Please submit photos of your work to be displayed here on the Instant Gallery page.
Each year we select a “Best of Show” winner from the Instant Gallery entries. We call this award the “Randy Farris Award”. Randy was a founding member of the Alaska Woodturners Association. We lost Randy to cancer several years ago and have since created the Randy Ferris Award to recognize outstanding turnings in his honor. A plaque hangs on the wall at Hardware Specialties in Anchorage, AK listing previous winners of this award. This year’s winning name will be added to the plaque.
Entry Requirements/limitations:
- Photo submissions are reserved for AWA members only.
- Maximum of 3 entries per club member.
- Entry must contain some elements that were turned on a wood lathe.
TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK: Please submit a picture along with a short description of your work, and we will get it posted. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT IMAGES
Entry #1 5” wide and 7” tall cherry hollow form with rust paint
Entry #3 Hollow form is another form of basket weave illusion and made from madrone burl. Bottom basket weave portion is made with a pyrography unit and a brand and colored with black India ink. Measures about 3 inches wide by 7.5 inches tall. The band of the basket is made from a strip of leather and bird feathers.
Entry #2 Owl box. The head is a perfect sphere and the lid for the box. The head can be turned in different positions to create different expressions. Made from ash and is 2.5 inches in diameter by 5 inches tall.
#4 Spalted Birch / Tree Stump
#5 Birch Live Edge
#6 Birch tree limb
#7 Wood: monkey pod, 9”x5”
#8 Wood: Sugi, natural edge “sides”, 9”x3 1/2”
#9 Milo serving plate 7 1/4”x10”x1”
#10 Platter
#11 Lamp
#12 Bowl
#13 Yarn Bowl
#14 Mesquite crotch weed pot (Ajo Arizona). 10” high, 5” wide.
#15 Red Oak, natural edge enclosed form (eastern Georgia). 5”high, 5” wide.
#16 Camphor Burl Hollowform (SE Asia). 8” high, 3-1/2” wide.
#17 10” three sided cherry pepper grinder that was turned off center, then cut on bandsaw, and reassembled w/inlay on top.
#18 walking mushrooms
#19 16” red oak basket weave illusion platter
#20 Closed form 5 & 1/2” H 9 & 1/2” Dia. Curly Maple, Padauk, Walnut
#21 Hollow form 7” H 5” Dia. 5” Finial Spalted Alaska Birch, Ebony, Black painted finial.
#22 Hollow form 8” H 6”Dia. Koa-Mango-Walnut
#23 Gooseberry leaf Bowl. This Alaska Birch bowl measures about 12" diameter and features Gooseberry bush leaves from a bush in our yard. The leaves are inset in epoxy and the finish of the bowl is food-safe.
#24 Gold Rush Birch bowl This decorative Birch bowl measures about 6" diameter and features a rim inlaid with faux gold flakes.
#25 Birchstreak bowl This Birch bowl measures about 11" diameter. As I turned it, a brown streak appeared so to avoid losing, i.e., 'turning it away", I kept it fairly shallow. As shown in the photo, a nice gathering of black cherries fit nicely in it. Thank you for the opportunity to show some of my work,
#26 Tumbling Block Platter: 11 1/2” x 11 1/2” Wenge, Satine, Maple
#27 Turned-and-carved-rim-birch-vase.-6.6-in-tall.-Painted-with-Vitrail-paints
#28 Koa platter, 11 X 8inX 2 1/2 high. Turned and carved texture
#29 12 1/2 in diameter Maple platter, turned and painted with alcohol inks
#30 Madrone burl bowl 3”x17” with carved Hopi Southwestern design on rim.
#31 Koa Hollow Form 5”x9” This partially decayed piece of Kauai Koa came from a pile of scrap wood.
#32 Hemlock Bowl. 6.5” x 3” Simple functional bowl, locally harvested wood.