a copy from a previous woodturning magazine  using pine,elm & recycled wood. castle decoration done using pyrography with spray snow to the roofs with battery powered lights

– Terry Hooper

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– Eli Polite

Oak ornament with Swarovski crystal. This is an inside out turning, made from reclaimed wood from an old oak table leaf. It has a dangling Swarovski crystal inside.

– Mauro G

Just a bell. Been turning for about 5 months and was happy with this. Thanks to all the turners that have youtube videos, you are my classroom!

– Gary Silco

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Hollow Sphere Ornament for the Challenge 2018

– Mauro Migone

Entire project made from scrap pieces of wood laying around the shop and enclosed in a 7″ Ball Jar with a lighted top. Birdhouse is mounted on a walnut pedestal rather than being hanged. The top (lid) made from red/green spectra-ply. Base is made from maple. The top of the jar is turned from Spalted Maple (worm hole remained for accent) Bird is hand painted and was done on a 3-D printer (2 step process). .

– John E Beck

This guy is one of my carvings I enjoy making. This item will be given as a gift to a family member. I made this guy out of basswood. Turned a rough round shape and the hand carved the scarf and all other details. After carving I painted with acrylic paint then sprayed with satin clear coat. Brushed on Folkart antiquing medium #2935 Nutmeg. Then finally wiped off excess off with clean rag.

– Thomas C Pritchard

Open diamond shaped segment turning with light. Hard maple, cherry and Birdseye maple finials.

– Mitch Mattis

This is a sea urchin ornament with a cherry finial and icicle. The icicle has been spiral carved using a Master Carver high speed grinder with various bits ranging in size from a quarter inch to one sixteenth. Careful hand sanding was done before applying Min-Wax tongue oil finish. The eye hook and hanger are hand made also.

– Jim Beckwith

These layered oraments where cut on the scroll saw and then hand painted.

– Derek Oliver

This is my homage to Carl Jacobson’s Santa Claus from 2016 – “How to Make a Santa Claus/Woodturning Project 12/24/2016 Ornament is made of bigleaf maple, osage orange, holly, chalk paint and dye.

– Mark Choitz

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Inside out ornament with a little Christmas tree inside.

– Mauro Migone

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This Christmas candy dish is made out of 3 layers of 1/8 inch plywood glued together. After that I turned it on the lathe and did a finish on it, so in all the beautiful candy dish.

– Sebastian Montagano

Plate – Maple 8.5 inches
Tree – turned and carved maple – air brush painted Snow on tree & plate – Diamond Dust
Dad – top hat, Mom – babushka, Girl – beanie, Boy baseball cap
People 3.5 – 4 inch Resin with Diamond dust embedded

– John Dekle

This ornament is made from scraps left over from the bowl in the corner of the picture. It is made of walnut and maple. Like a candy cane, the stripes represent the Holy Trinity.

– Martin Young

This ornament is made from scraps left over from the bowl in the corner of the picture. It is made of walnut and maple. I like the chevron pattern on the front of the tree.

– Martin Young

This ornament is made from scraps left over from the bowl in the corner of the picture. The wood is walnut and maple.

– Martin Young

Ornament is maple that has been hollowed and painted red and then metal reactive paint applied, finial is holley. This is my homage to Alan Stratton’s How to Turn Perfect Hollow Sphere – No Jig episode As Wood Turns Published on Sep 28, 2018 – YouTube www.AsWoodTurns.com

– Mark Choitz

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I have made a Christmas bowl – and not just a Christmas bowl, but an OFF-CENTER Christmas bowl. And not just an off-center Christmas bowl, but one with Christmas trees! What more could you ask of a holiday woodturning? (yeah, well, you could ask for it to dispense $20 bills, but I couldn’t figure out how to do that, at least not without running afoul of the Treasury department). (PS: you could also call the Christmas trees just “fir trees” and turn this into an all-year-round bowl.)

– Rick Morris

Eight inches tall, 3.5 inches in diameter at widest point. “People” are about 3/4 inches tall. Wise men are of exotic woods; Joseph (the strong one) is always made of Oak; Mary and the Christ child are made of holly (almost Holy!); shepherds are common woods such as walnut, juniper, apricot, etc. Star is yellow heart, dome is box elder, base is box elder burl, and bottom finial is Bocote.

– Grant Christiansen

Rings of various woods

– Alan Stratton

Various woods

– Alan Stratton

Persimmon Wood with walnut accents

– Alan Stratton

Maple cube, drilled from all 6 sides with Forstner bit. Bell hanging inside. Easy to make many of these in a short time.

– Walter Turchyn

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Making a cryptext with a scroll saw. Layered rings of pallet wood creating a Christmas tree ornament and a riddle with a hidden space for festive treats.

– Vix Johnston

A fabulous set of advent houses made of PLY with veneer walls, strings of lights, snow and pyrography details. No video, apologies.

– Vix Johnston

Scroll Saw Snowflakes

– Derek Oliver

Made for Ohio state fan. Made of ebony, holly, redheart and marble wood. Finial made with wenge, buckeye burl, and a buckeye.

– Seth Miller

The snowman was cast from Alumilite with white pearl. Then the snowman was placed in a mold (2″ PVC) and clear Liquid Diamonds was poured over it to encase it. After demolding, red and green Spectraply was glued on both ends with 5 minute epoxy. After turning, I sanded to 600 grit, then used Yorkshire Grit. I micro meshed the resin part to 12,000 grit. I used Hampshire Sheen Gloss on the Spectraply parts. This was my first ornament and it was a lot of fun making it. Thanks to Alan and Carl for putting this challenge on. Merry Christmas and happy turning!

– Keith Davis

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This ornament is made from Cherry Burl and Purple Heart.

– Ken Moon

Nativity scene ornaments using split turning procedure.

– Bert Delisle

This was part of an experiment, to see how far I could take hollow form ornaments this season. The other objective was to practice turning finials and hollowing. I tried everything from glitter inlays to segmenting and color, In this case, I took all the leftover pencil pieces from other projects and cast them in resin to form my turning blank, I then set about shaping and hollowing the globe. I figured that I would have to do something interesting with the finial so I dyed a curly maple finial blue. Enjoy!

– Darryl Jones

The sleigh and reindeer were made from re-purposed birch. The base is new birch with a Walnut inlay.

– Don Foster

The bird house was made from Maple and Walnut

– Don Foster

The bell was made from Maple and Walnut.

– Don Foster

This ornament was made from Maple and Walnut.

– Don Foster

Bobble is made of sycamore and both the top and bottom finials are made from certified Bethlehem olive wood. The bobble is about 2″ across it is died with water based dies with gold and blue gilding to simulate the colors seen in a flame. My finials are fairly short as this wood only comes in 6 inch pieces. In my mind I follow the foot steps of a droplet of water from the very top to the very tip and they turn out like I imagine them. Overall length of this ornament is 8 inches.

– Rod Jewell

Blank made from maple and walnut, glued in a 2×2 checkerboard. Drilled “mouth” with 13/16″ drill, then turn outside shape and mouth of bell. Part off. Then mount onto jam check with 13/16″ spigot and turn top of bell shape. Easy project for a beginner.

– Walter Turchyn

Blank glue-up of maple and walnut. First, turn the ball shape, and drill small hole in bottom. For horizontal stripes, turned a very shallow groove, then burned with wire. Turn icicle from walnut strip and glue into hole. Easy project for a beginner.

– Walter Turchyn

Blank made from two layers of 3/4″ cherry. Simple elongated egg shape, with horizontal stripe accents, created by burning with wire. Very easy project for a beginner.

– Walter Turchyn

Blanks made from glued-up maple scraps. Blank mounted in screw chuck, with end supported by rotating centre. Turn tree shape with top of tree towards tailstock. Make tree trunk about 1/2″ diameter, so it can stand upright on a table or shelf. Horizontal stripes created by burning with wire. Easy project for beginners, and quick to do.

– Walter Turchyn

This is a box in the form of a bee hive that can be hung on the tree or worn as a pendant. The bottom screws off, and in this case contains a “Bit o’ Honey’

– Walter Wager

Made from Honey Locust, Maple, walnut, Mink Fur. I made this in a class at Craft Supply taught by Paul Anderson.

– Larry Lemon

Laser cutting in cherry for outer part. Turned oak for the inner.

– Darryl Adams

Bird captured in a toothpick and walnut cage with bloodwood and cherry finials.

– Joseph Hupka

Bird captured in a toothpick and walnut cage. Yellow heart and purple heart finials.

– Joseph Hupka

Walnut Burl Hollow Globe Ornament with maple finial and cap.

– Michael T Peace

All of the pieces were made on my lathe, all were hollowed out (except the wings)…. The Angel is both a stand alone decoration as well as a “Tree Topper”.  I’ve only been turning for about a year and a half.   Thanks for all you do for us Learners

– Joe Chase

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Left over segment from a feature ring. Purple heart and hard maple.

– Mitch Mattis

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In this video I make Christmas Ornaments for the 2018 Christmas Ornament Challenge. They are Snowmen made from a large piece of Ash and Walnut wood. I add a carrot nose and it is a fun little wood turning project.

– Ian Parish

This is my first attempt at a hollow-form. It is turned from Spanish Cedar and White Ash. It is a three piece turning, 6-1/2″ overall height, a 4-1/4″ diameter globe with a 3/16″ wall thickness, and is finished with spray lacquer.

– Gene Dellinger

On my second time handling a lathe, this is my first craft. It is my version of “The Three Wise Men”, one of the most important Puertorican traditions.

– Pedro Trinidad

This is a hand wood turned Christmas tree ornament I turned from a piece of wood I found when we go hiking in the woods.

– Sebastian Montagano

Scroll Saw Stars

– Derek Oliver

Monogrammed Christmas Ornament

– Derek Oliver

Our club had an ornament turning night. Here are 5 of the results, Turners are: John Knorr, Brett Fullerton, Jim Forbes, Jeff Grantham, and Tom Kovalcik

– Tom Kovalcik