Aspen Bowls with Cordoban dye  pattern.  Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe .Left: Ref: GR2539BL . 10" diam X 7" high. 

Right: Ref: GR2543BL.  6.75" diam X 6" high.

Aspen bowls with blue dye pattern. Interior finished with poly-resin to make it waterproof and food safe . Left: Ref:GR2533BL 10.25" diam X 4.5 " high.  Right: Ref: GR2534BL. 10" diam X 6" high

Aspen bowls with wood burning.  Inside finished with poly-resin to make it waterproof and food safe. Left: Ref:GR2536BL. 9" diamX 3.75" high. Right: Ref:GR2550BL. 9.5" diam X 4.5" high.

 

Right: Aspen bowl with polyresin inside finish. Ref:GR2552BL . 7.75" Diam X 6" high 

Left: Aspen bowl with Fall colour aspen leaf  band. Interior finished with poly-resin to make it waterproof and food safe  Ref: GR2551BL .  10.25" diam X 5.25" high 

"Leaf Table 2012-2013"  I began this birch wood table in the Spring of 2012 and finished it  in January 2013.  Click here to see a separate page devoted to the finishing of this item.  Not for Sale

Custom Black Walnut  man's Jewellery box. Features compartments  with two sliding / lift-out small item trays. Not available for sale

Pastry set in birch wood.  French Rolling Pin 20 inches long with all-cotton pastry cloth and birch container box.  The lid is able to be customized.  Instructions for care and simple pie pastry recipe  under lid.  Ref: GR2501PS   The set  shown on left is

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Spalting Birch canister with lid.  Inside finished with poly-resin. 8 inch diameter.  Ref: GR2485CN

Spalting Birch canister with lid. 10 inch diameter. Copper band on canister and lid.  Interior finished with poly-resin.  Ref: GR2487CN 

Spalting Birch canister with lid.  10 inch diameter. Copper band on canister.  Ref: GR2486CN

Spalting Birch Canister with Black Walnut lid. Inside finished with polymer finish which has been "rubbed out". Ref: Guardian Lean 12

Right: Spalting Birch Vase with purpleheart neck. Ref: Guardian Lean 16

Left: Spalting Bich canister with black walnut lid. Inside finsihed with polymer to make it water resistant and food safe. Ref: Guardian Lean 14

Right: Spalting Birch bowls. Interior finsihed with polymer finish and "rubbed out". Ref: Guardian Lean 18 (SOLD)

Spalting Birch bowl with natural edge.Four views of the same bowl. Inside and out finished with polymer finish and "rubbed out". Ref: Guardian Lean 15 Reserved at FF

Left: Custom Cremation urn in birch and black walnut; Buck head with pyrography. Name added to top lid.

Right: Spalting Birch bowl. Two views of same bowl. Ref: Guardian Lean 13

Vase with Cordoban Burst patterning. Wood is Spruce and the grain of the wood interacting with the cordoban dye application made for a really interesting pattern. 9 inch diameter by 8 inches high. Ref: Spruce Cordoban 1.

I was getting short of quality boxes and decided to make a few more. Shown here are a series in Black Walnut. Some feature the simple beauty of the Black Walnut wood grain, and others have been enhanced with the insertion of a red cedar, birch and walnut strip insert.

Left:"Resurrection Cross"  He is not here; he is risen as he said... Lk.   8 " X 12" X 1" cross depicting an empty space ... on the cross or an empty tomb.  Made from Friendly Forest Spruce wood, grain texture created by brushing out the softer  wood and highlighting the  hard grain.  It was then dyed with a brown analine dye, and polished with paste wax.  It comes in a special presentation gift bag with a card explaining the significance of the image. Ref: Resurrection Cross

Left: Seven birch "Memory Boxes"; Outside Dimensions 4" high X 13.5 inches long and 9.5 inches deep. Lid and ends are contoured. The two ends have continuous grain pattern with the lid. Lid secured with full width hinge. Saskatchewan Birch wood finished with 4 coats of Varathane Wiping Varnish. Can be personalized on request. As of May 2016 all have been sold

Two of this series customized according to customer request.

Birch and Black Walnut Memory Box / Chest with frieze of aspen leaves encircling the box. 22 X 14 X 13.5 . Leather strapping and snap closures. Finished with Danish Oil and then surfaced with satin lacquer  

Armoire inspired by Biedermeier Furniture of Southern Germany / Austria in the early 1800's.  This unit is of birch hardwood, including the book-matched panels, with aspen shelving.  It has been constructed in a manner that the back can be removed and the shelving removed or relocated.  Finished with Tung Oil rubbed into the wood.

Resurrection Cross in dyed spruce.  Grain is raised by brusing out softer wood with a wire brush.  Finish is with an analine dye and paste wax.

Rattle on left with carved image of wolf head and rattle on right with walking tracks of wolf around the centre