"Using antique machines and tools that date back to the early 1800s, Salesin applies age-old techniques to create exquisitely detailed wood objects. The result is fine contemporary craft that is original, engaging and beautiful."
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Good Vibes Box
Wiggly, wavy, wonderful! This contemporary box design is a tactile treasure, and candy for the eyes. The reciprocated exterior patterns radiate energy and the flowing inner design provides the focal point or center of force – a kind of chakra. Together they combine to create good vibes all around!
Made from a solid piece of African Blackwood.
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Exotic Wood Pen Set
Ballpoint pens made from exotic hardwoods with individually hand-crafted spiral barrel turned on an ornamental lathe.
Woods pictured above are African pink ivorywood, African blackwood, European boxwood, Brazilian tulipwood, and Argentine brown ebony. Features satin nickel plated hardware and uses standard refills.
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Planet Box Collaboration
The Planet Box Series is the result of a collaboration with renowned turner Mike Shuler. The design features an outer ring made from hundreds of individual segments carefully crafted to yield an amazing pattern. Two threaded half-spheres, when opened, reveal a dazzling interior. Together they form a planetary box that is out of this world!
The Planet Box (as pictured above) is made of African blackwood and pink ivorywood along with hundreds of segments of gabon ebony and Brazilian tulipwood.
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Adornments
The Adornments offer unique and sophisticated fashion created from exotic woods, precious metals and gemstones. These one-of-a-kind pieces are completely crafted by hand and detailed with the centuries-old technique of guilloché engraving. Wearable art made for generations of enjoyment!
The Wave Bracelet (as pictured above) was selected for 500 Bracelets, a collection of extraordinary bracelet designs published by Lark Books.
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Sphere Box
The Sphere Box, fashioned from African Blackwood, features hand-cut threads and inset gemstone. When closed, the exterior forms a perfect sphere.
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Mandala Cup Series
The Mandala Cup Series reflects a fascination with pattern and light. The elegant simplicity of the cup form serves as a container for intricate, three-dimensional patterns that begin at the rim and draw inward to the center resembling the circular designs of a mandala. In the Buddhist tradition, the mandala is seen as a symbol of the universe and used as a tool for meditation. Carl Jung viewed the mandala as a vessel into which we project our psyche. Fashioned from African blackwood, the organic spiral and floret patterns are achieved using an antique hand-powered rose engine lathe. There are currently sixteen different designs in the Mandala Cup Series.
A matched set of five Mandala Cup designs (as pictured above) was acquisitioned for the permanent collection of the Wood Turning Center.
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Lighthouse Boxes
Produced entirely on a one-hundred seventy-two year old ornamental lathe, the Lighthouse Box Series explores finely cut surface ornamentation and pierced-through architectural fretwork in the form of a lighthouse. Fashioned from African blackwood and accented with the natural glow of European boxwood, each of these spectacular designs features three or four secret threaded containers. They are exceptional hand-crafted pieces that offer the perfect presentation box for once-in-a-lifetime occasions and will be cherished for generations. A beacon to behold!
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Elliptical Box
A tribute to designers of an earlier era, the Elliptical Box Series explores classy surface ornamentation on the backdrop of a beautiful shape. Turned from a solid piece of African blackwood, these intimate boxes are fashioned using a one-hundred seventy year old ornamental lathe with a special apparatus to produce and equally divide a perfect ellipse. A stunning and demanding design, the Elliptical Box is a wonder to behold!
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Pattern Bowls
The Pattern Bowls combine detailed ornamental turning with the natural colors of exotic hardwoods from around the world. The resulting vessels are larger than the Mandala Cup Series (as large as 10" diameter) and radiate expanded designs that interplay with subtle variations of the wood grain.
A Pattern Bowls photo was selected for the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County's 2006 calendar.
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Nut & Seed Miniatures
Ranging from 1/4" to 2" height, these carefully hollow-turned miniatures are made from seed pods and palm nuts from around the world. Not recommended for eating!
Palm nuts pictured above include: betel, alexander, rafia, jessenia, kalamantan, australian black, bismark, and more.
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Pierced Box Set
The Pierced Box Set features matching interior and exterior carved patterns using an antique ornamental lathe. Fashioned from African blackwood and other rare and exotic hardwoods, these ornamental boxes display delicate and demanding craftsmanship, including a screw-top lid with hand-cut threads and inset gemstone.
The Pierced Box Set (as pictured above) was recently selected for Best of California, part of a series of spectacular hard cover books highlighting American artisans.
