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This was my first attempt at trying to capture realistic people in stone and wood. The routering of the design into the wood was definitely the most nerve-wracking part since every bit of wood that I was leaving was an integral line for the design. Usually I can move lines around a bit to...

another growth chart ruler done, this one they requested something firefighter themed (my friend who commissioned it, her husband is a firefighter). My wife found a fire fighter decal that I really liked, so I scrolled it out of paduak with plans of just inlaying that into a red alder ruler...

Two Christmas's ago I finally got my lathe up and working that I inherited from my grandfather. My wife and her sisters decided that we would all make stuff that the all the kids (ours and their cousins) can come through and pick out to gift to each other. I turned harry potter wands galore...

One of the nurses at the hospital asked me to make her a growth ruler for her (she was pregnant at the time). I had already made one basic ruler so I wanted to spice it up a little. Out of a spare red alder board I beveled the sides, and inlaid some rosy quartz and malachite flowers on the top...

Another growth chart for a friend, since he only had one child left at home that was still growing he wanted his initials on it, so I grabbed a curly maple board, inlaid his initials with malachite and obsidian, and inlaid all the numbers with fumed curly eucalyptus veneer.

This is a Celtic love spoon I made for my sister in law out of a piece of almond wood for Christmas. She has a dragonfly collection so I scoured google images until I found a image I liked, marched out to the firewood pile, grabbed a piece of firewood and got started. Added a "J" for Jamie...

This is a plaque I made to add to a pre-bought bench, yes unfortunately I cant take credit for the bench as well. One of my friends had the genius idea to give a bench as a wedding gift to use as a wedding sign in book, so everyone that showed up could sign the bench and they could take...