I like to make my own wire hangers for my Christmas ornaments. In my view, they are a much better alternative to screw eyelets. Materials Copper wire (silvered, copper, black, etc) 18 to 24 gauge available from craft stores and some hardware stores. Drill bit or transfer punch – size to taste Jacobs chuck or […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you’re already here! I received some colored laminated wood from Frog Blanks to try out. This is my second attempt to use the samples both in a Christmas Ornament. After all the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge is open for submissions until November 30. My […]
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 on YouTube, Vimeo and FaceBook. Where Best? – Right Here! This is the first time I’m using type of wood. It comes from FrogBlanks.com. It consists of birch veneers that may be dyed, then laminated in one directly only. (It is NOT cross banded). This is pretty wood. However, I […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here Already! This is my first ornament for this year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge. It is a variety of woods from a past laminated project. One nice thing about Christmas ornaments is that scrap wood is a great source of perfect material. This […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where is it best? Right here, of course! One of these Christmas ornaments is simple and quick. However, when given to children, there has to be enough to go around. That is the complication! Each is about 2 inches long and about 5/8 inch diameter. […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? – Right Here! This Christmas ornament is simple and quick. It is made from leftovers and a tropical pen blank. The round pieces are padauk. The disk is ash. It is finished with shellac friction polish. It is about 2.5″ by 4.5″. Enjoy!
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. But you’re already here! What do you do with leftover wood? How about when you worked a lot to make a laminated blank? In this case I had to make additional segmented rings to have enough for the globe of the ornament. It is traditional […]
Read More...This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. But you’re already here. Preparing for this year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge, this hand bell was inspired by a presentation by Robin Costelle at the Segmented Woodturning Symposium. However, it does deviate from his bell in that it has multiple layers or rings. The wood in […]
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