Welcome to my woodturning web site!   I'm a retired Civil Servant, and have been making wooden furniture and bowls as a hobby since 1978.   I like all kinds of woodworking, but I especially enjoy woodturning.   While I do make a lot of bowls from solid wood, recently I've begun focusing more on segmented bowls.   Some of my work can be seen at The Monroe Street Art Gallery

My segmented bowls are made from hundreds of pieces of wood, glued into rings that are stacked to form the basic bowl shape.  I then turn and finish it on my lathe.   Feature rings are often added.   They are just like any other segmented bowl ring, but are made from contrasting types and colors of wood to form the patterns you see.  

All of the walnut used in my bowls came from an old farm house in Delaware, Ohio that my in-laws demolished back in the 1950's.   The house was originally built by the Cole family, one of the original settlers in the county.  As salvaged wood, it is unique because it was probably harvested from native, old-growth walnut trees in the early 1800's.   The lumber is filled with old cut nails, rust stains, and rot from sitting in a barn for 50 years.    My bowls often include some of those defects, as a reminder of the heritage associated with this wood.  

I hope you enjoy viewing my turnings as much as I enjoyed making them!

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