Zebrawood & Maple 41
When completed, the zebrawood and Maple 41 ornament is composed of 41 pieces of wood. I have made several versions of the ornament. I have used zebrawood and maple, walnut…
The Birdhouse
The Birdhouse is a simple Christmas ornament I made of walnut, maple, a wooden dowel rod, and a small bird I purchased at Hobby Lobby. The first thing I did…
Zebrawood & Maple Sandwish
In this post, I will describe how I made the segmented ornament shown above. There are 5 rings in the ornament and each ring contains a single segment. I began…
CheckerBoard 63
For those that do not want to spend hours and hours cutting segments I designed a simple ornament. This pattern is a 3″ ball that is made up of walnut…
The “Swirl 795”
This is the 3rd Swirl design I have turned. Each one has been a bit more complicated. The Swirl 795 is made of 795 pieces of wood: 22 rings (each…
The “Swirl 283”
The Swirl 283 ornament uses the concepts I learned from making The Swirl 123 and takes them up a notch. The Swirl 283 is made of 283 segments. Before beginning the…
The “Swirl 123”
This is the first of three ornaments I made using maple and walnut segments. This piece is made from 123 segments of wood. There are 12 segments per ring and…
The Chevron
This ornament was made from 99 pieces of wood. I used walnut, maple, wild cherry, maple veneer, and walnut veneer. In order to make the ornament lightweight it was built…
First Inside-Out Ornament
Inside-out ornaments have always been very interesting to me. They are also very difficult for me to imagine what they will look like when they're finished.