This one of a kind handmade phone amplifier stand holds your phone and amplifies the audio coming out of your phone's speaker using the acoustics of the horn shape of the wood.Phone Compatibility: This speaker stand only works with phones that have the speaker installed at the bottom of the pho..
Meet "The Killa Gorilla" - named after UFC middleweight, Jared Cannonier. As all of my Signature Series wood turnings, this one is named after an MMA fighter, specifically after Jared Cannonier because like him - this vase started out as a heavyweight and slimmed down to it's final form as a m..
This stunning black walnut bowl was handcrafted from a piece of salvaged wood from my childhood home in Carlinville, IL. It contains beautiful chatoyancy both inside and out as well as a natural bark inclusion in a unique feature in the front opening of the bowl.It measures 10.75" diameter x 4..
I turned this one of a kind hand made vessel this weekend in Saint Anne, IL. It was made from a piece of stunning black walnut salvaged by some nice folks in the Mokena, IL area. This unique piece contains the pith, so it may crack around that area as the wood finishes drying, however it..
Meet "The Carpenter". This Butternut (White Walnut) Bowl is part of the Beard's Signature Series items that are absolutely unique and one-of-a-kind works of art. This piece started out intending to be a large salad bowl, however the wood had other plans. Because the beautiful wood had been sitti..
Meet "The Jacaré Vase". This Live Edge Black Locust Vase from Crotchwood with Chatoyancy is part of the Beard's Signature Series items that are absolutely unique and one-of-a-kind works of art. The Jacaré Vase from Crotchwood with Chatoyancy was turned while wet and finished with mineral..
You can pre order a soccer ball here. These take approximately 2 weeks to make. If you want them make of different wood than oak and walnut, please let me know when placing order. This may add additional cost and time. Approximate diameter is 8 inches...
I turned this hollow form/vase/sculpture out of locally salvaged crab apple (flowering crab) wood from just south of St. Anne, IL on 5/13/2024.Named after MMA legend Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianko, this stunning sculpture stands 10" tall x 6.25" wide. It features a natural void which was i..
"Mitsuharu" is the flagship of the Beard's Signature Series of one-of-a-kind pieces of hand made art. This stunning segmented black walnut salad bowl has two maple accents to give it some added flair. "Mitsuharu" in Japanese means "Light" or "Radiance". We thought this was fitting ..
Sorry to break the bad news, but this little beauty has been sold...."The California Kid" is a beautiful little live edge black walnut bowl named after one of Sensei's favorite TUF coaches and UFC hall of famer, Uriah "The California Kid" Faber. Once a dominant force in the WEC, The California..
This has been the most challenging turning to date for me. Measuring in at 10" tall , 7" diameter, this natural edge black walnut hollow form stretched my skills and tested my nerves. This hollow form was turned from a crotch piece of beautiful salvaged black walnut I got from some ..
Meet "Joe B Wan Kenobi", a black locust Live edge bowl made by local woodturner, Shane Boland in Saint Anne, IL. This black locust bowl has a little bit of everything: live edge bark, a little moss on the bark, beautiful pencil spalting, some quilting or chatoyancy, a little bark inclusion and a c..
I turned this one of a kind Live Edge Black Walnut Pedestal Bowl on 1/9/2024 in Saint Anne, IL. Measuring in at 5.25" tall and 7.5" in diameter, this beautiful live edge bowl was made from salvaged wood - acquired from some nice folks in Mokena, IL. The unique shape of this bowl really s..
I turned this stunning highly figured black walnut vase out of a piece of wood from my childhood home in Carlinville, IL. It was turned while still somewhat green and has fairly thick walls so it is at moderate risk of developing cracks as it finishes drying.The finishing process took several ..
I turned this one of a kind black walnut platter on 1/6/2024 in Saint Anne. This is the largest item I've turned to date and was a real challenge as the wood has lots of character (cracks, insect tunnels and a little rot).This is perfect for holding fruit on an island or table and is a real co..
Meet "Mayhem" - A Large Beyond Spalted Butternut (White Walnut) Fruit Bowl Turned by local woodturner, our very own "The Beard", himself.Turned Dimensions: 13" Diameter x 4" HeightThe wood was salvaged from some super nice folks in Bourbonnais who reached out to see if The Beard wanted it as t..
Fresh off the lathe - this large black locust bowl was salvaged by local woodturner, our very own - "The Beard" out of Saint Anne, IL this week. The bowl was "twice turned" and the rough turned bowl had warped and cracked in the kiln so much it was barely able to be turned round again - which ..
"El Guapo" is a part of the Beard's Signature Series and is a natural edge vase made from a black walnut (crotch) limb the Beard got from some nice folks in Mokena, IL this summer. Because the main limb was splitting out into 4 different smaller limbs in one spot, the end grain is visible goin..
The "Big Country" Bowl is an extra large Live Edge Bur Oak Bowl and is part of the Beard's Signature Series. It was the second piece of bur oak turned from a couple of truckloads of bur oak given to the Beard by someone in the neighborhood who had a very old oak tree taken down. The..