Two New Pens

After my wife and I got back from our summer vacation in California I went over to the shop and made a few more pens. This top one is made out of Putumuju wood from Brazil. It turns really easily and finishes well. This pen is made of Cocobolo wood which has a very interesting multi-toned grain. I had way too much fun making this one!

Happy Mother's Day! Revisited

This pen is made out of Tulipwood. I gave it to my Mother-In-Law for Mother's Day. She was quite impressed and excited to get her very own pen. The two-toned grain gives this pen a beautiful look.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all moms! This is a pen I made for my wonderful mother for mother's day. The wood is Pink Ivory, which is becoming one of my favorite woods to turn for pens. It looks so nice when it is polished!

My Wife's Pen

This pen I was really excited to make for my wife. She does a lot with music and when I saw the Clip with the Treble Clef, I had to get it for her pen. The wood is Pink Ivory which shines really well when polished. I put 5 black lines behind the clip in an attempt to make it look like a music staff. She really enjoys her pen.

My First Pen

My good friend Sam and I have talked about wanting to start a woodworking hobby. This year he bought a mini wood lathe and had me over to let me play. We went to Craft Supplies USA here in Utah and bought a couple of pen kits. This pen was my first attempt at making a pen. I had a lot of fun and am now addicted to wood turning.

First Chip Carving

This was my first attempt at Chip Carving. I used x-acto knives, as I do not yet have any actual chip carving knives. This box was a surprise for my wife on Christmas 2007. I added some purple velvet to the inside so she could use it as a jewelry box for the necklace I also got her for Christmas. For not having any training, I was pretty impressed with how it turned out.