What are Truffuls™?

Apple-PinkJust like the chocolate confection (truffles), Truffuls™ are high quality, highly sought-after delectable morsels that tempt and delight you. You covet and savor them, collect and desire them. Irresistible is their power to entice you into wanting more.

A Trufful™ is a wood ornament or decoration usually consisting of a globe and a finial and turned on a lathe. Exotic woods are often used because of their unusual colors, figures and grains. Other turned items, such as small lidded vessels, will appear in the shop when the spirit moves the artist.

But, Melissa, we are talking about wood here, I mean....

Wood is earthy, warm and sensual. Wood is one of Mother Nature's greatest gifts and she really let her spirits go wild when she created it. Every single piece of wood on the planet is unique; a jewel waiting to be unveiled.

Every storm, flood, fire, nail, bug, broken branch, or garage sale sign that a tree encounters leaves its mark and the tree reacts to each encounter. This creates some of the most amazing woods you will ever see.

Wood is alive; full of depth and glowing grain that changes and draws you in. Even after the tree has been harvested the wood continues to move with its environment; expanding or shrinking with changes in moisture.

But what’s with the name?

Bow WowMy first Trufful™ prototypes were made out of aged figured Walnut. With the wood turning at 3900rpm the globe looked like a chocolate truffle! Slowed down to 500rpm for sanding it looked like a truffle dipped in cocoa powder. When my first customer said they were “irresistible” that sealed the deal.

But aren’t these for Christmas trees?

While Truffuls™ would certainly look wonderful on a Christmas tree, they do not have to be packed away come January! Your Truffuls™ can be displayed all year long. You don’t pack away your favorite chocolate in January, do you?

I welcome you to this online gallery of my turned creations I call Truffuls™.

Melissa