Spalted Birch on a Stick

[Keith Burns]

Measures 2-3/8" x 9-3/4" tall. Pedestal and Finial are Ebony. This is from the spalted birch I won at our club raffle. Thanks for looking. Comments/critiques are welcome.

[steven carter]

Keith,

This is a great looking pedestal box. The proportions on the pedestan and finial are spot on. I know this is not a utilitarian piece, but for some reason I can see taking the lid off and seing a great hot fudge sundae.:rolleyes:

Steve

[curtis rosche]

i second the sundae idea. i think the spaulting colors make it look like a glass smeared with peanut butter ice cream and fudge

[Steve Schlumpf]

Keith - absolutely love it! Beautiful woods, great proportions and a very nice finish! Really like the continuing theme - the shape of the hollow form repeated in the pedestal as well as within the finial! That's really cool! I do like this variation to your flat top series as well as this slight modification to your signature finial. Beautiful work - as always! Thanks for the incentive to keep trying new things!!

[alex carey]

Yeah that is definitely nice. Well done.

[David Walser]

Kieth,

That is an elegant, graceful, wonderful box. As with the others, it reminds me of a Sunday glass. For that reason, I'd like to see how the form would look with a slightly domed lid. The flat topped lid is wonderful, but I think a dome shape might more strongly evoke the feeling of an ice cream Sunday with a cherry on top.

Great work!

[Kirk Miller]

Keith, Very nice work. I have some spalted birch that I have been thinking of doing something similar with. You set the bar so high I will have to reconsider.........lol

[Bob Hallowell]

thats Great Keith, love the name and as always love your finail

Bob

[Richard Madison]

Very cool piece Keith. Ditto almost everything Steve said, except that the narrow area of the pedestal bothers me. It seems to distract the eye from the overall flow of the work.

[Don Carter]

Keith:
Your killing me, my friend.;) Seriously, you work is very inspirational to me. Thanks for showing your work here.

All the best.

Don

[Pete Jordan]

Keith,

I never get tired of looking at greatness!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Keith that is a beautiful piece. Finial and pedestal are spot on.

[Brian Effinger]

Just... Wow!

[David Christopher]

Keith, thats a beautiful form but with all this talk of ice cream Im off to get a snack

[Jim Kountz]

Absolutely beautiful, great job!!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Keith..your form and proportions are dead on! Great wood and finish. Nicely done Sir!

[Dewey Torres]

Keith, one question if I may. How do you conserve your ebony for these finials. Please tell me you are not turning solid blocks wide enough for the width of the base down to that.:confused:

[Keith Burns]

Keith, one question if I may. How do you conserve your ebony for these finials. Please tell me you are not turning solid blocks wide enough for the width of the base down to that.:confused:

Dewey, I use pen blanks mostly and then a piece of 3/4" for the base. Turn a 1/8" tennon on the pedestal, drill a 1/8" hole in the base and add some super glue.

[Dick Strauss]

Keith,
At first I thought it looked spectacular. Then I noticed the pedestal neck looked a little strange like it curved or stepped smaller just below the body. This curve or step didn't seem to go with the form:confused:. As I zoomed in, I realized it was a digital defect, not a real defect (it looks blurry due to digital files not handling slight diagonals well). Now I understand the pedestal neck shape is almost a mirror image of the finial neck. I also noticed your signature "exclamation point" finial.

Very nicely done sir!!!!:D:cool:

[Richard Madison]

AHA! (Thanks Dick) It's a digital defect, not a narrow neck. Sorry about that. Retract my earlier comment.