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Please see other web addresses: http://westwood2.blogspot.com/ My Employment for 27 years in The Calif. Dept. of Corrections; 31 ½ years in the U.S. Army; Vietnam story, pictures; Prison story, picture http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/24135 : Library of Congress: my military history

Best of Show San Bernardino County Fair 2011

Best of Show San Bernardino County Fair 2011

spalted wood vase

spalted wood vase

suspended vessel, candlesticks

suspended vessel, candlesticks

Blog Archive

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Obtained some acacia  wood in Oakland on Saturday.  I received a wood available alert from the Bay Area Wood Turners on Friday and picked these two pieces up on Saturday.  These pieces of wood were too heavy for me and I put them in the trunk of my car anyway.  My hernias and back hurt as a result.

Made a 10 inch tall dry flower vase for Linda.  It is raffle wood which you can see has a lot of interesting figuring, bug holes, etc.  It will be interesting to see what flowers Linda puts into it.

Sunday, October 9, 2016




I completed five new bowls after months of roughing out, drying and finishing this week.  They are made from maple, camphor and locus.  One of the maple ones has a coral inlay.