The American Association of Woodturners symposium is this month, June 22 to 26, 2022, in Chattanooga, TN. I just finished this piece for the instant gallery. It's the second of my series, which debuted in the Elements exhibit at last year's virtual symposium.

I like the combination of wood and glass in this series, and I like the color combination. I'm using inks for the coloring process - an excuse to buy more ink for my fountain pens, right?

The size is about 6 X 5.5 inches. This was turned from camphor burl and then carved. Each of the 84 pieces of glass were fitted and attached with epoxy. I made the florets from sculpted glass in the hot shop.

My inspiration for the design motif comes from a parasitic plant found in the deserts of the American southwest, Pilostyles. Here's a collection of images on Google: Pilostyles