Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken

Professional Woodturner

Contest Entries

2017 Entries

Curly Maple Hollow Form

By Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken, Professional Woodturner

Winning Category

This piece consists of curly maple with an african blackwood trim ring and ebony lip. It was dyed with a mixture of red and yellow dye. It was finished with General Finishes Wood Turners Finish.

It measures 8-1/4" diameter X 3" tall.

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Ambrosia Maple Vessel

By Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken, Professional Woodturner

Winning Category

The piece consists of ambrosia maple body with african blackwood and yellowheart rings on the foot and lip. These were added to gine the piece additional hight. It is finished with waterbased Wood Turners Finish.

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Half And Half

By Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken, Professional Woodturner

Winning Category

This piece is 4" diameter X 6-1/2" tall not counting finial. The piece was named Half And Half because one half is somewhat spalted and the other not. The lid is black palm with holly trim ring and ebony finial. If you notice the lid flows nicely into the finial, not a piece just glued on top.

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Flame Boxelder Form

By Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken, Professional Woodturner

Winning Category

Flame box elder form 6" diameter X 3-1/2" tall. Finished with GF Wood Turners Finish

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Buckeye Burl Form

By Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken, Professional Woodturner

Winning Category

Buckeye burl form with ebony foot and lip/ 5-3/4" diameter X 4-1/2" tall. Finished with GF Wood Turners Finish.

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Open Segmented Vase

By Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken, Professional Woodturner

Winning Category

This is an open segmented piece with 1,015 pieces. Woods used are Bubinga, Maple, Yellowheart and Wenge. The piece is finished with semi gloss lacquer. You definitely do not want a tool catch. 8" diameter X 10" tall

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Jazzy

By Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken, Professional Woodturner

Winning Category

Segmented form consisting of  884 pieces of wood that include cherry, mahogany, wenge,yellowheart and black veneer. The piece was finished with four coats of gloss poly then 4 coats of satin. Wet sanded and buffed to a super smooth finish. The piece is 11-1/4" diameter X 9" tall.

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Vortex

By Artistic Woodturning By Pete Marken, Professional Woodturner

Winning Category

This piece was made with over 3,000 pieces of wood that includes cherry, maple, peruvian walnut, yellowheart, spectra ply and black veneer.

It measures 12-1/2" diameter X 6-1/4" tall. The finish consists of several coats of sanding sealer and ten coats of General Finishes Wood Turners Finish sanded and buffed to a high gloss.

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