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I am having a Mother's Day Sale in my Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/ 20% off not to May 6, 2022.

My woodturning started back in 2002 as a hobby. It has now become an obsession. I produce one of a kind turned, carved, and painted wood vessels. Check out my web site at www.carlford.us for more photos of my work. And my "CarlFordWoodturner" Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner

Check out my "CarlFordWoodturner" Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner

Carl Ford Woodturner

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Made by Carl Ford. 2/2012, Cherry, 8" Tall, 8" Wide, 1-3/8" Thick. I discovered a new way to carve big bold craters between my lines of sun shine. Sold for $350 at the Saturday Night Banquet Live Auction at the AAW National Symposium in Phoenix Arizona.

Made by Carl Ford. - 11/2003, Ash, 6.5" Tall, 12" Diameter. An oldie but goodie. This was the first top notch piece I made back in 2003. Not long after I started turning in 2002. This piece has been featured on the cover of the 2014 American Association of Woodturners (AAW) "Getting Started in Woodturning" book.

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2017, Cherry, 6" Tall, 6-1/2 Diameter, Bark on Rim. In my personal collection. Similar ones are for sale in my Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Carl Ford - Best Of

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Made by Carl Ford. 8/2021, 10" Wide, 1-3/8" Tall, 24 oz I REALLY love the colors in this candy dish. It also features a textured back with a light brown metallic stain. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store.

Made by Carl Ford. 9/2021, 10" Wide, 1-1/2" Tall, 22 oz This one reminds me of our unknown universe. It also features a textured back with a light brown metallic stain. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store.

8/2021, 10" Wide, 1-1/2" Tall, 28 oz. I love the way this piece came out. It also features a textured back with a light brown metallic stain. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store.

Bowls - Acrylic Pour

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Made by Carl Ford. - 11/2003, Ash, 6.5" Tall, 12" Diameter. An oldie but goodie. This was the first top notch piece I made back in 2003. Not long after I started turning in 2002. This piece has been featured on the cover of the 2014 American Association of Woodturners (AAW) "Getting Started in Woodturning" book.

Made by Carl Ford. 1/2013, Cherry, Oval Shape, 3-1/2" Tall, 9-1/2" Long, 6-3/4" Wide, 8oz. I really love the natural reddish color of this cherry wood bowl! I also love the elongated bowl shape. The shape is a great way to display the natural bark edge. Sold. Similar ones are for sale in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Hand made by Carl Ford. 5/2010, Cedar, 10-1/2" Wide, 5-1/4" Tall. I love the way the rims on live edge cedar bowls dip and swoop.

Bowls - Live Edge

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Made by Carl Ford. 10/2011, Cherry, Milk Paint, 7-1/2" Wide, 3-1/2" Tall. After my 2011 class with Al Stirt, I got to thinking about the bowls I did in the class. They looked great on the outside but you see more of the inside then outside when they are sitting on a table. This is the first bowl where I tried two new things. 1. The rim is carved inside and out. 2. The coves cut on the inside mirror the beads cut on the outside of bowl.

Made by Carl Ford. 11/2011, Cherry, Milk Paint, 9" Wide, 3-1/2" Tall. I made a very similar bowl in black. It looked great. Thus I decided to try it in green.

Hand made by Carl Ford. 8/20213, Cherry, 11" Diameter, 2" Thick I did a series of these cherry bowls with a milk paint back in 2013. I really like this one. I like the rim. I like the ripples. Tavern green and black milk paint. The bowls were turned green. Milk painted and then allowed to dry. Thus the bowls distorted a little. They are not truly round and look a little wonky in person.

Bowls - Milk Paint

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Handmade by Carl Ford. 5/2015, Turned Cherry Wood, 8" Wide, 2" Thick, 5 oz, Handmade Wood Art A really nice little cherry bowl with an undercut rim.

Hand made by Carl Ford. 12/2010, Cherry, 9-3/4" Diameter, 2-1/4" Tall. I really like this bowl! One of my best. Cherry wood just gets better and better with time.

Made by Carl Ford. 9/2005, 5-1/4" Tall, 9-3/4" Diameter. An oldie that I still love.

Bowls - Natural

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Made by Carl Ford. 1/2021, Maple, 8-3/4" Diameter, 1-1/2 Thick, 10oz. I sold the first one of these on Etsy. I decided to make another one. This is a two sided piece. If you get tired of the front you can flip it over and admire the back. Two for the price of one. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store. www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Handmade by Carl Ford. 11/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 10" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 16 oz. I love the black dabed onto the rim of this bowl. I screwed up the black spinder paint over the sunset colors on the rim of this bowl. I tried to fix it with some dabbed on black paint and things got out of hand. Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 11/2018, 2" Tall, 8" Diameter. Nick Agar style Viking Sunset Bowl that I made in 2018 after seeing Nick do a demo. Nick's process. My decoration pattern. For more info see my "Viking Sunset Bowl" blog entry at http://carlford.info/blog/2018/12/viking-sunset-bowl/

Bowls - Painted

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Handmade by Carl Ford. 11/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 10" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 32 oz, Handmade Wood Art This is a Al Stirt style piece that I made in a class as a demo for one of my students. The bronze finish is Chroma-gilt over black stain on maple wood.

Handmade by Carl Ford. 12/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 7-3/4" Wide, 10-1/4" Tall, 1-1/4" Thick, 13 oz, Handmade Wood Art Is it a squid or octopus? It's a create from the deep. Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Handmade by Carl Ford. 12/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 7-3/4" Wide, 10-1/4" Tall, 1-1/4" Thick, 13 oz, Handmade Wood Art I got into the groove and started to carve while listening to Seven Large by Euge Groove. When I got done the it reminded me of a Roulette Wheel. Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Bowls - Square

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Made by Carl Ford. 2/2012, Cherry, 8" Tall, 8" Wide, 1-3/8" Thick. I discovered a new way to carve big bold craters between my lines of sun shine. Sold for $350 at the Saturday Night Banquet Live Auction at the AAW National Symposium in Phoenix Arizona.

Handmade by Carl Ford. 12/2011, Cherry, 9-1/2" Wide, 7-1/2" Tall, 1-1/4" Thick. Black Milk Paint on Cherry Wood is magic! This piece really suggests that "Is it Bronze or Wood" question. The back features a completely different lathe carved texture.

Made by Carl Ford. 2/2012, Cherry, 1-1/2" Thick, 7-3/4" Wide, 8" Tall. Off Center Sort Of Square Bowl, Cherry Wood, Black Milk Paint, Hand Carved Textures, 1 My motivation for this piece was I wanted to make something with spirals and big dots. When I was done it reminded me of a "Creature From the Deep". Then I, decided to try something new. Make the piece trapezoidal shape rather than truly square. In my personal collection.

Bowls - Square - Milk Paint

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Handmade by Carl Ford. 8/2022, Maple, 10" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 19 oz. I hand decorated the top of this wide rim bowl with a hand carved Unidentified Flying Object pattern and high quality white, turquoise, green and yellow paint. Will be available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/ when it reopens in September 2022.

Made by Carl Ford. 8/2020, Maple, 9-1/2" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 13oz. The Jester pattern was hand carved on the front. The back is radically different than the front. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store.

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2018, 1-1/2" Tall, 10" Diameter. Maple wood. Lathe and hand carved rings and grooves. Red stain. Gold acrylic paint. Acrylic lacquer finish. This was the first thing I turned on my new Powermatic 3520C lathe in 2018. See my" 1ST PLATE BOWL ON NEW POWERMATIC 3520C LATHE" blog entry for more photos. http://carlford.info/blog/2018/03/first-pb-pm-3520c/

Bowls - Wide Rim - Carved

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Handmade by Carl Ford. 03/2020, Turned Maple Wood, 9-1/2" Wide, 1-1/2" Thick, 16 oz, Handmade Wood Art I hand decorated the wide rim top of this bowl with high quality iridescent turquoise, violet, blue and gold acrylic paint. The back is decorated with a nice beaded texture.

Handmade by Carl Ford. 11/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 9-3/4" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 13 oz, Handmade Wood Art I was playing around and decided to try dabbing on iridescent acrylic paint over black stain. Success! Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Hand made by Carl Ford. 4/2021, Maple, 10" Diameter, 1-1/2" Thick, 16oz. I hand decorated the wide rim top of this plate with high quality iridescent turquoise, violet and gold acrylic paint. The back is decorated with very light brown metallic stain over a nice coved surface. Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Bowls - Wide Rim - Iridescent

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Hand made by Carl Ford. 2/2006, Walnut, 8.5" Diameter, 1-1/4" Thick. Another oldie but goodie. I need to make more of these!

Made by Carl Ford. 8/2008, Maple, 9" Diameter, 1-3/4" Thick, 6oz. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store. www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 12/2019, Maple, 1-1/2" Thick, 10" Diameter, 21 oz. The wide rim is decorated with a spiraling tool and high quality metallic gold acrylic paint. The bottom is also decorated and painted a nice golden color. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store. https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Bowls - Wide Rim - Natural

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Handmade by Carl Ford. x, 2/2022, Maple, 10" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 19 oz. I made this piece as a demo for a student. On the spur of the moment, I made the center easier than what a normally do for the student. I put pseudo beads (groves close together) in the center and painted it gold. I really like the gold center. I am going to do this again. Some times the teacher learns from the student! Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 12/2019, Maple, 9" Wide, 2" Thick, 19oz. This wide rim bowl is decorated with high quality silver and black web effect spray paint over high quality green and white acrylic paint. The bottom is also decorated and painted a nice golden color. Sold. Similar ones are available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store. www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2021, Maple, 10" Wide, 1-3/8" Tall, 20 oz. Spring Has Sprung wide rim bowl with gold spiral in the center. Sold 4/13/21. Similar ones are available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store. www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Bowls - Wide Rim - Painted

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Made by Carl Ford. 5/2013, 2" Thick, 9" Diameter. Cherry wood. Power carved decoration. Black gesso. Semi gloss finish.

Made by Carl Ford. - 8/2011, Maple, 9-1/4" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick. My 1st Sgraffito Wide Rim Bowl. Power Carved Pattern. Turned in Al Stirt class at Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport Maine, 8/2011. I did this bowl to experiment with the techniques Al demonstrated in his class

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2018, Maple, 10-3/4" Diameter, 1" Tall. Lathe and hand carved rings and grooves. Black gesso. Gloss acrylic lacquer finish. There are some flaws in this piece, but I still really like it. There a couple of places were the power carver slipped and a couple of finger prints in the finish. In my private collection.

Bowls - Wide Rim - Sgraffito

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Made by Carl Ford. 12/2019, 1-1/2" Tall, 10" Diameter, 17 oz. Similar ones are available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner shop. www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2021 - 10-1/2" diameter by 1-1/2" thick. I really love the spiral in the center of this bowl. I finger painted it! I hand decorated the wide rim top of this bowl with high quality turquoise, green, yellow, and black spider acrylic paint. I painted the center with high quality turquoise, green, yellow, black and gold acrylic paint. Then I spun out the gold paint.

Made by Carl Ford. 6/2021, Maple, 10" Wide, 1-3/8" Tall, 23 oz. I really like the way the gold center came out on this piece. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store.

Bowls - Wide Rim - Spin Art

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Handmade by Carl Ford. Turned Maple Wood, 10" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 16 oz, Handmade Wood Art I was trying to make something else and screwed up. I tried to remove the black paint with lacquer thinner and decided I really like it! Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 12/2021, Maple, 10" Diameter, 1-1/1" Thick. I really like the way this bowl came out. It was inspired by the work of @robertoferrer_sculptor. Roberto was the featured artist in AAW 2021 Symposium Artist Showcase. He was interviewed by David Ellsworth. I purchased a YouTube demo from Robert. I really liked, what I call his flower pattern in one of his demos. I played around with it and simplified it. I also decided to play around and paint this bowl blue.

Handmade by Carl Ford. 2/2022, Maple, 9-3/4" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 18 oz. I carved and textured the rim on this wide rim bowl. Then I dyed it with magenta wood stain. I LOVE the color! The pattern was inspired by the work of Andrew Daniels. He just did a great demo for 2022 World Wide Woodturners Symposium. Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Bowls - Wide Rim - Stained

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Handmade by Carl Ford. 12/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 5-3/4" Wide, 1-1/2" Thick, 8 oz, Handmade Wood Art You can use both sides of these candle dishes. Two for the price of one. There is no top or bottom. One side holds a standard 7/8" diameter taper candle. The other side holds a standard 3" diameter pillar candle. I got the flyer saucer shape idea from Vito DeSario. Making the candle holder double sided was my idea.

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2005, Maple, 5-1/2" Wide, 9-3/4" Tall. I made this Candle Stick after taking a class with Michael Hosaluk. I really enjoyed the class with Michael. I still use the double bevel grind on my detail gouge, that I learned from Michael.

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2005, Maple, 4" Wide, 10" Tall. Another Candle Stick I made after a class with Michael Hosaluk.

Candle Sticks

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Handmade by Carl Ford. My 2022 Instagram Top Nine posts. Happy New Year!

Handmade by Carl Ford. My 2021 Instagram Top Nine posts. Happy New Year!

Handmade by Carl Ford. My 2020 Instagram Top Nine posts. Happy New Year!

Groups

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Made by Carl Ford. 5/2010, Ash. Black vase that I made during my metal spinning phase in 2010. Ash vases with spun copper lids. The copper was spun over an ash wood mold to create the ripples in the lids. In my personal collection.

Made by Carl Ford. 10/2010, 5-1/2" Tall , 3-3/4" Diameter. Spun Copper, Ash with Black Gesso, Cherry Finial, This piece looks like a Cindy Drozda piece. But, It it was actually inspired by a piece I saw at a glass show. Getting the copper lid to fit inside of groove in the ash base was tricky. Because wood moves with the weather (changes in moisture, etc) and copper does not move.

Made by Carl Ford. 2/2008. Metal Spinning, Aluminum, Walnut, Semi Gloss Finish. The one on the left is 10-1/2" tall by 4-1/2" diameter. The on right is 9-3/4" tall by 4-1/2" diameter. Turned in Terry Tynan class at Brookfield Craft Center in Brookfield CT, 2/2008 This is one of the few cases where I was able to successfully marry metal spinning and woodturning.

Metal Spinning

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Made by Carl Ford. 10/2008, Cherry Burl, 4-1/2" Wide, 3-1/2" Tall. Everyone turns Tea Pots. No one turns Tea Cups! What are all the tea pots being used for? I got the design for this piece out of a very old project book that I borrowed from someone. I would really like to look at that book again. If anyone knows the name of that book please let me known by leaving a comment with the book name. Thanks!

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2018 - Poplar, 2-3/8" Wide, 10-1/2" Tall, Acrylic Paint. Sooner or latter very woodturner needs to make a pepper mill. Here is mine. I decorated it with earth colors.

Made by Carl Ford. 6/2021, 19" Wide, 32" Tall Here is Carl Ford's Modern Lamp. My step by step process for making one appeared in the "American Woodturner" the Journal of the American Association of Woodturners, June 2021, vol 36, no 3. A link to the Journal article PDF is on my blog at http://carlford.info/blog/2021/08/modern-lamp/

Other

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Made by Carl Ford. 3/2010, Cherry, 10" Wide, 1" Thick.

Made by Carl Ford. 3/2019, Cherry, 10" Diameter, 1" Thick, 9oz. The wood burned decoration on this piece was inspired by Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs. The finish is multiple coats of semi gloss polyurethane buffed to a baby bottom smooth finish. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner shop. www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 12/2012, Cherry, 7-1/2" Wide, 1" Thick I made this piece after seeing several demos by Harvey Fein. I purchased Harvey's router jig and made several pieces. Harvey is no longer selling his jig. But you can still find Harvey on the web at www.harveyfein.net

Plates - Natural

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Handmade by Carl Ford. 11/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 9-3/4" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 9 oz, Handmade Wood Art I visited Sicily Italy this summer. It was a great trip. I loved all of the pottery in Sicily! I decided to make something similar in wood. Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 12/2020, Maple, 1" Tall, 10" Diameter. I went into my studio yesterday. I wanted to make something new. I was inspired by the poinsettias in my kitchen. I came up with flower design on a plate. I decided to call it a Psychedelic Poinsettia. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner shop. https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Handmade by Carl Ford. 9/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 10" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick, 14 oz. The pattern on this plate is very loosely based on a Lotus Pod from a Lotus plant. I am CarlFordWoodturner on Instagram, Pinterest and Etsy. www.carlford.us is my web site.

Plates - Painted

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Handmade by Carl Ford. 9/2022, Turned Maple Wood, 7" Wide, 1" Thick, 7 oz. Just a really nice square Maple plate with a really nice beaded foot. Available in my CarlFordWoodturner Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. 2/2013, Cherry, 7-3/4" Wide, 1/2" Thick Made with the Harvey Fein router on the lathe process.

Made by Carl Ford. 2/2013, 9-1/2" Wide, 1-1/4" Thick. I love the colors in Zebra wood!

Plates -Square

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Hand made by Carl Ford. 6/2014, 1" tall by 8" diameter. I made this carving techniques sampler in a 6/2014 class with Dixie Biggs at "Peter's Valley Craft Center" in Layton NJ. I enjoyed the class. Dixie is a great teacher. I learned in this class that making samplers is a great idea! It allows you to bring home all the ideas and techniques you learned in a class. I also learned that Dixie Biggs style carving is not for me. It takes to long. I like Big, Bold, instant gratification.

Hand made by Carl Ford. 8/2016, 1-1/2 tall by 9-1/2" diameter. I made this Vesery techniques sampler in a 8/2016 class with Jacques Vesery at the "Center for Furniture Craftsmanship" in Rockport Maine. You can see in the photos that gold leaf got screwed up. I was in to much of a hurry in class. You live and learn. That is why we take classes.

Hand made by Carl Ford. 6/2018, 1-1/4" tall by 8" diameter. This sampler explores carving patterns, filled with Milk Paint colors and top coated with Black Block Printing Ink. I made this sampler in a 6/2018 class with John Jordan and Clay Foster at Tennessee Tech Appalachian Center for Crafts near Nashville Tennessee. It was a great class. I learned how to use Block Printing Ink from Clay Foster.

Samplers

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Made by Carl Ford. 9/2010 - 3-1/3" diameter by 7" tall In 2010 I went thru a phase where I made a number of these tall Cherry wood vases with wood burned geometric patterns.

Made by Carl Ford. 9/2010, Cherry, 4" Wide by 7" Tall. In 2010 I went thru a phase where I made a number of these tall Cherry wood vases with wood burned geometric patterns. Available in my Etsy CarlFordWoodturner store. www.etsy.com/shop/carlfordwoodturner/

Made by Carl Ford. -9/2009 - 3-1/2" diameter by 6" tall. Poplar wood, Black Gesso, White Liming Wax.

Vases - Carved or Burned

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