Treeworkx Competition

December 2017

Winner

Grant Parker

Burr Box

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Wood

Totara Burr

Embellished

Paua Shell

Finish

EEE and Friction Polish

Size

90mm high x 80mm dia

Club

Tauranga Woodturners Guild

Experience

20 years

Entries from the Manawatu Woodworkers Guild

Vase

Totally made on the lathe
Wood: Homegrown Ash
Finish: Wax
Size: 150mm x 90mm.
Experience: 20+ year

Keith Betteridge

Entries from the Northland Woodturners and Woodworkers Club

Hollow Form

Wood: Swamp Kauri & Rimu inner
Embellished: Paua dot on base
Finish: Kauream
Size: 190mm x 190mm.
Experience: 10 year

Don Coutts

Bowl

Wood: Peruvian Pepper Tree Burr
Finish: Kauream
Size: 350mm diameter x 90mm high.
Experience: 10 years

Don Coutts

Box with drawer

Wood: Eucalyptus Birdseye, Kauri, Rimu
Finish: Kauream
Size: 120mm x 100mm .
Experience: 18 years

Bob Langford

Ornament

Wood: Swamp Kauri
Embellished: Eye Paua dot and marble
Finish: Satin Lacquer
Size:  500mm long
Experience: 20 years

David Brind

Lidded Box

Wood: Swamp Kauri
Finish: Kauream
Size: 150mm x 90mm .
Experience: 10 years

Don Coutts

Cat

Wood: Tasmanian Black Wood
Embellished: Eyes and whiskers
Finish: Shanes Oil
Size: 160mm high
Experience: 18 years

Sid Ware

Ornament

Wood: Purple Heart/Kauri
Embellished: Eyes and whiskers
Finish: Danish Oil
Size: 80mm high
Experience: 18 years

Sid Ware

Bowl

Wood: Cherry Bowl with 12 different types of wood on edge
Finish: Kauream
Size: 200mm dia
Experience: 10 years

Murray Robertson

Bowl

Wood: Kohekohe
Embellished: 30 segmented pieces – 12 types of wood
Finish: Kauream
Size: 130mm x 60mm
Experience: 10 years

Murray Robertson

Entries from the Tauranga Woodcrafters Guild

Inlaid Box

Wood: Totara & Assorted Native inlays
Finish: Sanding Sealer & Wax
Size: 170mm dia x 150mm high
Experience:  20 years

Grant Parker

Burr Platter

Wood: Totara Burr
Finish: Sanding Sealer 
Size: 245mm dia x 25mm high
Experience:  20 years

Grant Parker

Entries from the Wairarapa Woodworkers Guild

Laminated Bowl

Wood: Rimu and Silver Birch
Finish: Shellawax
Size: 50mm high x 185mm dia
Experience: 16 years

Tony Waygood

Winged Bowl

Wood: Plane tree
Finish: Shellac
Size: 190mm wide x 165mm x 100mm x 50mm high
Experience: 1 year

Barry Griffiths

Stool

Wood: Cherry
Embellished: Leather Cowhide
Finish: Tru-Oil
Size: 360mm high x 360mm x 360mm
Experience: 16 years

Tony Waygood

Three Legged Bowl

Wood: Macrocarpa
Embellished: Leather tie
Finish: Shellac
Size: 180mm dia x 70mm high.
Experience: 1 year

Barry Griffiths

Lidded Pot

Wood: Manuka
Finish: Shellawax and Beall buffing
Size: 80mm dia x 75mm high
Experience: 16 years

Tony Waygood

Turned Bowl

Wood: Mahogany
Embellished: Texture and gold finish on band
Finish: Shellac
Size: 225mm dia x 5mm high.
Experience: 1 year

Barry Griffiths

Lidded Pot

Wood: Manuka
Finish: Shellawax and Beall buffing
Size: 75mm dia x 115mm high
Experience: 16 years

Tony Waygood

Urn

Wood: Macrocarpa & Mahogany
Finish: Shellac
Size: 125mm dia x 200mm high
Experience: 1 year

Barry Griffiths

Entries from the Waitaki Woodturners Guild

Bowl & Six Fruit

Wood: Bowl – Kauri, 3 x Apples – Southland Beech, 2 x Pears – Macrocarpa, 1 x Tamarillo – Iroko or African Teak
Finish: EEE & Shellawax
Size: Bowl 290mm diameter x 90mm high, 3 x apples – 70mm diameter x 85mm high, 70mm diameter x 75mm high, 65mm diameter x 72mm high, 2 x pears – 65mm diameter x 130mm high, 63mm diameter x 100mm high, 1 x tamarillo – 50mm diameter x 145 high
Experience: 18 months

Geoff Martin