Mike Rude creates lathe-turned items using both exotic hardwoods and locally available woods such as olive, walnut, eucalyptus, fruitwood, and myrtle. The two bowls shown below are red-bark eucalyptus and cherry.

Mike is interested in creating traditional as well as art pieces as shown below.

The left two pieces are hollow twists approximately 7 inches high. The first is made of olive and desert ironwood. While the other is African blackwood and black lacquered maple. The piece on the right is made from very highly figured elm. The lower piece is a 16 x 18 inch Maple Burl bowl that is 4 inches high.

Mike also makes a number of different textile tools, including the needle cases and nostepinnes shown below.

For more information or purchases, please email Mike.

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Last Updated on August 12, 2008