Entries by Artist

Calabash inspired. Coastal banksia (Banksia integrifolia). Willow leaf oak pewa. Pure Danish oil (tung & citrus). 190 mm diameter 340 mm tall.

Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea') burl. Once turned natural edged hollow form. Sanded while green. Pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners). 400 mm diameter, 210 mm tall. 

Once turned natural edge bowl in burled river oak (Casuarina cunninghamiana). Pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners).  280 mm diameter, 180 mm tall, 7 mm wall thickness at the rim.

Spalted Californian black oak (Quercus kelloggii). Carved rim and seam. Cellulose sanding sealer, pure Danish oil, Carnauba wax. Diameter: 305 mm x 130 mm high.

Once turned camphor laurel (Camphora officinarum) platter. Three hand carved ball feet. Pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners), carnauba wax. 430 mm diameter, 80 mm high.

Small leaved gum (Eucalyptus parvula). Once turned hollow form. Soybean oil, beeswax.  340 mm diameter, 130 mm high.

Kōwhai flower inspired in an art deco style. Hollow form in tōtara (Podocarpus tōtara). Hand carved and shaped, pyrography, resin filled knot, pure Danish oil, carnauba wax.  170 mm diameter, 34mm tall.

European olive (Olea europaea), djarraly (Eucalyptus marginata). Pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners). Mortar: 165 mm diameter, 100 mm high, pestle: 45 mm 187 mm diameter, long.

European olive (Olea europaea) vase. Copper wire filled cracks. Pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners).  150 mm diameter, 225 mm tall.

European olive (Olea europaea), pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners).  200 mm diameter, 75 mm high, 5 mm wall thickness at rim.

Carved jarrah ball with smoke bush spines. Pyrography, white oil, Danish oil.  Based on an electron microscope image of a pollen grain.  90 mm diameter.

Coastal banksia (Banksia integrifolia) hollow form with a live edge opening. Once turned in a side grain branch crotch. Nylon brushed finish. Pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners).  280 mm diameter, 190 mm tall. 

Pūriri (Vitex lucens) tray. Hand carved patterning. Pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners), carnauba wax. 280 mm diameter, 85 mm high.

Once turned red gum vase from an occluded branch wound. Rim part shaped to match the natural wave. Nylon brushed finish. Pure Danish oil (tung oil & citrus thinners), carnauba wax.  180 mm diameter, 190 mm tall.

European lime hollow form. Black gesso, skeletonised māhoe leaves, iron earth pigment linseed oil paint, Danish oil. 280 mm diameter, 325 mm high.