In this work, I am using a lathe to turn a block of wood into a vessel or bowl form. I then remove the turned wood piece from the lathe, and using gouges, chisels, rotary burrs and bits, rasps and files, I carve a variety of abstract shapes and forms. Like all of my work, my inspiration is biology, and I explore themes like the "Sunken" series: imagine a clay pot or vessel being submerged under the sea for decades, where sea life and erosion are beginning to take over the vessel's original shape.
"Transitions" was first turned to create the cone-shape from a single piece of Ambrosia Maple and then embellished with hand-carved coral-like structures.
"Entwined" 6" high x 15" wide x 15" deep. Turned and carved from Claro Walnut."Coral Vessel" 8" high x 13" wide x 13" deep. Turned and carved from Big Leaf Maple Burl.
"Noble Vase" 18"h x 10"w x 10"d. Turned from Big Leaf Maple Burl. Blue is turquoise inlay. Top carved from Mahogany.
"Coral Vessel 2" 8"h x 13"w x 13"d. Turned and carved from Big Leaf Maple Burl. Blue is turquoise inlay.
"Crested Vase" a hollow-form vessel turned from Russian Olive Burl. Top was carved from Mahogany.
"Turquoise Vase" is a hollow-form vase turned from Maple Burl. The blue is turquoise stone inlayed into a void in the burl. Top was carved from Oak.
Box Elder Burl hollow-form vessel with hand-carved Mahogany top.
"Flame Vase" turned from Flaming Box Elder. Top was carved from Mahogany.
"Beauty Beneath" 14" high x 6" wide x 6" deep. Turned and carved from Spalted Big Leaf Maple Burl.
"Anemone" 4"h x 13"w x 13"d. Ambrosia Maple
"Sand Dollar" 16"h x 14"w x 14"d. Turned and carved from Poplar.
"Art Deco vase" 18"h x 7"w x 7"d.
Turned from Big Leaf Maple Burl. Blue is turquoise inlay. Top carved from Mahogany.
"Chrysalis" 10"h x 3.5"w x 3.5"d. Amboyna Burl (vessel) and African Padauk (finial).
"Chalice" 10.5"h x 5.25"w x 5.25"d. Amboyna Burl. Chalice is laying down, showing interior of cup.
"Chalice" 10.5"h x 5.25"w x 5.25"d. Amboyna burl. Chalice is standing upright.
"Sunken #1" 7"h x 14.5"X X 14.5"d. Big Leaf Maple Burl.
"Ammonite Bowl" 3.5"h x 8.5"w x 8.5"d. Basswood
vessel; inset fossil ammonite (1.5 million years old)
"Desert Erosion" 5.5"h x 13"w x 13"d.
Amboyna Burl
"Emerging" 6"h x 5"w x 5"d. Basswood. Color is handmade paper, collaged to the surface of the wood by Kathy Doolittle.
"Fluted Platter" 4"h x 19"w x 19"d. Wood vessel (Parota); inset cabochon is Chinese turquoise.
"Linden Vessel" 16"h x 14"w x 14"d. Basswood vessel; African Padauk finial