Bits and pieces

Sometimes I make things that are out of the ordinary for me, meaning that I dont make many of them. Sometimes its hard to know where to put them in a site like this, they dont really fit into any of the categories listed. But I like the pieces and want to post them here, so they are included as Bits and Pieces.




A couple of pairs of Salt and Pepper grinders. The pair above are Redgum for the pepper and Mountain Ash is the salt. The difference is that the salt has a ceramic mechanism while the pepper has metal. They are about 150 mm tall and finished in Organoil

A couple more grinders, the pepper in Redgum again, made out of an old garden stake. The salt is Golden Wattle and they stand about 150mm tall and are finished in Organoil.

A goblet made out of a pruning from a Persimmon tree. Its in the same family as Ebony and works very nicely. What looks like a splotch on the side of the bowl is actually the inside of the bark and it reminds me of a family crest. Its about 60mm high and finished in Rustins two part poly so that it can be used as a sherry glass. That type of finish will stop wine soaking into the wood and contaminating the next drink.

This is a piece of Australian walnut that I scrounged from a feller who makes gun stocks. I love the timber colouring and it was turned very thin walled. It is 40mm high

A bedside clock mounted in a shallow dish for a lady to put small jewellry in. Made out of Redgum and Cypress Pine with a commercial clock insert, it's about 75 mm high and finished in Organoil.