"tawa"

[Bruce Jones]

"TAWA"
This segmented piece is made from Padauk, Curly Maple and Red Oak. Turned, burned, carved and colored the finish size is 16" D with out the feathers; 28"-30" with the feathers. The owner can select the type of feathers to be used, these are Guinea Fowl. After coloring the finish was done in lacquer. "TAWA" is the Hopi sun god creator god.

[mike calabrese]

Excellent workmanship on a very interesting piece.
mike calabrese

[Bruce Jones]

Excellent workmanship on a very interesting piece.
mike calabrese
Thank you very much Mike very nice of you to comment.

[Frederick Skelly]

Man, you are prolific! You never run out of ideas and they are always so well executed. This is another beauty.
Fred

[John Kananis]

Hey Bruce, another awesome piece. Thanks for posting your work here so that it can be appreciated. I'm really curious on how that piece was done.

[John K Jordan]

Quite creative (as usual) and an interesting use of feathers!

[Keith Outten]

Outstanding!
What a surprise when I saw the pics, its a museum quality project.

[Lawrence Duckworth]

Great mask Bruce J, the scale is intimidating :D

...you might enjoy some of the native style masks of glass artist William Morris.... https://www.wmorris.com/selected-works/artist-selection/ ....

[Bruce Jones]

Thank you everyone for all of the very nice comments and complements.
My piece "TAWA" was selected for the cover on WOW World of Woodturners Thank you Marshall Gorrow for the cover honor.

[Lawrence Duckworth]

congratulations!!

was this the first of a series or have you done others?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Incredibly beautiful! Well done, Sir!

[Bruce Jones]

congratulations!!

was this the first of a series or have you done others? This was the first just like this but I've done other dream catcher type pieces like this one.

[Lawrence Duckworth]

Really nice! ...I like the use of feathers in your work Bruce and the Hopi theme too. looking forward to seeing more!

[Bruce Jones]

Thank you Lawrence and Ken working on a new whip now. This one will be a bit different type of piece for me as I'm going for a more modern feel / look. This is just the start of the first section of several parts. This Teak cylinder is 4 1/2" x 9 1/2" 1/8" thick wall.

[Lawrence Duckworth]

well... you've got my interest. keep us posted.

[Bruce Jones]

Outstanding!
What a surprise when I saw the pics, its a museum quality project.
Keith that is very kind of you to say, thank you so much!