I have always loved bespoke ornaments for Christmas and having recently been married I needed to populate my new home with holiday décor.  I also wanted to try some new wood types for wood turning so I added cherry and cedar to my repertoire.

Here I have a piece of cedar mounted in a chuck.

This is after roughing off the bark.

After shaping:

Fully finished with an oil finish and a way to hang it from the tree.

Here I got half way through a tree before a chunk tore out and I had to pivot and make another fineal.

One snowman!

A wax finish for the snowman makes the grain pop!

Snowman two did not turn out so well.  The pith tore out and I had to scrap this one.

My first ever time turning cherry wood and it was smooth as butter.

Fully roughed out.

I put a little bauble on top of this tree for fun detail.

Here it is fully sanded to 600 grit.

Four wonderful bespoke ornaments with a couple fun pivots.  My wife loves the cherry Christmas tree the best and we are excited to put them in our home!