Project 8 of 52

"Lit Flowers"

As project 52 rolls on I find myself getting inspiration for my pieces in sometimes the weirdest ways. This week I have been in the shop working on kitchen cabinets and wanted to do something not square and a box.


I first started this project making what I thought was going to be small bowls for different kinds of dips for parties. I started with the bigger one pictured on the right and while I was hollowing it I had to leave the shop to go to a client's house and when I came back it was on my lathe like it is pictured and this projects idea just hit me. It looked like a flower's bloom and I thought maybe I could make small flower candle holders.

I made the two smaller cups after, and started thinking about a base. I wanted to use the same piece of wood I started with. Everything is made out of one piece of 2 inch thick Alder that was 12 inches wide and 8 inches tall. I drew the flower design on the wood and cut the pattern with a combination of my band saw and scroll saw for the tight areas.

After cutting the pattern I then proceeded to physically hand sand and chisel every single part of the base to round the corners and soften the edges to make it look like something more from nature.








The finished piece with the cups glued in will hold a 3 inch pillar candle in the center and two small votive ones on the outside.

The final size is 12 inches wide and 5 inches tall without the candles. Some people have been asking about some of the pieces size wise, so I included a perspective shot with a soda can. Oh and by the way Diet Dr Pepper does not taste like real Dr Pepper. Just FYI.




This Project has been given as a gift for Mother's Day, but will be seen in the gallery at the end of the 52 weeks, just not for sale.