Teamwork....

[Brian Brown]

Tam just posted part of our Christmas production line....here are the ones that we did together. The birdhouses are madrone and either spalted box elder or maple.
The other lightbulb ornaments are maple that has been dyed. The hardest part about these was the duplicating and I never want to make another one again. We made over 40 bulbs to make up the ornament trio.
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[John Keeton]

Brian, you guys are doing some very nice work!! Love the madrone/box elder combos!

[Greg Just]

Love the bird houses and bulbs, but my tree takes at least a couple hundred! Keep on turning!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Great looking results from your teamwork Brian!

[Roger Chandler]

Good stuff, you two!

[David E Keller]

Nicely done! Love the finish on that madrone! It seems much darker and richer than the madrone I've seen... The stuff I've gotten has been pale and pink.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow Brian now that is teamwork and some very nice pieces.

[Kathy Marshall]

Really nice job on everything! I like how you varied the sizes on you bulbs.

[John W Dixon]

Great looking stuff. What did you use to color the bulbs?

[Brian Effinger]

Great ornaments you two. The house with the natural hole is cool.

[Jim Burr]

Another cool team! You guys rock!!!

[Steve Schlumpf]

You both did good! Hopefully you will share some of your work more often!!

[Brian Brown]

John,

The red and yellow dyes were artisan dyes from CSUSA. The green was just food coloring, water, and a few drops of vinegar, just like you would do for an easter egg. I only had red green and yellow Artisan dyes, and didn't like the blue made by mixing the dyes so I did the food coloring mix. Worked fine, but with the acid from the vinegar, I don't know how it will do over time. I suppose the vinegar wasn't really necessary, but I did it because I was in a hurry. I also don't know how the food coloring will fare when exposed to light for an extended period of time. It may fade.

[Tamara Brown]

You both did good! Hopefully you will share some of your work more often!!

Thanks Steve, now that the holidays are over and Brian has his 3 lathes, maybe we will actually get some turning done. Our problem is finding time to shoot the pictures...he says it's my job, I say it's his...time to bring out rock, paper, scissors!! :)