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​WOODTURNER'S JOY

Find an appealing chunk of wood.  
Fix securely onto a lathe.  
Eye protection on? Check.  
Dust collector ready? Check.
Tool rest in position? Check.
Gouge sharpened? Check.
Rev up the lathe.
Touch high speed steel to whirling wood.  
Watch ribbons of cambium peel away,
Unveil secrets of the tree,
Tease out its stories.
Listen well.
 

  

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Toyon Burl

Wood salvaged from a bonfire. 4"diameter, 1.25" high

Blue oak bowl, live edge

Small but mighty, from large wind-thrown blue oak

Plum wood, shallow bowl

from fallen California Gold Rush era farmyard tree, 5" x 1.25"

Blue oak live edge bowl, #2

4.5 inch diameter, 4" high from fallen giant Quercus douglasii

Blue Oak branch burl, candleholder

Amazing grain in the stem of this "mushroom"

Oak, Round pedestal lidded box

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