Letting the spirit of the wood influence the art...
Canyon Graffiti
Cherry Burl Vase with
Handmade Apple Limb Ladder
When working on this piece, I was constantly reminded of Montezuma Castle, located in the Verde Valley of Arizona...
The Sinaquas who inhabited Montezuma castle were an ancient Indian Tribe who built cliff dwellings about 700 years ago in the early 1300s.
Measures 9.5" tall
and 3.5" in diameter. Approximately 1/2" thick. Hand rubbed oil finish.
Cherry Burl Vase with
Handmade Apple Limb Ladder
When working on this piece, I was constantly reminded of Montezuma Castle, located in the Verde Valley of Arizona...
The Sinaquas who inhabited Montezuma castle were an ancient Indian Tribe who built cliff dwellings about 700 years ago in the early 1300s.
Measures 9.5" tall
and 3.5" in diameter. Approximately 1/2" thick. Hand rubbed oil finish.
IF you look
INSIDE the vessel
through this hole ----->
you will see written: "Laughing Buffalo was here", this is how the piece got its name.
If you care to know the whole 'process' of how this piece came to be, feel free to call. For now, let's just say it was a way of bringing some levity and humor to woodturning! Curiously enough, after googling "Laughing Buffalo", I did find:
Tae-Gle-Ha, or Laughing Buffalo, a person from the late 1700's....
The ladder is assembled using crab apple limbs that I tied together using hemp.
INSIDE the vessel
through this hole ----->
you will see written: "Laughing Buffalo was here", this is how the piece got its name.
If you care to know the whole 'process' of how this piece came to be, feel free to call. For now, let's just say it was a way of bringing some levity and humor to woodturning! Curiously enough, after googling "Laughing Buffalo", I did find:
Tae-Gle-Ha, or Laughing Buffalo, a person from the late 1700's....
The ladder is assembled using crab apple limbs that I tied together using hemp.