Rick Moreton

Next Saturday I have a couple pieces in Works in Wood at New Hope Arts!

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A turned box with long finial. Made from African Blackwood and tagua nut

Alternate view with the lid off.

A Cindy Drozda style finial box. African Blackwood with inlaid Tagua nut. 3" x 1.5"

Working with tagua nuts can be a pain since they have random cracks in the middle. I had to make the foot twice since the first one got too small once I got rid of the cracks.

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A vase with a small opening made from cherry wood

A cherry hollow form, 5" by 3". Pushing the limits of how big of a hollow form I can do with my current tools. Hollowed through the bottom and then plugged.

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Most of these I used boiled linseed oil, one has CA glue as the finish. I can't say how water resistant it is though. I've only done a small amount of these over the past 6 months or so.

A side view of a small hollow form made from an avocado pit with a pencil eraser for scale.

A top view of small hollow form made from an avocado pit with a pencil eraser for scale

Another avocado pit!
1" by 0.5"

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A miniature hollow form with a pencil eraser next to it for scale

Avocado pit hollow form with lignum vitae finial. 1" wide, 1.25" tall

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A multi Axis turned weed pot with a chamomile flower

Multi Axis Weed Pot
Ash 5.5" x 2.5" x 1.75"
Chamomile flower

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The show started on Showtime and then got picked up by SyFy or something. I was wondering why there was a TV-MA rating in the opening credits.

Reminds me of when I first rewatched Stargate on Netflix after watching reruns for years on SyFy. Didn't expect nudity in the first episode.

Depends on what platform I see it on first but I try to like it on both. I think you might need to throw some hashtags into the posts

I use cheap home made tools to hollow. A bunch of old hex wrenches that I know don't go to anything important. For this one I used the smallest one, about 1/8" wide. Cut with a hacksaw or angle grinder and sharpened like a scraper. Stuck in a quick and dirty handle.

A small hollow form made from an avocado with a pencil eraser for scale

A small hollow form made from an avocado with a pencil eraser for scale, rotated to see other side

A miniature hollow form from an avocado pit, 3/4" wide and 7/8" tall. Finished with CA glue. Pencil for scale.

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YouTube video by Roy Jacobsen Paul Hedman: Hollowing from the bottom - part 1

You start with the wood turned around and hollow through a bigger hole in what will eventually be the bottom. Then it gets plugged and you can flip it around and do the top. For the top, I just drilled with a 1/4" bit.

Here is a video of someone else demonstrating
youtu.be/WnMSsAh-p5E?...

A wooden vase with a long neck and a flared top. Made out of cherry with a glossy shellac finish.

A long neck vase in cherry. The bottom was hollowed and plugged before turning the top half. 7" x 2.25"

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There can be only ONE! (Christmas list)

A wand made from maple with a banksia pod and resin handle.

A wand with banksia pod and resin handle, and a curly maple finial.

I wanted a simple look but it looked too much like a conductor's batton. Added a ball, carved a spiral, torched it, cleaned it up, and turned back to a smaller ball. 😅

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Love it! It's a great way to show off different styles of spindle work.

Homemade mandalorian helmets and armor as well as a repainted nerf toy.

Prototype wood lightsaber

May the 4th be with you!

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A turned box made in cherry with a maple finial made to look like a sperm and egg.

Self portrait: cherry and maple 1.5" wide 3" tall

Made this box for an online challenge to turn an egg :)

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It's the perfect date!

Four turned wooden eggs. First painted blue and textured, second is gold, third is a stylized deviled egg, fourth is a more realistic deviled egg

Some eggs from a couple years ago. First has milk paint, second has acrylic paint and Rub n Buff, third is bare wood, and fourth is an oil finish.

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A series of "bowls". One with extremely thick walls, one that turned into a funnel, and one that exploded.

A series of rookie mistakes. A bowl with really thick walls, a funnel, and an exploded bowl. Maple, sapele, and brass.

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Top Secret!

Small ash hollow form

Small ash hollow form, additional view

Another small hollow form in ash. 1.5" x 1.5"
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Side view of mimosa hollow form

Top view of mimosa hollow form

A little hollow form in mimosa finished with shellac. 1.5" x 1.5"

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Turned lidded box with mimosa wood

Turned box with mimosa wood with the lid removed

A turned box in mimosa with boiled linseed oil finish

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Miniature bowl from an avocado pit, side view

Miniature bowl from an avocado pit top view

Miniature bowl from an avocado pit bottom view

Miniature bowl from an avocado pit side view next to pencil eraser for size comparison

A miniature bowl from an avocado pit. It's about the size of an acorn cap and looks like one too(from most angles).

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Action shot of how wobbly the stem is.

Ash goblet with thin stem.

Detail shot of top of the goblet

Detail shot of the bottom of the goblet

Failed second attempt. Goblet stem snapped in half.

An ash goblet I turned. I went as thin as I dared on the stem(1/16"). I tried for thinner on a second but it snapped.

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It was very cathartic to finish making it.