Breezy Hill Turning

Turned Wood Art by Michael Foster

<p style="text-align:center;">English Oak Platter<br />English Brown Oak, Tung oil<br />18” D x 1.5” H</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">English Brown Oak Platter <br />detail</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Is it Hot in Here?<br />Turned and carved tongue in cheek work<br />Birch Burl, bleach, lacquer<br />6”H x 7” D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Black Cherry<br />Black cherry leaves carved in black cherry</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Black Cherry<br /><span style="font:12px 'Lucida Grande', LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; ">Black Cherry, 7” D x 5" H, Bush oil<br /></span></p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Black Cherry<br />Bottom view</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Textured Maple Bowl<br />6” x 6” x 2”<br />Maple, Acrylics, Tung oil</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Eddies<br />Inspiration came from whirlpools, however “Starry Night” may been a subliminal driver.</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Eddies<br />Cherry, acrylics, india ink, 6.25”H x 4.5”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Cracked Earth<br />The title tells all. First piece using the dry brush painting technique.</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Cracked Earth<br />Cherry, Acrylics, India ink, 4”H x 4.5”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Beaded Vessel<br />Sugar Maple Burl, Waterlox, 6.5”H x 5.5”W</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Sweet Maple<br />Juried into the “Maple Medley” exhibit for the 2011 AAW symposium. Inspired by the maple syrup industry here in VT.</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Sweet Maple<br />Sugar Maple and Red Maple, Acrylics, bleach, lacquer, 27”H x 17”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Midnight Vortex<br />Desert Ironwood, Waterlox,, 4.5”H x 8”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Squeezed<br />Split leaf Maple, Acrylics, Waterlox, 9.5”H x 7.5”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Squeeze<br />Split leaf maple, bleach, acrylics, lacquer, 8.5”H x 6”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Iris<br />Coolibah Burl, Tung oil, 2.75”H x 4.5”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Fungiform<br />Cherry Burl, 5”H x 3.5”W</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Spring Breeze<br />Maple, acrylics, 7”H x 6.5”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Relic<br />Part of the AAW “Rounding the Four Corners” exhibit in 2008<br />Maple, Lithographic ink, Fixatiff, 5.5”H x 6”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Eternal Flame<br />Ash, aniline dyes, Waterlox, 9”H x 5.5”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Spiral Galaxy<br />Red maple, lithographic ink, lacquer, 9.5”H x 7”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Curly Ash Vase<br />Curly Ash, Waterlox, 9”H x 5.5”D</p>

<p style="text-align:center;">Ganyadeh<br />Inspired by Native American creation myths<br />Desert Ironwood turtle, Globe is bleached maple burl with acrylics and lacquer</p>

This page shows some of the work I have done over the years. It is a real mixed bag of work that has inspiration from many sources. I find that if I get an idea for a piece of work, it takes hold of me and I just can’t let it go until I make it real. Some of these ideas will brew for a while, but eventually I will attempt to recreate the idea in wood. Sometimes I have to experiment with a new technique in order to complete the piece. Part of the fun for me is figuring out how to overcome some of the obstacles.

Various Art

This page shows some of the work I have done over the years. It is a real mixed bag of work that has inspiration from many sources. I find that if I get an idea for a piece of work, it takes hold of me and I just can’t let it go until I make it real. Some of these ideas will brew for a while, but eventually I will attempt to recreate the idea in wood. Sometimes I have to experiment with a new technique in order to complete the piece. Part of the fun for me is figuring out how to overcome some of the obstacles.