Entries - Hollow Forms/Vases

"Ancient Artifact" Cypress Burl vessel, carved and embelished with green/copper/gold pigment lacquers to resemble ancient bronze reinforcing lattice work, finished with boiled linseed oil then 3 step hard wax light buff finish, 235mm H x 170mm diam

Apple Branch Vase 60mm wide X 120mm High, Finished with EEE and Shellawax

Large swamp kauri vase finished with French polish.  W=210mm  H=205  D=190mm

Walnut hollow form.  Danish oil highly buff.  310mm x 120mm

Black Maire hollow form with internal netting carved out and painted.  130mm x 50mm

An unsolved mystery of its ancient use. Turned, carved Cypress vessel embelished with green/copper/gold pigment lacquers imitating Bronze Lattice caging , soaked in linseed oil finished off and sealed with satin lacquer, 250mm H x 200mm diam.  

 Ginger Jar form with Koi icons fit together so well. An interesting exercise in pushing the boundaries of the foil leafing process.  120 Dia. X 130 H.    Rimu, Kahikatea (lid), Iridescent paints, heat treated copper foil, acrylics and epoxy resin.

 The colours highlight the grain which evokes movement.   One side has a sense of drama and movement drawing your eyes into the vessel.   The other conveys peacefulness and serenity.  Magnolia, 21 X 17cm, Oil paint

Rata flowers provide food for the native Fantail as it draws insects to the sweet nectar in the flowers.  The family of three fantail carved on this vessel is inspired by watching the hyper-activity of these birds.  250mm high.

"Green Hornet" Using Yakisugi techique with carved flutes on Japanese Cedar to give it an organic look and feel, then dyed with green shades to produce rich colour, sealed with several coats of satin lacquer, 340mm H x 210mm diam

This was inspired by a puffer type fish found on the beach with the base representing teeth of whatever tried to eat it. Made from spalted pear, purple heart and painted with acrylic paints. The dia is 180mm.

A 130mm wide hollow form turned from Juniper to accentuate the beauty of the natural colours of the wood

In Māori, 'koru' means fold, loop or coil. It is also the name of a curled shoot, on a ponga tree for example. The associations of this word include new life, regeneration, continuation, whole, one, growth and peace. 140mm dia.

Dyed macrocarpa vase with red dye, copper filling the voids and a molten copper rim.  Finished with a gloss spray lacquer.  140mm high and 65mm diameter at the base

Sheoak  hollow form hollowed to 6mm. Height 200mm and width 150mm. Finished with linseed oil and beeswax buffed to a matte finish.

A natural-edged vase turned from a branch of a pohutukawa tree.  this is 250mm high and finished with Haarlem Danish oil.

This small Pohutukawa vase, The beautiful colour contrast between the hard punky looking wood and the natural Pohutukawa.  Height 110mm.  Width 100mm.  Thickness 4mm.  Finish Beal buff.  Neck embellished with pyrography.

Robinia, turned May 2025,  20cm diameter 20.5 cm high,  inside depth 19.5 cm, .3 to .5cm thickness. Turned through single entry top 2.5 cm. Sanded to 400 grit, Beal buff and Hard burnishing Organic oil finish.