first commissioned piece, comments and critiques welcome

[curtis rosche]

here is my first comisioned peice. i was asked to make this on thursday for today. the bishop of the evangelical lutheran church of the lower Susquehanna synod. it is made from the wood from my church. it is also the first peice that i have completley finished since my finger inccident. comments and critques welcome
the pictutures were all taken this morning at the same time, but for some reason some of them are drak and some are light

[Andy Bardowell]

I think it was just the over cast, on some of the pictures the flash went off. Very nice work, did the worm holes cause any difficulty while turning?

[Steve Schlumpf]

Curtis - Congrats on your first commission! Nice work! Interesting wood - with all the worm-holes on the one side! I am sure your customer is going to love it!

Hope your finger is doing better by now!

[Chris Rae]

Nice job Curtis! It looks good, I'm sure he'll be very pleased.

[curtis rosche]

he loved it. yeah my finger is doing fine, i still wear the plastic splint while i turn though just in case. but it gets filled with sawdust. the worm holes only create a small problem while finishing. i blew them all out so there wouldnt be any dust to mess with, but since i used a shop rag (one of those heavy duty paper towels in a box) the holes shreded the rag slightly and left a little bit of fuzz on the finish. but that was fixed by buffing it with a rough washcloth

[alex carey]

Looks nice, the first picture looks like there are sanding marks, is that just the picture, becuase I don't see it in any other pictures.

[curtis rosche]

if you look closley Alex, its from the digitiziation from posting it, the line extend into the grass

[ROY DICK]

Curtis,
Well done, I really like that.
Congratulations on the commision.

Roy

[Bernie Weishapl]

Congrats on your commission Curtis. Nice looking piece.

[curtis rosche]

to bad it was for free,

[Bill Bolen]

Well, free or not you certainly did a nice job on this piece and someone (the one who commisioned the piece) CERTAINLY likes your work. Congrats...Bill..

[Wayne Leach]

Way to go Curtis. Nice job and an interesting design. Maybe you will be famous for this one day?
Wayne

[alex carey]

Yeah, i see that, but if you don't see what I see then its obviously not there. Looks nice, im sure the recipient will be pleased.

[Barbara Gill]

I thought this was the first:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=111069

[curtis rosche]

thanks Barbara, i guess this is the second peice. its been so long since ive been on the lathe that i have forgoten.

[Craig Powers]

Looks nice. A couple of questions. What type of wood?
How far is it hollowed inside and what did you use to hollow?

[john taliaferro]

its mr:D curtis the artist.

[curtis rosche]

the wood is poplar that is at least 100yrs old from my church, possibly older. it is hollowed the whole way. the main portion of the form is about 1/4-3/8ths thickness, and at the collar/top part thingy where it comes up, there is a spot that is just about 1/2'' thick. i used a bowl gouge. took about 1.5 hours to turn, maybe less i keep forgeting to take a timer to the garage with me. i am working on making a set of captured hollowing tools