y las luces
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21, 128, 58, 25, 14
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My Votes are for #8, #21, #186, #14, and #123
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I vote 139 114 53 14 20 there are so many fantastic ornaments thank you all
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59, 82, 99,171,186
Thank you Alan for all the effort through the years!
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I vote for #123.
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21, 40, 90, 103, and 109
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21-15-166-141-37
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My vote is for #21
Beautiful piece!
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So many beautiful ornaments I choose #123.
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1 and 2!!!!
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My 5 votes are
104,193,88,97,156
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I love seeing the great work of the Novice turners!!
I vote for:
196
45
88
130
192
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So many talented craftspeople, so many new ideas!
105
72
142
24
186
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voting for #14
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207
206
118
205
172
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Beautiful Christmas ornaments. I would like to vote for 31 & 65.
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What a great show Alan! My choice-
151, 139, 11, 92, 81
Seasons greetings
Peter (UK)
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145
154
1
14
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186, 90, 203, 119, 82
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Amazing collections
140,23,139,73,92
So many to choose from, but…
141, 140, 128, 13, 186
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My votes for 140 and 141.
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Paul: 82, 93, 104, 193, 127
Linda: 18, 14, 82, 127, 204
Thanks Alan! Beautiful and creative entries! Loved it!
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There are so many really neat Christmas decorations. These are my picks: 122, 141, 153, 177 and 203.
Everyone is a winner and should be proud.
Merry Christmas to all, Frank Young
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Woodturning is a beautiful thing.
69,70,172,166,3
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17,27,37,42,89