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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

Friday, February 28, 2020


Two new small flower vases.  Made from a tree limb.  Gary

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Just finished two English Walnut bowls.  Thought I would throw in pictures of new flowers in garden.  Gary

Sunday, February 23, 2020


I turned two new bowls.  They are finished with sanding sealer and bees wax, orange oil. 

Wednesday, February 19, 2020


This is a wooden cup.   I filled the cracks with brass powder.  This was a very large log to start with.  Too many cracks. 

Monday, February 17, 2020


These camphor bowls warped substantially in the drying process.  Part of wood turning wet wood.  Gary

Tuesday, February 11, 2020


Completed these three bowls:  red wood, carob and iron wood..  Trying to reduce my inventory of wood. 

Tuesday, February 4, 2020


Just finished a lamp I turned on the lathe.   The shade is from a giant Sequoia and I also turned that on my lathe.