My honey lost an uncle this year. He was a neat man who had a penchant to collect things. I won't go into details, but he collected things like the miniature liquer bottles served on airplanes, libraries of books, and his last great collection was birdhouses. We can't be with the family in California this year for their first ever Christmas without Mike, so I made some birdhouses for each household, just to remember Mike for the special man he was. Thought I'd share before they go off to the left coast.
Birdseye maple with a skinny stripe of purpleheart (had to glue 'em up as the birdseye was only 3/4"). The lids are Missouri black walnut (with accompanying black fingers on the part of the turner) and the finial and perch are padauk. Each ornament is about 3-1/2" tall from loop to finial. I wish you could hold them and turn them in your hands to see the wonderful action in both the walnut and the birdseye. The camera does not do them credit. The close up tries, but...y'all know how birdseye can just glow. Finish is Behlen Woodturner's Finish. Thanks to Dick Sing's book for basics of design. I'd also like to thank Oneway. Without their Wolverine system... Oh, sorry, wrong channel...
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Originally Posted by Steve Trauthwein
