The picture frames are of African mahogany with walnut splines accenting the mitre joints. The bandings of wood inlay are comprised of maple, walnut, and cherry. You’ll find the video tutorials of the banding and inlay process can be viewed by clicking the links.

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A few years back while reading a book on woodturning I came across a style of segmented woodturning that caught my eye. As fascinated as I was by the pattern, I was equally if not more intrigued by the technique used to create bowls like the ones pictured above. So, I read on and began studying the process which struck me as actually quite creative.

Believe it or not, the technique starts out with a flat board (planed & parallel) comprised of laminated strips of maple and walnut. The next step requires some layout work and drawing of concentric circles on the board followed by a trip to the bandsaw. Then the table of the bandsaw is tilted (in this case…45 degrees) and the layout circles are then carefully cut.

Here’s where is gets interesting. When the cutting of the circles is completed they are now ready to be stacked. There’s an order to the process. Small circles on the bottom followed by the progression of larger circles on top. Of course, these rings need to be glued and aligned as they are stacked. As a result, they take on the shape of the bowls that you see in the pictures. From here it’s just a matter of turning the bowls, sanding, and finishing.

(If there is enough interest I may do a video demonstration of the process.) Feel free and let me know.

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This vase is 6” x 9” and has 14 rings for a total of 416 segments. For the finish it has Sealcoat sanding sealer, a coat of Arm-R-All gloss, & numerous coats of Arm-R-All satin. ...(see the video on the blog.)

The pattern of this vase was inspired by the vases created by Lincoln Seitzman.

This segmented vase is comprised of 15 rings . Each ring has 24 segments for a total of 360 segments. Accuracy throughout is the key to making this vase. However, with patience anyone can do this.

The bowls are made using staves of mahogany with walnut spacers. They were turned on the lathe and then numerous coats of a foodsafe finish was applied.