Showing posts with label Bloodwood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bloodwood. Show all posts
Oct 8, 2015
We also milled up some Figured Bloodwood 2" x 2" x 24" blanks!
What would you make out if these blanks? Duck calls, tool handles, flutes? What else can you think of?
Dec 18, 2014
Dec 4, 2014
Sep 8, 2014
Another incredible piece by customer Nairi Safaryan
Aug 28, 2014
Sep 26, 2013
New turning stock for the showroom!
Purpleheart, Zebrawood, Padouk, Bloodwood and Bubinga turning stock!
May 25, 2013
Ornamental turnings by Gorst Duplessis!
Amazing pieces by our friend Gorst!
Click here to see some of our available stock in exotic turning squares!
Aug 13, 2012
Aug 7, 2012
Sep 28, 2011
Milling 2 inch Bloodwood turning squares as we speak...
Cutting up the last remaining billet from our old batch of Bloodwood purchased around 15 years ago.
This old stock had that nice cardinal red color that is getting harder and harder to find nowadays.
Let us know if you want to snag any pieces before it's gone.
Click here to see available turning stock.
This old stock had that nice cardinal red color that is getting harder and harder to find nowadays.
Let us know if you want to snag any pieces before it's gone.
Click here to see available turning stock.
Jul 5, 2011
Turned Pieces by John Beaver
John Beaver's Artist Statement from his website-
"I enjoy including a certain "how did he do that?" factor into my pieces while staying true to good design. Having lived my entire life near the Pacific Ocean, the motion and rhythm of the ocean's waves are a major inspiration for my work. Contrast is also an important element for me, not only aesthetically but in the process of turning a functional object, like a bowl, into an “object d’art.” Artistically I like to combine multiple woods with dyes and textures to enhance the rhythmic lines that are a part of my work. The technical genesis of these works lies in my ability to deconstruct and reconstruct a turned vessel in a number of different ways while maintaining grain and wall alignment. I hope that my pieces will evoke a feeling of movement and energy in an otherwise static environment."
Providing top quality exotics to artists such John is the reason we love doing what we do. Sourcing out rare and hard to find pieces of wood is one thing but "turning" them into amazing pieces of art is something entirely different. As we always say, "...we just sell the wood, it's our customers who have all the talent."
Below are some images from John website www.johnbeaver.net using wood purchased here at TEH-
Here is John's Cocobolo bowl spotted at this year's
"Design in Wood" exhibit at the 2011 San Diego County Fair
"I enjoy including a certain "how did he do that?" factor into my pieces while staying true to good design. Having lived my entire life near the Pacific Ocean, the motion and rhythm of the ocean's waves are a major inspiration for my work. Contrast is also an important element for me, not only aesthetically but in the process of turning a functional object, like a bowl, into an “object d’art.” Artistically I like to combine multiple woods with dyes and textures to enhance the rhythmic lines that are a part of my work. The technical genesis of these works lies in my ability to deconstruct and reconstruct a turned vessel in a number of different ways while maintaining grain and wall alignment. I hope that my pieces will evoke a feeling of movement and energy in an otherwise static environment."
Providing top quality exotics to artists such John is the reason we love doing what we do. Sourcing out rare and hard to find pieces of wood is one thing but "turning" them into amazing pieces of art is something entirely different. As we always say, "...we just sell the wood, it's our customers who have all the talent."
Below are some images from John website www.johnbeaver.net using wood purchased here at TEH-

"Design in Wood" exhibit at the 2011 San Diego County Fair
For more on John Beaver and his artwork, please visit his website-
www.johnbeaver.net
Click here to visit our customer gallery.
www.johnbeaver.net
Click here to visit our customer gallery.
Jun 28, 2011
Pieces by Barry Robin
Orange County native, Barry Robin has been a woodworker for close to 40 years.
Barry's introduction to fine woodworking came as a yacht carpenter, apprenticing under Don Fredrickson in Newport Beach. Wood turning and furniture design grew out of a need to express himself artistically while spending days in the engineering world.
Here are some amazing pieces by Barry out of wood purchased here at TEH. Most pieces are made using our high grade Mexican Cocobolo* and other hard to find species from around the world.
Amazing craftsmanship and design, don't you think?
*Several of Barry's jewelry boxes pictured below are made using some of our rare extra-wide pieces of Mexican Cocobolo.
To view some individual piece of extra-wide cocobolo listed on our online store, please click here.
For more on Barry Robin and his artwork, please visit his website-
studiorobin.biz
Click here to view more finished pieces by our customers.
Jul 17, 2010
Turned Piece by Bruce Lewellyn
Fantastic piece by customer Bruce Lewellyn-Tulipwood and Bloodwood (and I believe a little holly)
See more of Bruce's work on his website brucelewellyn.com




See more of Bruce's work on his website brucelewellyn.com





Jul 9, 2010
Turning by customer Jon Sauer
Jul 30, 2009
Pieces by Dean Moore
Jul 2, 2009
Design in Wood '09
The "Design in Wood" exhibit just opened up the San Diego County Fair last week.
Its always fun heading down to the show to see what some of our customers have been up to with some of our woods. Year after year we are always amazed with the work that is on display. With everything from intarsia to furniture there is a little bit of everything at the display.

Here is Dean Moore's entry for this year-"Jewelry Armoire" out of Cocobolo and Curly Koa. Our pictures do not do it justice, this Jewelry box is pretty incredible-
Here are a couple sculptures by Kenneth Glaze out of Pink Ivory and Mexican Kingwood

Here is a chest by Local Woodworker Terry Hansen. The Cherry and Walnut didn't come from us but we are pretty sure most of the woods on the top came out of our shop.
The show is going on through the first week of July- we recommend checking it out if your in the area.


Here is Dean Moore's entry for this year-"Jewelry Armoire" out of Cocobolo and Curly Koa. Our pictures do not do it justice, this Jewelry box is pretty incredible-
To see Dean's box from last year Click here
Check out his Purpleheart bat by Clicking here, very nice work.



Here is a chest by Local Woodworker Terry Hansen. The Cherry and Walnut didn't come from us but we are pretty sure most of the woods on the top came out of our shop.
It easy to get lost checking out all the different woods in his designs, a little bit of everything-Cocobolo, Bocote, yellowheart, bloodwood, wenge, black palm, goncalo alves, marblwood and more-Its seems as though he has every type of exotic in his boxes.


Del Cover is one of the most highly respected woodworkers in our area. Here we see a floating seat rocker out of wenge and some figured Bubinga.


Here is a Cabinet by local woodworker Jose Eguez out of some of our Wenge and a nice figured piece of Black & White Ebony-that stuff sure is pretty.


Here are some other nice pieces at the show. Can't remember who they are by but we remember having a similar piece of zebrawood in our shop with that sap line-it wouldn't surprise us if it was indeed our wood, either way its a pretty piece.
Look at this piece out of Padouk, it reminds us of a bar that was constructed down in Little Italy in Downtown San Diego in a high end restaurant out of our Padouk with a similar design, very nice.



Del Cover is one of the most highly respected woodworkers in our area. Here we see a floating seat rocker out of wenge and some figured Bubinga.
Check out the massive Cluster Maple Table he made a while back by clicking here
We are almost positive this is one of our 1.5" thick Bubinga Slabs in a table by Rick Moen. Check out the figure in this piece! We still have a couple of these slabs left as of 6-21-09



Here is a Cabinet by local woodworker Jose Eguez out of some of our Wenge and a nice figured piece of Black & White Ebony-that stuff sure is pretty.


Here are some other nice pieces at the show. Can't remember who they are by but we remember having a similar piece of zebrawood in our shop with that sap line-it wouldn't surprise us if it was indeed our wood, either way its a pretty piece.


Another piece by Terry Hanson, we love that design.


Looks like some tulipwood and some curly euc. What else do you see?

Look at this desk out of Ziricote by Jerry Beaudry. Looks like solid Ziricote throughout no Veneers!
Everywhere you look different pieces of all shapes and sizes-

Several turned objects at the show as well, we tried taking some pictures but its kind of tricky taking pictures of objects behind glass-sorry...


Here is another amazing piece by Del Cover that won the Woodcraft Magazine "Award for Excellence in Design".


Looks like some tulipwood and some curly euc. What else do you see?

Look at this desk out of Ziricote by Jerry Beaudry. Looks like solid Ziricote throughout no Veneers!


Several turned objects at the show as well, we tried taking some pictures but its kind of tricky taking pictures of objects behind glass-sorry...



Here is another amazing piece by Del Cover that won the Woodcraft Magazine "Award for Excellence in Design".
Its is titled "Balboa Park Bench" and is modeled after the historic Balboa park area here in San Diego.
Tons of different woods in this piece-Check out the wenge in those seats...

Jason Lane actually stoped by the shop earlier in the day and mentioned he had this piece in the show.


Jason Lane actually stoped by the shop earlier in the day and mentioned he had this piece in the show.
This piece is titled "Bow-Tie Lectern" and is constructed out of some of our Ziricote.
The show is going on through the first week of July- we recommend checking it out if your in the area.
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