We've been playing around with tagua nuts for a while and sorta creeping up on ornamental turning. While these are by no means close to what accomplished ornamental turners can do, they are our first foray into the subject.

It seems that ornamental turning has revealed a gaping black hole in our otherwise magnificently equipped studio into which we can pour untold amounts of money, and probably will, considering out unchecked tool addiction.

Somebody please stop us when we get to the point of building the backyard cyclotron. John is convinced we need one and wants to be the first on the block..etc. Definitely a "guy" thing.

Beads are aprox 1.5 in L
Tagua nut, ebony, steel