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Segmented Bowl

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Segmented Bowl
Segmented Bowl

Segmented Bowl made from 242 pieces of Mahogany and Oak in a brick lay pattern.

This was a special project because it was made from wood which was given to me by a close friend. The wood was his father’s, who had recently passed away. His father was a woodworker himself. I made the bowl for that friend, using wood that was his fathers in a brick lay pattern to pay homage to the brick building where his father’s shop was located. The P inlayed into the bottom represents their last name.

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Plaques and Cocktail Serving Trays

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At work we have a biennial golf tournament called The Falvey Cup. 12 golfers from Falvey Insurance Group face off against 12 players from Lloyd’s of London, whom we have a close business relationship with, Ryder Cup style. This year I was commissioned to make 24 plaques as trophies for the players and a cocktail serving trays for each of the team captains. 12 of the plaques say CHAMPIONS on them, the other 12 do not. The trays have the commemorative coins from each Falvey Cup that has taken place, beneath a layer of epoxy.

The plaques are Black Walnut with satin polyurethane. The trays are Sapele (a variety of African Mahogany) with Maple splines and semi gloss polyurethane.

Portfolio Woodworkers Fighting Cancer

2021 – Rolling Pin and Cutting Board

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Woven Cutting board and rolling pin set
Woven cutting board
Rolling pin

Matching rolling pin and woven cutting board set. Both are made from naturally colored solid hardwoods. No stains or dyes were used. They are made from mahogany, cherry, maple, oak, walnut, blood wood, yellowheart, and purpleheart. Both are finished with Walrus Oil, a food safe blend of coconut oil, beeswax, mineral oil, and Vitamin E. All lumber and finishes came from Koszela Lumber in Coventry RI.

This year there was no official Woodworkers Fighting Cancer program. However, I wanted to continue the tradition and my donation to the cause. I picked this project out myself, and raffled it off as usual with every dollar of the raffle ticket sales going to the previous year’s charity St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

263 tickets were sold, which brought in a total of $2,630 which was donated to St. Judes!