May/June 2024 -April Showers bring May Flowers

[Jason Goodrich]

Spring is here and the flowers are out. The challenge this month is to make something related to flowers. It could be a bud vase, big vase, something shaped like a flower, or something decorated with flowers. Just get to it and post a picture before June 15. Let’s hope for a few more entries this time.

 

[Lou Currier]

I'm definitely in!

 

[woodtickgreg]

 

[Albert Kiebert]

I’m in

 

[Lou Currier]

Just got mine done today!

 

[Jason Goodrich]

We are off to a good start.

 

[Albert Kiebert]

10 “ Vase body made with Mistletoe Maple and an 8” glass vase insert.
Mistletoe (MT)was growing on this branch. As a Parasite MT attached and lives off host tree. You can see some brown spots at base which is from the MT.

 

[Nature Man]

10 “ Vase body made with Mistletoe Maple and an 8” glass vase insert.
Mistletoe (MT)was growing on this branch. As a Parasite MT attached and lives off host tree. You can see some brown spots at base which is from the MT.View attachment 256841View attachment 256842

Love the variety in the colors!

 

[Alancw]

Does the inside of this big (12.25 inch diameter) Norfolk Island Pine bowl qualify as a flower? It’s in progress—gardener who does my chain saw work wanted a big tortilla bowl! Still needs a finish—after I recover from resolving all the tear out!


There’s a Hunter carbide bit inside right now that I had lost but found when cleaning up. Helps to use that when hogging out large quantities of wood.

 

[Jason Goodrich]

That works for me. I have made a few things with monkey puzzle to get the same look. It is really cool.

 

[Nature Man]

Gotta love NIP! Gorgeous! Chuck

 

[JD1137]

A friend gave me an old growth Red Oak 2 x 4 (2.25 x 3.5”) from a hog enclosure(?) on an OLD Illinois farm. No, doesn’t smell like hog s*it! Thank goodness.

Made a set of weed pots.

2x4 was about 40” long, so made these 8,10 and 12”. Put a dab of Danish Oil on the turned part.

I think I read “A weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place”. So, this is my “flower” entry.
Thanks for putting the challenge together @Jason Goodrich

 

[Jason Goodrich]

Those look great. They look like oak. I have seen weed pots like this before and wanted to make some, but all the old fence posts around here are cedar and way to soft to turn well.

 

[JD1137]

Those look great. They look like oak. I have seen weed pots like this before and wanted to make some, but all the old fence posts around here are cedar and way to soft to turn well.

Thanks Jason. Yes, I edited the post. They are Red Oak.

 

[Jason Goodrich]

We are getting short on time for this one. I have mine, I just need to take pictures. There has to be some inspiration out there after the AAW symposium.

 

[Steve in VA]

Ambrosia maple with some spalting. I left some of the natural edge and a worm hole in it as well, then dyed it yellow to brighten it up for the theme of this challenge

 

[trc65]

Mandala design on cherry. Design made with compass and then burned with a small curved skew pen.

 

[JD1137]

Mandala design on cherry.

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Nice pattern and great job with the shading. Nice creativity in bringing the flower theme into the turning too! Cherry was a good choice.

 

[Jason Goodrich]

I made this little hollow form just to try doing some imitation Japanese lacquer after seeing it at the AAW symposium. It is alcohol die and friction polish. The effect was good, but the red color is not quite right.

 

[Nature Man]

Color looks pretty exacting to me. Beautiful little vase! Chuck