Here's My Woodturning!
by Ray Asselin
Wilbraham, MA
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I've been turning for 17 years, in Wilbraham, MA. For the last 10 years in a 14x30' timber-framed
"shack" that I built. Lots of windows for daylight, and a potbelly stove for the, um, "design
changes" that didn't work out!
Here are some turned items that I've recently completed.
Manzanita Burl Lidded Box, turquoise inlay, Maple, Black Palm pull. 6-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches.
Red Mallee Burl Bowl, 15 x 12 inches. Natural edge rim, birdseyes.
Large Amherst Yew Bowl, 14-1/2 x 5 inches. From a Yew that, sadly, was
removed to make way for a
new campus building in Amherst, MA.
Red Oak Burl Bowl - 13-1/4" diameter, with void, bark inclusions.
"The Bermuda Triangle", Dyed Boxelder Burl Hollow Vessel, 8-1/4 x 6 inches. Reminds me of scenes
from space, looking down on the earth... atmosphere and ocean swirls. The dark triangular bark
inclusion suggested the name.
Dyed Boxelder Burl Hollow Vessel, 5-1/2 x 9 inches.
Eastern Red Cedar Table Lamp - From a Cedar blown down by the June 1, 2011,
F3 tornado that ravaged Western Massachusetts.
You can email Ray at
ray@bowlwood.com
and check out his
website at
www.bowlwood.com
to see many more of his impressive wood turnings.
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