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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

Sunday, September 22, 2019


I just finished turning, sanding, painting these three bowls. The two in the back are made of silver maple using milk paint to color them. The one in front is box elder. Gary

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

My roughed turned Acacia bowl blew apart on the lathe today. I have four other bowls whose tung oil finish is drying as a final step. Gary

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Finished turning 50 beads.  Linda will make them into ornaments to be hung.