So, I thought this turned out pretty good. I knew of two mistakes, one in the glue lam in the oak, and a crack in the other sides wood. After a night in the house, maybe the wood stove dried it out a little more? But the following issues ensued… If it wasn’t that I…

Some pretty maple Grain on the Lft. Added 2 shades of walnut down the middle. And a scrap of Limba. Not 100% on the Limba. The ones on the right were a neat Maple Board I found that had the bug holes going through. Used some Cherry, Oak and Maple Scrap to accent the special…

So this is what I just made over the past 2 weeks. I had some rounds of the Sugar Maple in my front yard that I was drying out this past year. I glued it up end grain with some maple boards I had laying around. With all the cracks in the rounds of maple…

I inherited a bunch of wood from my uncle when he passed. I have been working through it, learning and creating. Some successes and some failures. Here we go…

I’ve been working on this one for a week. I thought it turned out really fun. A combination of elements brought this one together. I really like how the knots in the wood turn out. Initially I was looking for wood that was perfect to play with. Now I’m finding that the imperfections add to the artistic value…

Oak that I milled from a friends in Lacy, WA. Primarily cut for firewood, I decided to see what it looked like. I love the grain structure. Purposely left the cracks and filled with some epoxy. I have a bunch more of this oak. I look forward to getting it milled up. I have some twenty+ fruit trees. One dream I…

Many mistakes that led to a fun board. All 4 pieces of wood had knots. I laminated them together, filled with some magenta epoxy. Several mistakes led to it being thinner in width and thickness. Could have used more sanding. Overall it was a fun first try at something new. 

This was milled out of my front yard. a Sugar Maple planted 22yrs ago. When a disease hit a few years ago I finally had to cut it down. The color I thought was beautiful. A mistake turned to art. the wood was still too wet, so after sitting for a while it cracked and shrunk. thinking of tossing it, I…