2017 Christmas Ornament Challenge

–Alan Stratton
–Carl Jacobson

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Holly leaves in a chestnut frame.

– Mauro Migone

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I made this ornament in my 2X3 closet shop. It’s hard to produce good videos in a small space like that.

– Patrick Laperrière ( Pat Lap )

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Body is Ash Juniper, wings are scroll sawn Red Oak with feathers detailed using pyrography and the clangor is Mesquite. 3 1/2″ wide at wings, 5″ tall.

– Billy Burt

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A gnarly Christmas ornament display stand.

– Steve Krumanaker

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A many wood Christmas ornament: jew, maple, wengè, beech (the nose) and chestnut (the arms).

– Mauro Migone

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I made a Christmas Plate from oak wood. It ‘s a present for my uncle’s birthday. I saved the wood from burning in the oven, I got it from a tree pruner.

– Thijs Gijbels

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Shows how to use a Merlin 2 minigrinder to cut the bines, and then to hollow the sphere. Shows shaping the bines and sanding.  Shows turning the top and bottom finial.

– Walt Wager

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This is a simple and quick project. In all it took me about 33 mins from start to finish to make this.The body is made from silver maple while the halo and wings were from a piece of Brazilian Cherry.

– Ken Moon

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I made a segmented cookie jar, take off the lid and my Nativity Scene can be inserted where the lid goes, cradle revolves in circle while playing Silent Night.

– Tom Ackley

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My first Ornament ever. It is made out of Apple and Oak and the top finial is in (kind of) Christmas tree shape.

– Christian Kuebler

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I wanted to use a long spiral seashell as the “Icicle” on a Christmas Ornament, and it became more of a challenge than I thought it would 🙂

– Mike Waldt

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The daughter of the Abominable Snowman, Abbey Bominable, get’s a new dress made from old books.

– Perior Prenella von Windt

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Watch as I figure out how to make a Christmas Ornament like my heroes, Carl and Alan.

– Joe Pierce

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My entry for the 2017 Christmas Ornament Challenge on YouTube. This has combined a few of my skills such as woodworking, woodturning, carving and electronics. It’s taken me a few months to complete and thought I would have a stab at entering the 2017 Christmas Ornament Challenge. I had over 140 photos I could have put into the video bu ended up only putting in a couple just to get the point across.

– Grace Silverwood

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How to turn an eccentric tree with Vee cuts on different sides and an angel tree topper. Colored with green dye.

– Mike Peace

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These decorations are made with hackberry wood and dyed after turning. I made these for the ornament challenge 2017.

– OJ Stevens

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Detailed inlay.  The man body is a hollowed our solid piece of wenge with 4 segmented medallions inlayed into it

– Eli Polite

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I was too late for last years challenge, when I made this.  The snowman, and tree are made from a broken ash tent stake I got at work. The hat is from walnut, and the nose is padauk. I burned the buttons, and face with my soldering iron.  The base is lightly figured maple.

– Matt Pride

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I’ve been thinking of turning one of these for a while … so I finally did 🙂

– Mike Waldt

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I cut the pen blank into three and glued them together side to side to make a square. This was sandwiched  between yew to make the main body. The appendages were turned in Zebrawood. The turned sections were finished with Yorkshire grit and Hampshire Sheen before being assembled. P7

– Raymond Williams

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Tiny Birdhouses.  The perfect gift for the tiny bird in your life.  Or just to hang on a Christmas tree.

– Joe Pierce

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It started 19 yrs ago when seeing a ornament in a gift shop. I thought “I could make that”
Now I make 150 each year for family & friends with the help of grandchildren.

– Tom Midtbo

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Here is my entry for 2017 Christmas ornament challenge, it’s a oak and mystery wood ornament and has a CA finish.

– Jesse Barremore

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Splenderific wooden (but not turned) ornament designed for beginners and holiday enthusiasts everywhere. The laser cutter file is in the description to the video.

– Xyla Foxlin

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This is a video showing how I turned a lighted inside out Christmas ornament.

– Mark Jensen

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I’ve extended my inside out turning to include an open end to this challenge turning style.

– Alan Stratton

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My method for turning Christmas tree ornaments.

– Billy Burt

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I like the old timey ornaments and this is my attempt to copy one that belonged to my grandmother.

– Terry Vance

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The video is on how to make a hollow Christmas ornament with a finial.

– Brent Arnold

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Does a Christmas tree live inside every log? Is that Christmas decoration just struggling to get out?

– Rick Morris

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I use Maple for the main part of the snowman and use Ash for the hat.

– Jeremiah Sears

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For the ornament I hand turned a Banksia Pod with Black American Walnut Finial and top, I finished the piece if hand carved Limewood Reindeer antlers that surround the Banksia Pod sphere. I sanded the ornament to 320 grit then finished with Danish Oil.

– Sean Evelegh

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This is the snowman Christmas decoration that I am entering in the 2017 Christmas Ornament Challenge. I wanted a very simple design, because I needed to make over a dozen of these for family and friends. This design is based on a video from The Sonoran Woodshop. For the body, I used maple that I salvaged from an old tabletop. The hat is made from walnut. For the eyes, nose, and buttons I used a package of black and white brads, which I found at the Michaels craft store. The brass hanger loop is from Canadian Tire.
Based on the entries I’ve seen for previous years, I certainly don’t expect my snowmen to impress anyone, but they were a lot of fun to make, and my friends and relatives enjoy receiving them.

– Walter Turchyn

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A Christmas palette of colored pencils segmented together with Green Poplar, Maple and Padauk in order to capture the holiday colors and spirit.

– Michael Masters

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My 2017 Christmas Ornament Challenge is made from REAL Skateboard, a skateboard bearing, Walnut and Ebony. It is an Inside-out, inside of an Inside-out. The inside inside out spins on a skateboard bearing. Merry Christmas everyone. Don’t forget the reason for the season. The Birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

– Jeremy Edwards

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Birdhouse ornament made of Walnut Sycamore and Maple finial, someone forgot to unpause the camera so did not get assembly video.

– Jesse Barremore

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13″ tall Mahogany Christmas Tree with lights.

– Jon Ellwood

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I made this Christmas scenery DIY lamp out of spruce, pine and warm LED strip. This project combines classical woodworking techniques, woodturning and even CNC carving.

– Dimitris Klonos

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A three species, three dimensional, knock-down construction, hanging star/cross made without power tools or glue

– Mitch Peacock

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Made from Redheart and Holly with a copper wire eyelet.

– Jason Clark

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– Derek Oliver

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For this project, I decided to do something different. Instead of a hollow globe with finials, I decided to substitute a disk for the globe and place decorative elements on the sides. The Infinite Axis Chuck is perfect for turning the decorative elements.

– Alan Stratton

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This is my entry to Christmas Ornament Challenge 2017 !
i try to make something easy to anyone and very usefull ! i hope you like it !!!
Happy Holidays !!

– Kostas Annikas Deftereos

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Ash sphere with pearly stripes and an inner glow.

– Martin Young

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My first attempt at an inside out turning. The ornament was turned out of Maple, It was dyed then airbrushed and finally clear coated. The Dreidel is suspended inside.
Turning & finishing took me several weeks to finish it, and almost 50 gigs of video. Editing took 2 days.
Thanks to my daughters, Alyssa & Kimberly for hand painting the letters on the Dreidel.
Thanks to Alan & Carl for the challenge and all the sponsors for supporting it.

– Jeff Fields

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The gift of self defense is my inspiration this year.  Turned of hard wood these attractive ornaments can later be carried as a very handy but innocuous key chain.

– Paul St George

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This is my entry to Carl Jacobson and Alan Stratton’s 2017 Christmas ornament challenge. This project (and video) were inspired by the work of Malcolm Tibbetts. A double helix mobius ring of English Oak, and a finial and ring of Palmera.

– Yuval Lahav

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This is ornament #2.  I was working on both my ornaments at the same time.  But I did not document the first ornament as well as the second. There are a total of 3 videos that go along with this particular ornament. if you feel like watching them all.  The turning aspect of this ornament was actually the shortest part of the process. it took about 16 hours to construct the blank and about 2 hours to turn it

– Eli Polite

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I tried a more classic look for this year’s ornament, and I already am eager to get out there and try making another one. That’s what I love about working at the lathe, I always feel like I can learn from my mistakes and do better the next time. Happy Holidays!

– Eli Bond

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A 5 inch colored tea light holder made from beech. Finished with Chestnut Spirit Stains, gilt wax, and microcrystalline wax – after going down a blind alley with centrifugal paint effects that looked horrible!
– Stewart Furini

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This is my entry to the Christmas Ornament Challenge 2017 hosted by Alan Stratton and Carl Jacobson. A Carol Singing trio of Angels led by a Snowman Conductor

– The Wood Yogi

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An alder spindle with some copper.

– Trevor McClung

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Holy family lidded boxes made from olive wood and beli.  I know there is more than one piece here but the Holy Family is one to me.

– Jaremy James

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See how I made a Christmas ornament for the 2017 Christmas Ornament Challenge set up by As Wood Turns. Find more of my work at www.gnarledoakart.com.

– Jonathan Sutton

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In this video I created a 70 plus piece Christmas ornament with bubinga, zircote, walnut, purple heart, and a mystery wood. I used lamination techniques to create the patterns throughout the main body.

– Dylan Pepper

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Nothing says “Christmas” like an artificial Christmas tree!

– Rick Morris

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Ornament is made with oak, walnut and part from an old ornament.  1st video completed.

– David Hotchkiss

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This is my first video so I do apologise in advance. I used a small piece of box elder for the globe of the ornament and a very old piece of what I can best identify as leadwood that I found in a milk crate filled with old lathe tools for the finial and the scroll pieces along the bottom connecting the globe to the finial.

– Josh Redmond

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My video is from stills taken while working on the project.  Its my first video.  I’m not sure how to edit it further.

– Deanna Morris

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It includes a pair of white LEDs in the Lamps, a colour changing LED in the Tree and two strings of lights around the tree – all powered from USB.

– Robert Steen

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I turned a tree out of Bass Wood that has a color changing LED inside of it

– Daniel Soboti

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Sebastian shows you how to make a wonderful Snowman for your Christmas tree

– Sebastian Montagano

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Elizabeth Day turns an angel from some spalted maple.  The wings were cut with a scroll saw from veneer made from the same spalted maple log.

– Elizabeth Day

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In this video I use Jatoba, Beech, Cocobolo, and Wenge veneer to turn a segmented Christmas Ornament.

– Anthony Strazhnikov

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The ornament is made up of maple, paduak, purpleheart, black walnut and bubinga strips that are laminated and layered. There are also two thin layers of yellow pine in the layers to give it some extra size. The cap and finial are made from purple heart. It is finished in wipe on polyurethane and spray lacquer.

– Jason Mickley

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Laminating paper, wood and salt dough to make re-usable Christmas cracker ornaments.
– Vix Johnston

Merry Christmas!
– Derek Oliver

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I turned this snowman out of a piece of Holly I trimmed off of one of my Holly trees. The “coal” for the face and buttons are black stones. The “carrot’ nose and the top hat are turned out of babinga.
– Daniel Soboti

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This was truly a Challenge, I went through 4 or 5 fails , from it flying off the lathe, to the finial breaking, to the top Chipping, but all in all, i was able to push through and piece it together. It is made of Walnut.

– Sterling Davis

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LED lighted wooden Christmas tree with “glow in the dark” pigmented epoxy Christmas balls

– Sascha

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My first try at inside out turning. The orb is poplar, the tree and finial are black walnut and the star is hematite. This was a ton of fun! Happy Holidays everyone!

– Chris Knight

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This year I once again combined Wood Turning and resin Casting and Sea Shells into an Ornament. I learned a lot and had a ton of fun, let’s just say maybe next year I will have a shot at the big leagues.
But seriously Thanks for putting on the Challenge.  I love doing this stuff and sharing what I learn and the fun stuff I make.

– Ian Parish

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This is a rustic birdhouse with the main part turned from a cherry branch, the top turned from Red Gum Eucalyptus and the finial turned from purple heart.

– Daniel Soboti

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A Christmas tree shaped tealight holder made of walnut and turned by my daughter as her first project on the lathe.

– Dominic Bender

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I’ve gone with something completely different this year – and created my take on a snowy Christmas scene, lit by LEDs. To make it, I first designed and painted a snowy scene on canvas using acrylic paints. I then added a wooden back with a battery powered LED strip inside to illuminate the painting.

– Stuart Elks

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It is made from Pink Ivory and the remains of a collaboration between Pat Lap and Peter Brown where Pat Lap made a pen using his beard hair cast in Epoxy Resin

– Jamie Page

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A bell ornament turned from flame box elder.

– Aaron Day

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This year I decided to mix some wood, 3d printing and resin casting for my ornament. It is a 3D printed glow in the dark snowflake mounted to a piece of walnut and cast in resin. I turned the ornament on the lathe and parted it the disc off.

– Zac Higgins

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A couple of setbacks on this years ornament, but I was able to get it done after fixing the lathe and scoping back a couple times.
I made a Christmas tree Christmas tree ornament.
Thanks for hosting the challenge.

– Todd Richardson

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My ornament is made from pecan and ebony. My main focus was turning an elegant finial. This one was much better than last year’s. Overall, I am very happy with how it turned out and had a great time participating in the challenge again this year.

– Ethan McCrary

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I’ve never turned an ornament, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!  Okay, only the first part of that is true.  I’ve never turned an ornament (until now).  I did watch one demonstration and decided to give it a try.  I had a lot of fun with this project and I sure did learn a lot!  I turned this see through ornament with a tree in the middle just to see if I could!

– Robert Dedinsky