Wooden art objects
I have been exploring my artistic side since I first began studying in 1980. I have always been drawn back to the wood lathe, as a means to shape wood and bring to fruition my ideas for sculptural objects.
Get in touch to find out about my creations currently available at my studio or order a custom artwork.
Bowl shapes
“Family” Cork Oak bowl shapes.
“The Gathering”, bowl shapes made from Cork Oak.
“Ripples on The Pond” - Made from Tasmanian Bluegum wood.
“Live Edge” - Made from Jarrah wood
“Camphork” - Made from Camphor laurel.
“Camphork” - Made from Camphor laurel (other view).
“Simple Jarrah bowl form” - Made from Jarrah wood.
“Jarrah Platter” - Made from Jarrah Burl.
“Olive Form” - Made from Olive wood.
“Silky Bowl form” - Made from Silky Oak wood (Grevillea robusta).
“Silky Bowl form” upside down - Made from Silky Oak wood (Grevillea robusta).
“Bramley Burl” - Made from Jarrah Burl.
“Sheoak Form” - Made from Sheoak wood (Casuarina fraseriana).
“Sculpted Block” - Made from Camphor Laurel.
“Sculpted Block” - Made from Camphor Laurel (viewed from above).
“Marri Arched Form” - Made from Marri wood (Corymbia Calophylla).
“Sculpted Block #2” - Made from Camphor Laurel.
“Marri Arched Form” - Made from Marri wood.
“Spalted Marri bowl” - Made from Marri wood.
Mysterious shapes
“After the Flood” - Made from Marri wood.
“After the Flood” - Made from Marri wood (other view).
“Marginata Mechanical Merge” - Made from Jarrah wood (Eucalyptus Marginata) and mechanical parts.
“Marginata Mechanical Merge” - Made from Jarrah wood (other view).
“Slipway” - Made from Marri, driftwood and recycled metal (other view).
“Slipway” - Made from Marri, driftwood and recycled metal.
“Raptor” - Made from Huon Pine wood and Woody Pear.
“Sheoak Vessel” - Made from Sheoak, Ebonised English Beech woods.
"Not from around here #1" bowl shape - Made from Jarrah Root and sikaflex. Dimensions: 280 x 250 x 90 mm
"Not from around here" bowl shape (detail view).
"Not from around here #1" bowl shape - Made from Jarrah Root and sikaflex. Detail showing beautiful Jarrah root grain.
"Not from around here #2" bowl shape - Made from Jarrah Root and sikaflex. Dimensions: 260 mm diam x 190 high.
"Not from around here" bowl shape (leg view).
Organic shapes
“Organic Mushroom Triple” - Made from Cork Oak wood, turned green.
Delicate mushroom sculpture
“Organic Mushroom Pair” - Made from Cork Oak wood, turned green.
Vase shapes
“Casuarina Hollow form” - Made from Sheoak wood (Casuarina fraseriana).
“Casuarina Hollow form” - Made from Sheoak wood (detail view).
“Fine Hollow form” - Made from Sheoak wood.
“Kintsugi Olive” - Made from Olive wood with sewed crack detail.
“Kintsugi Olive” - Made from Olive wood.
“Melaleuca Vase” - Made from Melaleuca Amalaris wood.
“Huon hollow form” - Made from Huon Pine wood.
Printers’ Barens are a new item that I am creating and supplying to fellow artists. These barens are made from selected hardwood pieces in species such as Sheoak, Blackbutt, Tuart and Jarrah.
The barens are available in 2 diameter sizes- Large approx 100mm and and Small approx 70mm.
Handle and height measurements are the same for each.
Other custom sizes can be ordered.Each baren is packaged in an elegant wooden box. Your custom sizes can also be created.
Prices- Large $120.00
Small $105.00
Postage (within Australia only) per baren- $15.00
Extra: Your personal logo burned onto the box -$15.00
If you wish to order or enquire please get in touch here.
More detailed information and recommendations can be found on the website of my good friend and inspiration for this project- Bev Doig from Albany WA www.bevdoigart.com
Printmaking Barens
If you’re interested in my artwork, just reach out to talk about what you’re looking for.
More of my past wooden artwork
Aloft Detail. Five sizes of dental burr used to texture this rim.
"Aloft" Huon Pine. 350 x 350 x 100 mm
"Lotus Minaret" Turned box from Jarrah, Sheoak and Western Red cedar Lotus inlay. diam 120mm, 220mm high.
"Auto Classic" Jarrah. A study in cutting and re-assembling with automotive forms in focus. 350 x 140 x 120 mm
"Rocking Bowl" #1 Curly Blackbutt and Paduak. 200 x 140 x 120 mm
"Boadicea in Blackwood" Tasmanian Blackwood, Brass. One piece of wood turned from three positions with brass inserts. 400 x 220 x 190 mm
"Pharaoh's Bowl Form" Jarrah, Paint. Diam 400 mm 160 mm high.
"A coopers Bowl" French Oak from wine barrel, Dental wire and Brass beads. This bowl was laminated with paper separators, turned, split, drilled and threaded with dental wire with brass bead spacers. A dynamic form that curls up a bit in cold weather. 450 x 320 x 90 mm
"My World" Mallee Root 150 x 150 x 250 mm
"Guilt Edged" Poplar, gold paint. diam 500mm x 130mm high.
"Extra Terrestrial #1" Jarrah Root, Black paint, 22ct gold leaf. One in a series inspired by an incursion residency with Hayley Smith. 210 x 60 mm
"Natures Trumpet" Grass Tree core, ebonised Box Elder.
"Natures Trumpet"
"Greek Vessel" Ash Turned , pierced and carved. Diam 150mm height 250mm
"Hearts and bones" Jarrah, Box Elder. 320 x 200 x 200 mm
"Nautilus" Huon Pine and Box Elder. 300 x 190 x 180 mm
"Hermes" Jarrah burl 300 x 350 mm
"Water Vessel" Sheoak, paint 400 x 270 x 270 mm
"Hollow Form" Pink Jarrah, paint. Diam 230 mm Height 90 mm
" Water Vessel" Turned from one piece, cut, textured and painted.
"To The Core" Cape Lilac (White Cedar) Diam 240mm 250 mm high
"To The Core"
" Grecian Urn" Huon Pine diam 160 mm x 320 mm high.
"Grecian Urn" A fortunate save with this lovely piece of Huon with its bark inclusion threatening to split the piece in two. Plenty of duct tape and steel rigs used during the hollowing process
"Architectural Challenge" Box Elder , olive wood. 400 x 210 x 180 mm
"Fecund Imagination" Ash 240 mm diam x 220 high This piece was turned fully green in one sitting to a thickness of 3mm then left too move.
"Textured Rim Bowl" Jarrah, Paint. Diam 200 x 90 mm high.
"Fruit Bowl for Mum" Jarrah Paint. 400mm diam x 110 mm high.
"Sun Burst" Jarrah Burl. 600 mm diam x 100mm high.
"Curly Corners" Jarrah Root. 230 x 230 x 110 mm
" Too Good to Burn" Jarrah firewood block. 520 x 220 x 130 mm Literally, a piece of firewood, turned and textured.
"Jellyfish" Chilean Pencil willow. 200 mm diam 250 mm high. Turned from one piece as i like to do.
"Olympic Cauldron" Marri, curly Blackbutt. 600 diam x 380 mm high. Marri turned green then left for 18 months and re-turned.
"Middle Earth" Spalted Jacarandah. 240 mm diam 210 mm high.
"Winged Mulberry" Mulberry planted by the WA Governor General in 1895 at Wallcliffe house. Destroyed in the 2011 fire that razed the historical mansion. 400 x 200 x 180 mm
"Salvaged Native" Native Pear. 200 x 200 x 150 mm
"Norfolk Bussel" Norfolk Island Pine. This piece purchased by Leon Pericles. 220 x 220 x 110 mm
"Embellished Platter" Norfolk Island Pine, Paint. 475 mm diam x 80mm high.
"Shot Through the Heart" English Oak. 240 mm Diam x 220 high.
"Olive Bowl" #1 180 mm diam x 90 mm high.
"Pagoda Exotique" Wenge, Paduak, American Walnut. 220 x 220 x 300. This piece was turned in Canada whilst on teaching exchange using some of the exotic timbers from the Americas.
"Exotique Accompaniment" Wenge, Paduak, American Walnut. 100 x 100 x 230 mm
"Organic Huon Form" Huon Pine. 220 mm diam x 80 high.
"Propeller Bowl" Sheoak. Turned and carved. 350 x 200 x 160 mm
"Salvage Operation" Jarrah. Turned and carved. 380 x 240 x 110 mm
"Salvage Operation" Alternative View
"Save the Huon" Huon Pine. Very carefully turned. Diam 280 x 110 high.
"Shinto Crucible" Sheoak, Native Pear. 300 x 300 x 160 mm A commission for my Principal who's wife loved Japanese artefacts.
"Rocking Bowl" #1 Alternative view
"Bipedal" Sheoak. 500 x 300 x 160 mm
"Shot Through the Heart" #2 English Oak. 230 diam x 260 high.
"A slice of Pear" Ornamental Pear wood. 300 x 150 x 80 mm
"Solstice" Jarrah Burl, Brass. 400 x 400 x 260 mm
"Solstice" Alternative View showing the 23 degree tilt of the earths axis.
"Somebody is Watching" Huon Pine, Wenge. 220 diam x 300 mm total height.
"Spillway" Chestnut, beach rocks. 500 x 400 x 150 mm
Sporophore" Pencil Pine, Cork oak, Norfolk island Pine and Cork bark slices. 600 x 600 x 180 mm Three stages of a fictitious fungus with the final stage in green Cork Oak turned and left to twist and distort.
"Black Butt Beauty" Blackbutt Diam 400 x 200 high.
"The Gilded Snitch" Pencil Pine, Gold paint 270 x 200 x 160 mm
"Waiting for the Tide" Marri, beach rocks, brass rod. Boat 250 x 200 x 140 mm This is the first of many using this title. I love using Marri because it textures so well.
"Triangular Fruit Bowl" Jarrah. 400 x 400 x 170 mm
"Water For Africa" Jarrah and Laser cut Blackbutt. 180 diam x 120 high.
"Water For Africa" detail. The inspiration for this piece was the beautiful forms of African water carrying vessels and the textile ring to rest on the carriers head.
"Crayfish" Sheoak. 550 x 150 x 150. Turned from three positions.Yes you can imagine the spinning spiky propeller to deal with!
"Crayfish" Alternative view.
"Magpie Wings" Box Elder, Shellac. 350 x 180 x 50 mm Inspired by the turned up wings of a Magpie stalling for a landing.
"Fire Storm" Curly Blackbutt. 400 x 240 x 220 mm
"Shot Through The Heart" Alternative view
"Only Yew" Figured Canadian Yew Diam 250 x 110 mm high.
"Firestorm"
"Burl Bowl" Jarrah Burl. 320 mm diam
"Coopers Bowl" Alternative view
"Stitched Up" Ash, copper wire. 270 diam x 250 high Turned very green and left to move before stitching up the stabilised cracks with copper wire.
"Stitched up"
"Fat Boy" Named after a model of Harley Davidson and purchased by chance by a motorcycle group for a fundraiser. 600 x 240 x 240 mm
"Pallet Block" This is a block of unknown pine salvaged from a pallet. I loved the patina on it so used it to good effect. 150 x 150 x 70 mm
" Crescent Moon" Curly Blackbutt 230 x 230 x 150 mm
"Natural Edge Form" Pencil Pine 290 x 230 x 160 mm
"Casurina Grandis" Sheoak-(Allocasurina fraseriana) Seed Pods from Banksia Grandis. 400 x 400 x 130 mm
Detail of "Casurina Grandis"
"Marginata Magic" Figured Jarrah (Eucalyptus Marginata. 350 x 220 x 50 mm
"Tri-cornered Root bowl" Jarrah Root. 200 x 200 x 90
"Global Delight" Cape Lilac ( White Cedar) Diam 150 x 14 mm high
"Gull winged Blackbutt Form" Curly Blackbutt. 350 x 180 x 140
Alt view of "Gull Winged Blackbutt"
"Stadium" Jarrah and Curly Blackbutt. 350 x 200 x 140 mm
"Extra Terrestrial" #2 Norfolk Island Pine, Paint. 200 x 200 x 70 mm
"Extra Terrestrial" #2
"Extra Terrestrial" #3 Jarrah 200 x 200 x 60 mm
"Extra Terrestrial" #3
"Extra Terrestrial"#4 Box Elder, Curly Blackbutt, Gold Leaf, dye 380 x 200 x 60 mm
"Mother Mulberry" Mulberry wood, Sea rocks. 420 x 240 x 90 mm
"Mother Mulberry"
"Mulberry Bud Vase" Mulberry wood Diam 70 mm 150 mm high
"Jumping Jacaranda" Jacaranda, Sheoak ring base.
"Extra Terrestrial" Jarrah Burl, Laser cut Om Mani Om. 250 x 250 x 60 mm
" Too Good for Firewood"
"Jacaranda Bud Vase" 70 mm diam, 150 mm high
"Luminosity in Blue Gum" Tasmanian Blue Gum 240 x 200 x 200 mm
"Luminosity in Blue Gum"