
What do you get when you combine two-hyper
creative miniaturists, one VERY patient and talented
husband, dozens upon dozens of miniature wood turnings,
hundreds of tiny LED lightbulbs and 10 days???
Read on to find out!!!
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It all started with an article in the Miniature
Collector showing a fabulous pottery shop that
another miniaturist had made. What intrigued me
the most was that she had somehow managed to light
all of the various cubby holes in her shelving
displays.
I sent the photo to my friend Moonyeen, who said,
wouldn't a shop be great for my turnings collection??
OF course she meant HER turnings collection..
I had never purchased a turning in my life......
Yes, great idea, I mumbled, a bit green with envy....
Less than two weeks later, a fabulous COLLECTION
of simply beautiful turnings came up for sale
on Ebay, with a wonderful buy it now price. After
a quick yell to my husband that "I'm spending
Money here". I hit the buy button.
I had not idea until the package arrived just
how wonderful the turnings were. They were all
by name artists, and all had their documentation.
It was a fabulous "quick start" to an
instant collection.
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My next phone call to Moonyeen was an invitation
for her to come and stay for a couple of weeks
so we could build our turnings shops together.
We juggled schedules and she was able to come
and stay. By the time she arrived, dozens of emails
had gone back and forth with the "Bones"
of the project. She would use dollhouse LED lights
in her shop. I would take the less expensive route
and use LED lights from a model railroad source.
Her turnings shop was to be very upscale, sophisticated
and big city.
Mine was to be something more woodsy, like you
would find in Carmel or Big Sur. If you are not
in California, you probably don't have a clue
what I'm talking about. Suffice to say lovely
forested coastline communities with lovely shops
and galleries... all with a natural feel.
One element we both agreed on was an elaborate
laser cut, and inlaid border for the floor. We
choose a pattern with a leaf look to it, and patiently
sanded stained and placed each piece before laying
the field strips of cherry hardwood.
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The shelves were to be made from wood, and
each section was to have an inset LED light.
The front face of the shelves was painted with
a really wonderful special effects paint that
Moonyeen found. The charcoal metallic on the
very dark background reminded me of bark, and
it was a rich, but non competitive color, I
choose a green and gold combination from our
neighborhood restaurant that had just been redecorated.
Every time we went there, I would think.. I
LOVE these colors, I have to use them on something..
when the turning shop came around, they were
just the thing.
Larrell designed, cut assembled and wired all
of the shelving units for my box. He managed
to do this in addition to about a zillion other
"Honey Dos" that were coming at him
from all directions for the two week run......
he has the patience of a saint.... two women,
each working on their own very large projects,
with a deadline thrown in just to make it interesting.......
whew!!
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While Larrell worked on shelves and a million
tiny wires, I worked on less difficult tasks
like decor.. painting, engraving a piece of
our old Mimosa tree into a floor sign, and making
the wallpaper border that runs around the top
of the room. It reads "One good turn deserves
another... and another...and another... "
Over and over around the room
In addition to the shelf lighting, the roombox
has three spotlights from the ceiling and 6
inset can lights, as well as a bar of flourette
lights across the front for general illumination.
All those lights in addition to my photo floods
have some of these photos looking much brighter
than the roombox really is.
It is enclosed in the front with glass and
a heavy wood frame.
The turning shop would be nothing without the
turnings.
Of course, the 54 original pieces that i purchased
in that initial collection were not enough to
fill the shop, so again, the hunt was on, and
I had loads of fun filling the empty spaces.
You might notice that turnings have already
spilled out onto the floor and up onto the top
shelf.. so I guess I'm really hooked. Following
are photos of each shelving section and display
so you can appreciate the beauty and fine craftsmanship
of these wonderful turned pieces.
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#1 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Dymondwood Hollow Vase with Blackwood Top
#2 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Turquoise Maple Burl hollow vase
#3 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Green Black Ash Burl hollow vase with Blackwood
Lid
#4 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Rosewood Hollow Lidded Container
#5 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Granite Gum Burl Vase
#6 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Woody Pear, Bookmatched Lacebark Pot
#7 By Mike Rowe
Dyed and Stabilized Box Elder Burl, Gabon Ebony
lid
#8 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Pearl white and violet/blue acrylic hollow vase
#9 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Australian Red Box Burl Pot
#10 By Douglas A. Crawforth
- The Dustmaker
Cottonwood Vase
#11 By Roundwood Studios
Cocobolo Vase
#12 By Roundwood Studios
Wenge Footed Bowl
#13 By MTent Miniatures
Turned acrylic apocathary jar
#14 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Maple, Wenge and Blackwood segmented hollow
vase
#15 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Rata Wood Bottle
#16 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Acacia Lidded Bowl
#17 By Douglas A. Crawforth
- The Dustmaker
Australian Corkwood Pot
#18 Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Material Unknown
#19 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Plum Lidded Container
#20 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Carnival Colored Acrylic Vase
#21 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Ngaio Lidded Container
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#22 Douglas
A. Crawforth - The Dustmaker
Australian Slender Mallee Burl Bowl with Maple and
Dyed Black Veneer stripes and African Bubinga Foot
and Rim
#23 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Lacewood, Maple and Dyed Black Veneers set in
a Pink Carob Seedpot
#24 By Bill Helmer, IGMA Artisian
Trustone malachite Lidded Jar
#25 By The Wooden Nichol
Jackpine Cone and Acryluster Resin Vase
#26 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Turquoise Dymondwood Box with 18K Gold Plating
#27 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Pink Ivory bowl
#28 Robin Brown, Canada
Acrylic Vase
#29 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Lacey Sheoak Box w/ African Blackwood
#30 Maker Unknown
Elaborate Segmented Platter
#31 By Jeff Spera
Red Box Elder Egyptian Vase
#32 By Bill Helmer, IGMA Artisan
Red Jasper Trustone and Black Acrylic Hollow Vase
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#90 By
Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Smoke Bush Hollow Vase
#91 By Jacob Wenzel
Material Unknown
#92 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Yew Wood Bowl
#93 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Rosewood Burl Hollow vase with African Blackwood
lid
#94 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Desert ironwood Vase
#95 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Sankewood Box with African Blackwood Base/Lid
#96 By Douglas Crawforth - The
Dustmaker
Aspen Burl Bowl with Maple and Black Walnut foot
and rim
#97 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Western Myall Hollow Vase
#98 By Douglas A Crawforth - The
Dustmaker
Padauk and Maple randomly segmented with Anigre
and Dyed black Veneers base/neck, Asutralian Ecor
Burl
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#99 By
Robin Brown, Canada
Jadite Acrylic
#100 By Robin Brown, Canada
Jadite Arylic
#101 By Roundwood Studios
Olive, Ebny and Maple Burl Vessel
#102 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Black Maire Bowl
#103 Maker Unknown
Material Unknown
#104 By Roundwood Studios
Maple Burl Vase
#105 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Florida Tamarind, Maple and Tulipwood with Australian
Dead Finish Top
#106 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Black Maire Lidded Container
107 By Jacob Wenzel
Material Unknown
#108 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Beefwood, Macadamia Nut Holllow Vase
#109 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Leucadendron, Silky Oak Vase
#110 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Celebes Island Macassar Ebony Box with African
Blackwood stopper
#111 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Australian Ecor Burl Segmented with Maple, top/bottom
Australian Banksia
#112 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B Turnings
Australian Fiddleback Jarrah Vase w/ African Blackwood
Base
#113 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Material Unknown
#114 By Robert Wayne DePriest
Laotian Cobrawood Art Deco Vase
#115 By Brian A. Hart - Hartwood
Turnings
Blue/Green acrylic hollow vase
#116 By Roundwood Studios
Maple Burl Vase
#117 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Spalted Hackberry Vase w/ composite bronze and
18K gold inlaid base
#118 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Pistachio Tree Wood Vase
#119 By Bill Hlemer, IGMA Artisan
Deer Antler and Pink Ivory Box
#120 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Pink Ivory Lidded Container
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#125 By
Bill Hlemer, IGMA Artisan
Baltic Amber and Ancient Mammoth Ivory Box
#126 By William Maranville
White Marble Bowl
#127 Douglas A. Crawforth - The
Dustmaker
Amboyna Burl, Ebony Footed Bowl
#128 By Bill Helmer, IGMA Artisan
Zebrawood and Ebony Pedestal Box
#129 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Custom Dual-Color Dymondwood Box w/Eccentric Bois
d'Arc
#130 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Double Diamond Quilted Box Elder w/ Pink Ivory
#131 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Spalted BEB Box w/Aussie Chocolate Mulga Lid
#132 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Double Diamond Quilted Box Elder Bowl w/ Pink
Ivory and 18K Gold Leaf
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#121 By
Roundwood Studios
African Bubinga Vase
#122 Maker Unknown
Acrylic
#123 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Dakota Burl Box w/ Dymondwood Lid
#124 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
TruStone Turquoise Jar w/ African Blackwood Lid
#139 By Douglas A. Crawforth,
The Dustmaker
Australian Black Box Burl Pot
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#133 By
Debi Bouey - Gallery B Turnings
Black Ash Burl Vase
#134 By Bill Helmer, IGMA Artisan
Australian Banksia Seed Pod Box with African Gaboon
Ebony Finial
#135 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Trustone Banded Malachite w/Dymondwood
#136 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Rainbow Colorwood
#137 By William Maranville
Rose Soapstone Hollow Vase
#138 - By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Miniature Mistletoe Burr Bowl
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#33 By Douglas
A. Crawforth, The Dustmaker
Segmented Nogal, Chakte Koke, Maple and Tigerwood.
Top /bottom Nogal
#34 By Douglas
A. Crawforth - The Dustmaker
Purple Katalox body, Maple Stripe, Neck of Pink
Ivory wood.
#35 By Hartwood
Turnings
African Blackwood hollow vase with Orange BE
burl top
#36 By Bill Helmer,
IGMA Artisan
Hawaiian Manila Palm nut and Elephant Ivory
lidded box
#37 By Mike Rowe
Betelnut Box with Ebony finial and Redheart
foot
#38 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Alexander Palm Box with Gidgee
#39 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Manila Palm Nut with African Blackwood
#41 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Carnauba Palm Nut Box w/ Cocobolo Rosewood lid
#42 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Red Palm Box w/African Blackwood
#43 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Alaskan Prehistoric Mammoth Ivory Box with Genuine
14K and 10K Gold inlays and African Blackwood
Stopper
#44 By Roundwood
Studios
Osage Orange Bowl
#45 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Mediterranean Olive and Gidgee Hollow Form Vase
#46 By Douglas
A. Crawforth - The Dustmaker
Zebrawood, Walnut, and Maple top
#47 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Materials Unknown
#48 By Robert Wayne
DePriest
Eucalyptus Burl and Ebony Vase
#49 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B Turnings
Materials Unknown
#50 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Acrylic Lidded Box
#51 By Bill Helmer,
IGMA Artisan
Elephant Ivory and Ebony Box
#52 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Siberian mammoth Ivory Pedestal Box w/African
Blackwood Base/Lid
#53 By Bill Helmer,
IGMA Artisan
Elephant Ivory and Ebony Box
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#53 By Bill Helmer,
IGMA Artisan
Elephant Ivory and Ebony Box
#54 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Material Unknown
#55 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Blue Box Elder Gold Vase
#56 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Dyed & Stabilized Blue Corn Cob & Cocobolo
Rosewood
#57 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Blue and Gold Box Elder Burl w/ Indigo Dymondwood
#58 By Randy Rhine,
Boring, Oregon
Pink Ivory and Ebony Lidded Bowl
#59 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Material Unknown
#60 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Alaskan Staghorn Antler box with Dymondwood
#61 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Purple and Gold Box Elder Burl w. Gidgee
#62 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Material Unknown
#63 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Man Made Environ "Vermilion" Vase
#64 By Douglas A.
Crawforth - The Dustmaker
Australian Bulloak segmented with Maple, foot
and rim are African Gaboon Ebony
#65 Maker Unknown
Material Unknown
#66 By Bill Helmer,
IGMA Artisan
Black and White Trustone Vessel
#67 By Jeff Spera
- Sword in the Stone
Montana Dendritic Talc stone garden pot
#68 Robin Brown,
Canada
Acrylic Vase
#69 Robin Brown,
Canada
Acrylic Bowl
#70 By Roundwood
Studio
Blackwood and Cocobolo Jar
#71 By Douglas A.
Crawforth, The Dustmaker
Brazilian Satinwood, and Asian Boxwood Highlighted
by slices of Dyed Black Veneer
#72 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Randomly segmented Rhodedendron Burl and Walnut
between Banksia wood
#73 By Douglas A. Crawforth -
The Dustmaker
Ceanothus, Leucadendron and Olive Birch with layers
of dyed Veneers
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#74 By Bill Helmer,
IGMA Artisan
Polar Ice Acrylic Jar
#75 By Debi Bouey
- Gallery B Turnings
Material Unknown
#76 By Douglas A. Crawforth
- The Dustmaker
Black, Claro and Hinds Walnut Pal Dao segmented
with Oak. Base/rim Rose Myrtle Burl
#77 By Debi Bouey - Gallery
B Turnings
Blue "Mini OSB" with Dymondwood and
Bronze and 18KGold composite Inlays in Voids
#78 By Douglas A, Crawforth
- The Dustmaker
Randomly Segmented Vase of Vasticola, Black
Morrell, Coolibah, Corrugata and Tasmanian Eucalyptus
burls, with Makore, Maple and Dyed black veneers
79 By Debi Bouey - Gallery B
Turnings
Hollowed Australian Mystery Burl Vase
#80 By Douglas A. Crawforth
- The Dustmaker
Wh. Birch, Bl. Veneer randomly segmented with
Indonesian Rosewood foot/lid
#81 By Douglas A. Crawforth
- The Dustmaker
Randomly segmented Purple Heart and Chakte Viga
with top and bottom of Alaskan Birch Burl
#82 Douglas A. Crawforth - The
Dustmaker
Brazilian Curly Ipe segmented with natural and
dyed veneers, top and bottom Alaskan Birch Burl
#83 By Douglas A. Crawforth
- The Dustmaker
Swampy Yate body, striped with Rosewood and
Makore, neck Balsamo Redheart
#84 By Douglas A Crawforth,
The Dustmaker
Poplar Burl Hollow Vase
#85 Maker Unknown
Material Unknown
#86 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Wenge Wood Lidded Container
#87 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Wenge Wood Bowl
#88 By Michael Hunt, New Zealand
Matai Wood Turned Bottle
#89 By Graham Simpkin, England
Bowl from English Bog Oak found in Methwold
Fenn, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
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I hope you have enjoyed your visit to the One
Good Turn Gallery, and enjoyed seeing the wonderful
artistry contained there. Just in case you are curious,
Here are the final "specs"
Interior Dimensions
19" wide x 12 " deep x 13" high
Handcrafted display cabinets feature
64 individual LED lights.
Cherry Hardwood floor features
hand laid inlay border comprised of over 350 individual
pieces.
"One Good Turn" gallery contains 138
individual turnings crafted from fine and exotic
woods in dozens of species,ivory,
marble, soapstone and more. These turnings represent
the work of the top miniature turners from the
US, Canada, England,and New Zealand, and range
in size from 1/4" to 3" in height.
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One more thing!!!!
Remember the Challenge? Two roomboxes, 14 days??
Well I have to give you a peek at the other
half of the project results!!

This is a photo of Moonyeen's gallery. As you
can see, we had some similar ideas, but each
of our projects turned out very different. She
used lots of rich white and strong dramatic
lighting, and dark formal fixtures for her displays,
giving it a very upscale big city gallery. The
working title for our boxes for a while was
Big City and Big Sur. I think it is really interesting
to see how two people can visualize and complete
the same project in such different ways, especially
working side by side.
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Many thanks to all who contributed
their artistry to this project. I am so very proud
to own and showcase such a wonderful body of work,
and to have such an exquisite place to show this
collection. Thanks to Moonyeen and Larrell! Let's
do it again soon!!!
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