Myrtle
Myrtle is native to the California and Oregon coastal areas. It is a nice hard wood that turns, sands, and finishes quite beautifully.
Dishes
Articles with this tag discuss small bowl or hollow forms that I refer to as dishes to distinguish them in terms of their smaller size from bowls or vessels.
Black Willow
Willow is a very soft wood that really isn't well suited to turning since it cuts rough and fuzzy although that does sand out easily.
Hackberry Dish
Hackberry is a soft wood that is very prone to spalting heavily and I think this is the first time I have worked with Hackberry that was kiln dried …
Hickory Bowl
This 7" x 2.5" Hickory bowl is the first in a new series of blanks that were prepped by Dad in Porterville. There was a tall Red Oak …
Pink Ivory Dish
Geographic Distribution: The wood commonly known as Pink Ivory is known to botanists and other scientists as Berchemia zeyheri. B. zeyheri grows predominantly in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Northern Botswana and South Africa. …
Two Black Mesquite Dishes
Black Mesquite is a nice hard wood that cuts super clean and requires next to no clean up sanding work, plus it has a nice variable color with a …
Redheart Dish
Because I so enjoyed working with Redheart, I bought another small piece that I turned into this shallow dish. I am reconfirmed in my enjoyment of Redheart as it …