How to submit your Christmas Ornament
- Prepare your ornament
- Prepare one still picture of your ornament. Crop and Edit as desired.
- If you require multiple views to show off your ornament, combine the pictures into one using suitable photo editing software.
- Enter information about your ornament and about you in the form at bottom of this page.
- Receive a confirmation message. This should be very quickly after you click the button.
- Upload the still picture to DropBox. Link is above the submission form.
- Receive another confirmation email from As Wood Turns. This may take a day or two.
The challenge submission window will close after November 30th
Challenge Entry
The 2020 ornament submission period will open November 1st through November 30th.
Now that you’ve read all that above, there are two parts required to enter your ornament into the Christmas Ornament Challenge.
- Upload the picture of your ornament to DropBox-Click here for a link.
- Complete this form.
Do both before November 30 since the entry period ends on November 30.
9th (2020) Annual Christmas Ornament Challenge Rules and Guidelines.
Ornaments
- Must be in good taste
- Reflect the spirit of Christmas and/or the Christmas season. Non-Christian ornaments are welcome.
- Any craft is welcome.
- Any media is welcome.
- Ornaments must have been made for this season. For example, if you made it years ago, please do not submit it.
- Anyone can submit ornaments; multiple ornaments may be submitted.
- We will highlight your ornament in multiple videos. Your submission is your consent.
Other Details
- Please ensure you do both the picture upload and the form. Otherwise, we cannot link you to your picture.
- Picture and personal information must be submitted on or before 11/30/2020.
- This form submission constitutes acceptance of all rules and conditions of this challenge.
- A video is not required this year. If you make a video, that’s okay but please host it on your own channel. Put the video URL in your description..
- Judges will be all viewers via comments to a combined results video to be released in early December. Final results will be published in another video a short time later. We plan to show ornaments in multiple videos during November. We’ll tabulate votes from comments entered for the combined video. Alan Stratton is the referee. Decisions are final. There are no appeals. After all, we’re having fun here.
- We’ll announce the top vote getters in a final video. No physical prizes will be awarded this year. We found that shipping costs to be excessive especially for our international participants.
- Legal details – Void where prohibited for any reason.
- This challenge is free to all participants.
- Have fun – Be SAFE – Wear your full face shield. Injury or death will disqualify an entry. 🙂
Annual Christmas Ornament Challenge
2020 ornaments
2020 ornaments (in order of submission)
| 1. InsideOut Snowman A Snowman made with Maple and using the 2-piece inside out method. – Joe Garofalo |
| 2. Santas The bodies are made of redheart, the heads of holly or cocobolo and the belts and boots of African Blackwood – Michael Stephan |
| 3. Hollow sphere ornament For the 7th consecutive year, here we are!!! Merry Xmas everybody!!! – Mauro ‘il tornitore’ Migone |
| 4. Reflecting on 2020 As we end this most difficult year I felt a little reflection was appropriate. This year I used (2) 3” beveled compact mirrors and a piece of Chechen for my ornament. It’s the season so I hand painted the snowman and the Christmas tree. Merry Christmas to all and hopes for a better/healthy 2021. – Bill Sanders |
| 5. Cherry Burl Ornament The globe for this ornament is turned and hollowed from a cherry burl. The finial and the top is African Blackwood. The finish on the globe is General Finishes Wood Bowl Finish. The finial is rubbed with Mahoney’s Walnut Oil. – Michael Grady |
| 6. Black Palm Bauble Bauble made from black palm, ebony and sycamore. – Chris Ford |
| 7. Ornament and Stand Ornament made of Baltic Birch plywood and Walnut, dyed green. Oak cap and finial. Stand is made of Oak. – Rick Madden |
| 8. Frogwood inside out ornament I made a inside out Christmas ornament, using frogwood as the material. – Paul Willmore |
| 9. Hot Air Balloon Balloon is recycled skate board material (hollowed) basket is spectraply and is attached to balloon with string. – Terry Vance |
| 10. Snowmen These snowmen are made from maple, mahogany, and sassafras. – Robin McIntyre |
| 11. Maple Tree This simple maple tree has some texture to add interest. – Robin McIntyre |
| 12. Bell ornament Sometimes simple is good! – Robin McIntyre |
| 13. Birdhouse Made from hickory, mahogany, and redheart. – Robin McIntyre |
| 14. Laminated Tree Laminated Tree – Robin McIntyre |
| 15. Aluminum Teardrop Ornament 1.5″ solid aluminum teardrop ornament turned on a wood lathe using an Easy Wood tool, standard spindle gouge and standard parting tool – Denis Casaubon |
| 16. Bird House Bird house body is myrtle, roof is cedar and finials are Brazilian rosewood. Finish is 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon |
| 17. Christmas Tree 4″ cedar tree with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon |
| 18. Hanging Ornament 2x2x7 – iridescent paint finish – wood base – Peter Lederer |
| 19. Wood Elves A bearded gnome or wood elf with a faux fur beard. – Michael T Peace |
| 20. Sea Urchin Surprise The ornament has a interior color of yellow with a dyed red Sea Urchin Shell mounted. The exterior is colored with red and faded green and has a textured red collar and a textured green collar. It will be a keepsake for my Great Granddaughter. – Sam Sampedro |
| 21. Hollow Christmas Ornament Ornament has a myrtle body with Macassar ebony finials embellished with a crystal bead. Finished with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon |
| 22. Hollow Christmas Ornament Ornament has a Brazilian rosewood body with Macassar ebony finials embellished with a crystal bead. Finished with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon |
| 23. Many wood sea urchin ornament The skeleton af a sea urchin found on the sea floor this summer becomes a Christmas ornament for the Challenge. – Mauro ‘il tornitore’ Migone |
| 24. Insideout Combined Holy family in a inside-out turningproject – Hans Peters |
| 25. My First Christmas Ornaments The bible is spalted oak and tha finals are spalted hackberry the ornament is 7″ tall and 21/2″ wide – Terry Morgan |
| 26. Lumpy Icicle Two finials on opposite ends of a sphere. Natural (scrap) wood fnished with oil based varnish. – David Allar |
| 27. Snowman Choir These singing snowmen are made at Workbridge, a charity with a difference. These singing snowmen are made from pine and sapele with a redwood base. Set up 40 years ago to offer a vocational pathway for people with mental illness, learning disabilities or brain injuries, we provide people with opportunities to gain skills and build confidence. – Stuart Whitney |
| 28. Christmas Tree Bauble Cross drilled bauble, coloured with Hampshire Sheen Instrinsic Honey and then gloss lacquer. Finials are Ash. Smallest xmas tree I’ve ever turned. – Geoff Webb |
| 29. inside out Inside out Christmas Tree, Snowman, – Eric Brown |
| 30. Segmented Christmas Ornament This ornament is hollow and has 90 pieces total. The bulb segments are made from walnut, purplehart, and red elm. The finial and top are made from bloodwood and walnut. It is 6 1/2″ long with a diameter of 1 5/8″. The finish is shellac and wax. – Jim Nickless |
| 31. Waste not want not :0 Cut a birch tree in yard and saved several logs from the trunk. After sitting in garage for a year the bark separated from the log. Now what…. make a tree out of bark and put on cutoff from box elder log. – Tom Midtbo |
| 32. Olive Hollow Form 1 Olive and Bolivian Rosewood hollow form – Brian Mason |
| 33. Olive Hollow Form 2 Olive and Bolivian Rosewood hollow form – Brian Mason |
| 34. Sea Urchin Christmas Main body is a sea urchin dried shell, upper and lower finials are ebony. – Bruce Lewellyn |
| 35. Tis the Season Holly and bloodwood turned hollow form. Orb shell is pierced with various Christmas figures. – Bruce Lewellyn |
| 36. Acorn Birdhouse Acorn Birdhouse made from scraps for the first wood turning contest I ever entered. – Darryl Smith |
| 37. Cherry Orb Figured cherry 2 1/4″ diameter. Cherry finial. Chattering on top. Weight 14-18 grams – Wally Cook |
| 38. Red Christmas bell The bell is made from a pine cone set in red resin and is about 1 3/4 inches tall – Jim Conlon |
| 39. Angel Ornament Inspired by Nick Cook’s angels in the Vol. 19, No. 4 Journal of AAW. I shrunk down his measurements to about 3″x 2.75″. Box elder with spray lacquer. – Gordon Fowler |
| 40. Inside out ornament An inside out ornament turned from tiger wood. The cap was picked up at Rockler. Finished with polished wax. – Nathan Clinard |
| 41. All I want for Chrismas is skew. A small ornament with 6mm inlays. – Johan Larsby |
| 42. Candle Cherry base, maple candle, Osage orange flame – Wayne Iehl |
| 43. Wind Blown Off Centre Turning Merbau timber, 6″tall Offcentre turned with 5 different centres, 1 for each frond level. Finished with bees wax and coconut oil. – Gregory Sheath |
| 44. Laminated wood Xmas trees walnut, Ash, Oak, sapele and cherry Timber. finished with bees wax and coconut oil. Up to 5 different woods used laminated together, heights from 6″” to 12″” – Gregory Sheath |
| 45. Jacaranda Crepe Mrtle Juniper Large Xmas Trees 4 xmas trees 8 inch to 12 inch Jacaranda, crepe myrtle, juniper timber, finish is beeswax and coconut oil – Gregory Sheath |
| 46. Snowman Ash snowman with Ebony eyes and buttons plus a paduak nose and pipe that actually smokes with a Mahogany base. – Samuel Mcilroy |
| 47. Hollow Christmas Ornaments These two Christmas Ornaments each have a hollow ball of Maple Burl. One is dyed with black and red Aniline dye. The other one is natural. The dyed one has a Black Walnut Finial and Icicle; the Natural one has a Maple Finial and Icicle dyed Green. They are spray finished with lacquer. – Allan Cusworth |
| 48. Snowman The wood is noble fir from last year’s Christmas tree. How’s that for “paying it forward?” – D. H. Shearer |
| 49. Hot Air Balloon Hollowed hot air balloon with textured basket. 2 x 2 x 3.5 – Charles Sapp |
| 50. Adorno de ligustro y anchico. El globo es madera de ligustro o también llamado siempreverde. Feliz Navidad !!!!!!! – Jose Alberto Giordano Click here for makers video |
| 51. Beaded & Colored Icicle Ornament Fun and fast spindle turned ornament. Beads were all done by eye. Coloring was India Ink applied with a small brush while still on the lathe. Finished with rattle can lacquer. – Jake Niedling |
| 52. Ornament Kevin, Please go to www.OrnamentChallenge.com to send information about your ornament. – Kevin Carpenter |
| 53. Ribbon Hanging Christmas ornament with top and bottom finials out of box elder. Carved globe of black walnut – Paul Zerkel |
| 54. Birdhouse This turning was inspired by an East Coast woodturner, Tom Frey. An artist, Caitlyn Voight who lives nearby painted the birdhouse with an African theme. The wood is white oak. The top looks like thatching but is white oak unfinished. This was turned from a single piece of oak, painted and buffed with wax. – Fred Baudais |
| 55. Lighthouse Cape Meares Lighthouse in Tillamook, Oregon. My great-grandfather was the assistant lighthouse keeper at the turn of the century. Made of white oak, whitewashed, with black paint. 3.5 inches tall. – D. H. Shearer |
| 56. Lighthouse A CHRISTMAS LIGHTHOUSE (Well, lighthouses are still out there at Christmas time – in the winds and the storms, just as any other time) The lighthouse was made from green sycamore and the blue colours applied using spirit stains. The features include a couple of shells, some macramé webbing, three sixteenths thick white rope, slim dowels for the upper platform guard (linked with string) an entrance way and a miniature yacht with mast, striped sails and flag. – David Hughes |
| 57. Feathery Bird House Wood: FIG (Found in Garage) Maple? Hanger: Twisted Copper Wire FIW (Found in Wall) Too cold to head to store to buy some. (Wife wonders why her sewing machine has stopped working:). Base: Cherry Wood. – Geoff Sykes |
| 58. CHURCH WINDOWS – LANTERN My first attempt at Inside Out Turning. Wood: Oak. Church Windows. Lantern Top: Cherry. Base: Cherry. Finished with Wipe-On-Poly. LED candle auto on/off flickers. – Geoff Sykes |
| 59. Christmas Bell Wood: Manitoba Maple. Colour: Artist Loft Red and Green fine felt tip. Finish: Wipe-On-Poly. – Geoff Sykes |
| 60. Inside out Heart ornament This is an ornament that is called inside out because it is made in two different setups. Two identical pieces of wood are temporarily glued and the heart is turned. The wood is then split at the glue joint and each piece is rotated 180 degrees and permanently glued. The rest of the ornament is now turned including the candle holder. Several colors of acrylic are airbrushed. I think that the golden heart is very appropriate for this year, considering what the world is going through. – Alfred Schembri |
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How to submit your Christmas Ornament
- Prepare your ornament
- Prepare one still picture of your ornament. Crop and Edit as desired.
- If you require multiple views to show off your ornament, combine the pictures into one using suitable photo editing software.
- Enter information about your ornament and about you in the form at bottom of this page.
- Receive a confirmation message. This should be very quickly after you click the button.
- Upload the still picture to DropBox. Link is above the submission form.
- Receive another confirmation email from As Wood Turns. This may take a day or two.
The challenge submission window will close after November 30th
Challenge Entry
The 2020 ornament submission period will open November 1st through November 30th.
Now that you’ve read all that above, there are two parts required to enter your ornament into the Christmas Ornament Challenge.
- Upload the picture of your ornament to DropBox-Click here for a link.
- Complete this form.
Shortcode
Do both before November 30 since the entry period ends on November 30.
9th (2020) Annual Christmas Ornament Challenge Rules and Guidelines.
Ornaments
- Must be in good taste
- Reflect the spirit of Christmas and/or the Christmas season. Non-Christian ornaments are welcome.
- Any craft is welcome.
- Any media is welcome.
- Ornaments must have been made for this season. For example, if you made it years ago, please do not submit it.
- Anyone can submit ornaments; multiple ornaments may be submitted.
- We will highlight your ornament in multiple videos. Your submission is your consent.
Other Details
- Please ensure you do both the picture upload and the form. Otherwise, we cannot link you to your picture.
- Picture and personal information must be submitted on or before 11/30/2020.
- This form submission constitutes acceptance of all rules and conditions of this challenge.
- A video is not required this year. If you make a video, that’s okay but please host it on your own channel. Put the video URL in your description..
- Judges will be all viewers via comments to a combined results video to be released in early December. Final results will be published in another video a short time later. We plan to show ornaments in multiple videos during November. We’ll tabulate votes from comments entered for the combined video. Alan Stratton is the referee. Decisions are final. There are no appeals. After all, we’re having fun here.
- We’ll announce the top vote getters in a final video. No physical prizes will be awarded this year. We found that shipping costs to be excessive especially for our international participants.
- Legal details – Void where prohibited for any reason.
- This challenge is free to all participants.
- Have fun – Be SAFE – Wear your full face shield. Injury or death will disqualify an entry. 🙂
Annual Christmas Ornament Challenge
2020 ornaments
2020 ornaments (in order of submission)
| 1. InsideOut Snowman A Snowman made with Maple and using the 2-piece inside out method. – Joe Garofalo |
| 2. Santas The bodies are made of redheart, the heads of holly or cocobolo and the belts and boots of African Blackwood – Michael Stephan |
| 3. Hollow sphere ornament For the 7th consecutive year, here we are!!! Merry Xmas everybody!!! – Mauro ‘il tornitore’ Migone |
| 4. Reflecting on 2020 As we end this most difficult year I felt a little reflection was appropriate. This year I used (2) 3” beveled compact mirrors and a piece of Chechen for my ornament. It’s the season so I hand painted the snowman and the Christmas tree. Merry Christmas to all and hopes for a better/healthy 2021. – Bill Sanders |
| 5. Cherry Burl Ornament The globe for this ornament is turned and hollowed from a cherry burl. The finial and the top is African Blackwood. The finish on the globe is General Finishes Wood Bowl Finish. The finial is rubbed with Mahoney’s Walnut Oil. – Michael Grady |
| 6. Black Palm Bauble Bauble made from black palm, ebony and sycamore. – Chris Ford |
| 7. Ornament and Stand Ornament made of Baltic Birch plywood and Walnut, dyed green. Oak cap and finial. Stand is made of Oak. – Rick Madden |
| 8. Frogwood inside out ornament I made a inside out Christmas ornament, using frogwood as the material. – Paul Willmore |
| 9. Hot Air Balloon Balloon is recycled skate board material (hollowed) basket is spectraply and is attached to balloon with string. – Terry Vance |
| 10. Snowmen These snowmen are made from maple, mahogany, and sassafras. – Robin McIntyre |
| 11. Maple Tree This simple maple tree has some texture to add interest. – Robin McIntyre |
| 12. Bell ornament Sometimes simple is good! – Robin McIntyre |
| 13. Birdhouse Made from hickory, mahogany, and redheart. – Robin McIntyre |
| 14. Laminated Tree Laminated Tree – Robin McIntyre |
| 15. Aluminum Teardrop Ornament 1.5″ solid aluminum teardrop ornament turned on a wood lathe using an Easy Wood tool, standard spindle gouge and standard parting tool – Denis Casaubon |
| 16. Bird House Bird house body is myrtle, roof is cedar and finials are Brazilian rosewood. Finish is 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon |
| 17. Christmas Tree 4″ cedar tree with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon |
| 18. Hanging Ornament 2x2x7 – iridescent paint finish – wood base – Peter Lederer |
| 19. Wood Elves A bearded gnome or wood elf with a faux fur beard. – Michael T Peace |
| 20. Sea Urchin Surprise The ornament has a interior color of yellow with a dyed red Sea Urchin Shell mounted. The exterior is colored with red and faded green and has a textured red collar and a textured green collar. It will be a keepsake for my Great Granddaughter. – Sam Sampedro |
| 21. Hollow Christmas Ornament Ornament has a myrtle body with Macassar ebony finials embellished with a crystal bead. Finished with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon |
| 22. Hollow Christmas Ornament Ornament has a Brazilian rosewood body with Macassar ebony finials embellished with a crystal bead. Finished with 8 coats of wipe-on poly. – Denis Casaubon |
| 23. Many wood sea urchin ornament The skeleton af a sea urchin found on the sea floor this summer becomes a Christmas ornament for the Challenge. – Mauro ‘il tornitore’ Migone |
| 24. Insideout Combined Holy family in a inside-out turningproject – Hans Peters |
| 25. My First Christmas Ornaments The bible is spalted oak and tha finals are spalted hackberry the ornament is 7″ tall and 21/2″ wide – Terry Morgan |
| 26. Lumpy Icicle Two finials on opposite ends of a sphere. Natural (scrap) wood fnished with oil based varnish. – David Allar |
| 27. Snowman Choir These singing snowmen are made at Workbridge, a charity with a difference. These singing snowmen are made from pine and sapele with a redwood base. Set up 40 years ago to offer a vocational pathway for people with mental illness, learning disabilities or brain injuries, we provide people with opportunities to gain skills and build confidence. – Stuart Whitney |
| 28. Christmas Tree Bauble Cross drilled bauble, coloured with Hampshire Sheen Instrinsic Honey and then gloss lacquer. Finials are Ash. Smallest xmas tree I’ve ever turned. – Geoff Webb |
| 29. inside out Inside out Christmas Tree, Snowman, – Eric Brown |
| 30. Segmented Christmas Ornament This ornament is hollow and has 90 pieces total. The bulb segments are made from walnut, purplehart, and red elm. The finial and top are made from bloodwood and walnut. It is 6 1/2″ long with a diameter of 1 5/8″. The finish is shellac and wax. – Jim Nickless |
| 31. Waste not want not :0 Cut a birch tree in yard and saved several logs from the trunk. After sitting in garage for a year the bark separated from the log. Now what…. make a tree out of bark and put on cutoff from box elder log. – Tom Midtbo |
| 32. Olive Hollow Form 1 Olive and Bolivian Rosewood hollow form – Brian Mason |
| 33. Olive Hollow Form 2 Olive and Bolivian Rosewood hollow form – Brian Mason |
| 34. Sea Urchin Christmas Main body is a sea urchin dried shell, upper and lower finials are ebony. – Bruce Lewellyn |
| 35. Tis the Season Holly and bloodwood turned hollow form. Orb shell is pierced with various Christmas figures. – Bruce Lewellyn |
| 36. Acorn Birdhouse Acorn Birdhouse made from scraps for the first wood turning contest I ever entered. – Darryl Smith |
| 37. Cherry Orb Figured cherry 2 1/4″ diameter. Cherry finial. Chattering on top. Weight 14-18 grams – Wally Cook |
| 38. Red Christmas bell The bell is made from a pine cone set in red resin and is about 1 3/4 inches tall – Jim Conlon |
| 39. Angel Ornament Inspired by Nick Cook’s angels in the Vol. 19, No. 4 Journal of AAW. I shrunk down his measurements to about 3″x 2.75″. Box elder with spray lacquer. – Gordon Fowler |
| 40. Inside out ornament An inside out ornament turned from tiger wood. The cap was picked up at Rockler. Finished with polished wax. – Nathan Clinard |
| 41. All I want for Chrismas is skew. A small ornament with 6mm inlays. – Johan Larsby |
| 42. Candle Cherry base, maple candle, Osage orange flame – Wayne Iehl |
| 43. Wind Blown Off Centre Turning Merbau timber, 6″tall Offcentre turned with 5 different centres, 1 for each frond level. Finished with bees wax and coconut oil. – Gregory Sheath |
| 44. Laminated wood Xmas trees walnut, Ash, Oak, sapele and cherry Timber. finished with bees wax and coconut oil. Up to 5 different woods used laminated together, heights from 6″ to 12″ – Gregory Sheath |
| 45. Jacaranda Crepe Mrtle Juniper Large Xmas Trees 4 xmas trees 8″ to 12″ Jacaranda, crepe myrtle, juniper timber, finish is beeswax and coconut oil – Gregory Sheath |
| 46. Snowman Ash snowman with Ebony eyes and buttons plus a paduak nose and pipe that actually smokes with a Mahogany base. – Samuel Mcilroy |
| 47. Hollow Christmas Ornaments These two Christmas Ornaments each have a hollow ball of Maple Burl. One is dyed with black and red Aniline dye. The other one is natural. The dyed one has a Black Walnut Finial and Icicle; the Natural one has a Maple Finial and Icicle dyed Green. They are spray finished with lacquer. – Allan Cusworth |
| 48. Snowman The wood is noble fir from last year’s Christmas tree. How’s that for “paying it forward?” – D. H. Shearer |
| 49. Hot Air Balloon Hollowed hot air balloon with textured basket. 2 x 2 x 3.5 – Charles Sapp |
| 50. Adorno de ligustro y anchico. El globo es madera de ligustro o también llamado siempreverde. Feliz Navidad !!!!!!! – Jose Alberto Giordano |
| 51. Beaded & Colored Icicle Ornament Fun and fast spindle turned ornament. Beads were all done by eye. Coloring was India Ink applied with a small brush while still on the lathe. Finished with rattle can lacquer. – Jake Niedling |
| 52. Ornament Kevin, Please go to www.OrnamentChallenge.com to send information about your ornament. – Kevin Carpenter |
| 53. Ribbon Hanging Christmas ornament with top and bottom finials out of box elder. Carved globe of black walnut – Paul Zerkel |
| 54. Birdhouse This turning was inspired by an East Coast woodturner, Tom Frey. An artist, Caitlyn Voight who lives nearby painted the birdhouse with an African theme. The wood is white oak. The top looks like thatching but is white oak unfinished. This was turned from a single piece of oak, painted and buffed with wax. – Fred Baudais |
| 55. Lighthouse Cape Meares Lighthouse in Tillamook, Oregon. My great-grandfather was the assistant lighthouse keeper at the turn of the century. Made of white oak, whitewashed, with black paint. 3.5 inches tall. – D. H. Shearer |
| 56. Lighthouse A CHRISTMAS LIGHTHOUSE (Well, lighthouses are still out there at Christmas time – in the winds and the storms, just as any other time) The lighthouse was made from green sycamore and the blue colours applied using spirit stains. The features include a couple of shells, some macramé webbing, three sixteenths thick white rope, slim dowels for the upper platform guard (linked with string) an entrance way and a miniature yacht with mast, striped sails and flag. – David Hughes |
| 57. Feathery Bird House Wood: FIG (Found in Garage) Maple? Hanger: Twisted Copper Wire FIW (Found in Wall) Too cold to head to store to buy some. (Wife wonders why her sewing machine has stopped working:). Base: Cherry Wood. – Geoff Sykes |
| 58. CHURCH WINDOWS – LANTERN My first attempt at Inside Out Turning. Wood: Oak. Church Windows. Lantern Top: Cherry. Base: Cherry. Finished with Wipe-On-Poly. LED candle auto on/off flickers. – Geoff Sykes |
| 59. Christmas Bell Wood: Manitoba Maple. Colour: Artist Loft Red and Green fine felt tip. Finish: Wipe-On-Poly. – Geoff Sykes |
| 60. Inside out Heart ornament This is an ornament that is called inside out because it is made in two different setups. Two identical pieces of wood are temporarily glued and the heart is turned. The wood is then split at the glue joint and each piece is rotated 180 degrees and permanently glued. The rest of the ornament is now turned including the candle holder. Several colors of acrylic are airbrushed. I think that the golden heart is very appropriate for this year, considering what the world is going through. – Alfred Schembri |
| 61. Christmas Gnome This Gnome is made from walnut. Both the base and hat have been hollowed out. 9-1/2″ tall by 4-3/4″ diameter. – Martin Young |
| 62. Laurel & Hardy in Heaven Laurel and Hardy are gone but not forgotten – Jim Meizelis |
Previous Christmas Ornament Challenges
- 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge (Link)
- 2018 Christmas Ornament Challenge (Link)
- 2017 Christmas Ornament Challenge (Link)
- 2016 Christmas Ornament Challenge (Link)
- 2015 Christmas Ornament Challenge (Link)
- 2014 Christmas Ornament Challenge (Link)
- 2013 Christmas Ornament Challenge (Link)
- 2012 Christmas Ornament Challenge (Link)
What fun! Keep it up.
Will do!
Hi, this is my first time entering the challenge. I sent the video again as I have not received confirmation that it was received. thanks
Sorry I was a bit slow. But thanks for making sure you’re in.:)
Alan
How do I upload a slide show. Carl mentioned that it can be done
You would need to convert it to a video. There are multiple ways to do it depending on your system and web capabilities.
YouTube will only accept a video.
So. Another step before submitting.
Press on.
Thank you
Alan Stratton
Hi, I was just wondering what time zone you are referring to when you are considering the due date of one or before 11/30/2016.
~Thanks!
How about the last time zone that it can be 11/30?
Time is short – let’s get it done.
Alan
Just finishing up the edit work on my video now. I’m so excited for my first ever challenge submission of any kind! This was a ton of fun!
And submitted! WOOO!
Thank you – I’ll confirm shortly.
Alan
Did it work this time Allan?
The URL still had a problem but I was able to piece together a correct one.
I’ll confirm officially shortly.
Thank you
Alan
Got mine submitted. Thanks for hosting this Alan and Carl. You guys rock
Thank you for participating.
Good luck and Merry Christmas
Alan
hey i summited two videos both named 201 christmas ornament challenge gabe cappel just so you know that they are together the only difference is in the second video it shows my complete project at the end
Music on YouTube is a sensitive subject that is easy to have a problem.
Thanks for adapting.
Alan Stratton
I know my entry was past the deadline, Go ahead and add it to the playlist please even though it won’t be judged as part of the challenge. Have to try to get it done sooner next year. Take care and Merry Christmas.
Bill
Will do. Thanks for participating.
Alan
Just a big thank you for you guys hosting this contest, it is a lot of work and is appreciated taking the time to put this on, I’m sure I can speak for all, we appreciate this!!
It’s a fun time with lots of great ideas in all the ornaments.
Alan
i am just 1 day late please let me submit it i am 12 years old a would love to submit my video my channel is milo n eli i am going to post it really soon it is a levitating snow man it is awesome it would make me really upset if i could not enter it. my channel is Milo n Eli. thanks eli
We can post your video in the playlist but you will not be eligible for any prize. Give me the title, description, URL and plan to send me a still image of it.
Then mark your calendar for next year – we’ll be doing it again.
Sorry, but that’s as much slack as we’ve been allowing.
Alan Stratton
i am just 1 day late please let me submit it i am 12 years old a would love to submit my video my channel is milo n eli i am going to post it really soon it is a levitating snow man it is awesome it would make me really upset if i could not enter it. my channel is Milo n Eli. thanks
This i my first time so i do not know how to tell you the url and send a picture. but it is now on youtube. the name of it is my entry for the 2016 christmas ornament challenge | levitating snowman. my chanlle name is Milo n Eli. i was really hipped about maybe getting prize or something but as long as more people see my video and channel i will be happy. thanks
Hi Alan,
I just wanted to make sure you received my link & photo. I didn’t have any confirmation. 🙂
Have a great day!
Pat
Pat,
Yes, I have both. I haven’t confirmed yet because the challenge opens 11/1. However, it looks complete.
Thank you
Alan
Alan/Carl,
Thanks for putting this on. First video is live..
Ken
Super – Good turning & Good Luck
Alan
I submitted my video yesterday, not sure I did it corectly Alan.
It’s fine – I was out of town and a bit tardy with my computer work. 🙂
Alan
Just submitted mine, it was a lot of fun. I may do another one, or two. Thanks for putting one this great challenge!
Just completed my entry to the 2017 challenge, was a new experience. was fun getting it done.
That’s my entry submitted – I really enjoyed having a project and a deadline really helped!
Thanks for all the inspiration!
I am having issues uploading my video but will get it resolved! Thank you for your patience!
Alan,
Excited to enter my craft item this year contest. I have been a subscriber to you and Carl for quite some time. I do woodcarving. I wanted to enter a carving of snowman.
This item is made of basswood. Overall size is 2″dia x 5″ long. Painted with acrylic paint and distressed with antiquing paint. Item is turned partially on lathe and then hand carved.
Best Regards
Tom
I’ll welcome your ornament. However, the submission period begins November 1.
See you Then
Alan
Tom,
The challenge entry form is now open at http://www.AsWoodTurns.com/Challenges. Here you can provide the information and upload your ornament picture.
Thank you
Alan Stratton
Carl Jacobson has not mentioned this a single time in the past 2 weeks?? Just wondering if he is still involved.
He appears to be much more low key this year. 🙁
Alan
Hi Alan. I just want to clarify the process if I wish to enter more than one ornament. Do I upload all of the ornament pictures to Dropbox in one batch? If so, how will you know which picture is for which entry? Or do we do this one ornament at a time, with separate write-up and separate Dropbox upload? (I suspect the latter.)
The latter. However, I still have somewhat a problem telling which is which if the descriptions are similar. Perhaps you can add an extra note for my use only.
Alan
Is there a link to view this year’s submissions?
Working on the video now – should be coming up shortly.
Alan
Will there be a Christmas ornament challenge this year (2019)? If so, please send me instructions.
Thanks,
Warnie Lore
lwlore@aol.com
As in past years, the submission period will be during the month of November.
Rules will be about the same.
The page is not yet available but will be closer to November.
See you Then.
Thank you
Alan Stratton
Hi
I’m Andy I’ve been wood turning at an beginner level for about ten years on and off I find turning on the lathe therapeutic and relaxing when I saw your competition on you tube I had just turned my first two tone snowman and thought what the heck I’m going to submit this in your competition.
Kind Regards
Andy Mills
Please do. I’ll open the submission form November 1st.
Alan
Jeff is a 20-year stroke victim with the use of only his left side. He has aphasia and depends on his fellow woodturners to describe his work, “The Western MA Woodturners”
Both Jeff and his fellow woodturners are an inspiration to all others with challenges to overcome.
Alan
H- 19,23,29,37,22 -L
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48,29,36,46,52
Beautiful turnout.
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It was so hard to choose only 5 ornaments. So many of them were an inspiration to this newish turner.
Here are my picks:
2, 8, 22, 27, 44
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I’m voting for #’s 22, 47, 43, 19, 52
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2019 Christmas ornament challenge vote:
22, 23, 48, 27, 52
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OK, here are my votes. #48 #33 #23 #11 #28
This was a very difficult decision. In the future would it be possible to include the category that the ornaments have been entered in? I tried to pick from each of the groups by guessing but it’s very difficult to distinguish which category those in what I would call the “middle” groups can overlap a lot. Just my two cents.
Now, you see why judging is so difficult. 🙂
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23,22,52,46,40. What a challenge for all
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December 17, 2019
My favorites 5-9-12-18-22-52 All are incredible and represent the holiday spirit
Thank your for expressing your pics despite the deadline. 🙂
Alan
Thank you for holding this event. I received the announcement from the Cape Cod Woodturners and the Western Mass Woodturners. The word is certainly getting out there.
Thanks again,
Mike
And thank you for participating. Spread the word.
Alan
Had to submit a spell corrected entry for “Lumpy Icicle”
Sorry for the bother.
Thanks for doing this event.
Gday from sunny Oz, down under.
My first time entering the challenge, thanks for hosting this.