Scott Conners
03-16-2009, 2:37 AM
I haven't been one for posting pieces as I finish them, but as I've been doing photos and updating my gallery (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/album.php?albumid=153), I've decided to post about a few of the most recent pieces.
Locust (not sure what type), danish oil and buffed, with renaissance wax. 4"x1.5". Gave this as a gift today, very happy with it. It has 3/32" walls, very even. The base is just as thin, which made me really happy, one of my most consistent thickness and thinnest turnings to date.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=1563http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=1564
Tulip Poplar, CA finish. Wood burning by Stephanie Witherspoon (alternatif-design.com (http://alternatif-design.com)). 5.5"W x 2.75".This won the beginner's category of the Glendale Woodturner's Guild monthly competition, the theme was surface decoration.The wood came from the previous month's club raffle, we usually have lots of offcuts from a local furniture factory. The wood had some small checking in it, so I asked Stephanie to burn something over the cracks to disguise them, and she did this amazing design!
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=1513
Eucalyptus limb from the local park, with Arm-R-Seal finish. 5.5" tall. Not fully hollowed (I really really want a real hollowing tool!), so it's a nice heavy bud vase. It turned really well, I turned this wet and it only cracked in one spot, most everything else I turned wet from this wood just dried perfectly without even distorting! It's actually a turning from this summer, but I've just now gotten the finish where I like it.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=1516
That's the most recent stuff, though I have a dozen more roughed bowls and forms drying. The good part about not having much work is I get to do a lot of turning, and I've worked through most of my stockpile of good wood. The bad part is, no free cash to buy a hollowing tool or anything else I want!
Locust (not sure what type), danish oil and buffed, with renaissance wax. 4"x1.5". Gave this as a gift today, very happy with it. It has 3/32" walls, very even. The base is just as thin, which made me really happy, one of my most consistent thickness and thinnest turnings to date.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=1563http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=1564
Tulip Poplar, CA finish. Wood burning by Stephanie Witherspoon (alternatif-design.com (http://alternatif-design.com)). 5.5"W x 2.75".This won the beginner's category of the Glendale Woodturner's Guild monthly competition, the theme was surface decoration.The wood came from the previous month's club raffle, we usually have lots of offcuts from a local furniture factory. The wood had some small checking in it, so I asked Stephanie to burn something over the cracks to disguise them, and she did this amazing design!
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=1513
Eucalyptus limb from the local park, with Arm-R-Seal finish. 5.5" tall. Not fully hollowed (I really really want a real hollowing tool!), so it's a nice heavy bud vase. It turned really well, I turned this wet and it only cracked in one spot, most everything else I turned wet from this wood just dried perfectly without even distorting! It's actually a turning from this summer, but I've just now gotten the finish where I like it.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/picture.php?albumid=153&pictureid=1516
That's the most recent stuff, though I have a dozen more roughed bowls and forms drying. The good part about not having much work is I get to do a lot of turning, and I've worked through most of my stockpile of good wood. The bad part is, no free cash to buy a hollowing tool or anything else I want!