MARCH 2021 TURNINGS
The reason I love this turning is because: 1- The base is made from a small piece of ironwood off of a larger chunk of an ancient tree that lived in Arizona's Sonoran desert. The giver was a government trapper friend who admired my woodwork; his career was spent protecting vulnerable sheep and wildlife from hungry predators; 2- The body of this seven by three inch art piece was turned from a harvested piece of Mulberry tree that grew beneath the awesome red, sandstone cliffs that outline the town of Moab, Utah. It was given to me by a friend who found commonality in the fact that we both own and use a large Grizzly bandsaw. The yellow color of this wood will turn richly brown as it ages; 3- The bottom of the top lid was crafted from a piece of redwood burl that I acquired some thirty years ago from a roadside shop along the coast of northern California. The piece was said to have washed up on the California coast after floating down one of the contributing water courses; 4- Finally, the very top was turned from Osage Orange given to us by a favorite nephew.
The evolution of the next turning for this month is underway. Some Russian olive wood from a few small logs given to me by son Joe, two or three years ago, is taking up room in the shop. The first turning from this wood was given to Joe to be displayed in his new theatre room, so I decided to make a replacement. I want to be able to point to it, think of the abuse President Trump received from the Democrats these past four years, and exclaim "Russia, Russia, Russia"!
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