Ornaments

[Curt Fuller]

I haven't had much of a chance to turn lately. I finally dusted off the lathe and cleared away the cobwebs this weekend. These are some segmented ornaments, all about 6" x 2", hollowed, finished with DO and then Deft gloss lacquer.

l to r Canarywood & purple heart, Canarywood & walnut, Purpleheart & canarywood, Walnut & maple.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Curt those are beauties. Really like the form on yours.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Curt - absolutely beautiful work! Love the variations in color and form! Glad to see you got a chance to do some turning! Looking forward to seeing what you turn next!

[Richard Madison]

Beautiful indeed. No need to set up the captured hollowing rig.

[Jeff Nicol]

Curt, Very nice and lots of different woods! Looks like fun, maybe I will get to some more soon also!

Thanks for sharing,

Jeff

[ROY DICK]

Curt,
Those are fantastic. You have not lost your turning touch.

Roy

[Ken Glass]

Curt,
The form and proportion on all of them is spot-on. Great work. I really like the contrast of colors. Very Well done.

[Chris Rae]

Those are great Curt! Beautifully done and I love the woods you chose!

[Rob Cunningham]

Great looking ornaments and nice selection on the wood.

[Bob Vavricka]

Curt,
I really like these and the constrast your segments create.
On the second one (canary and walnut) the canary wood appears to curve out between the walnut pieces in the body of the ornament. Is this correct, or is it an optical illusion? Bob V.

[Steve Kubien]

Hmmm, I guess it is that time of year to get started on ornaments. These are really nice. Thanks for the kick in then pants!

[Steve Mawson]

Those are really nice. What would be a good reference book to see what I need to do to get started? If I get started now should have one done by the time the Christmas tree goes up.

[Mike Peace]

I really like those. Nice caps and finials. I tried unsuccessfully to find any instructions on the web like a tutorial for segmented ornaments. I am struggling with trying to make a couple. Anyone aware of an on-line tutorial?

[Mark Hix]

Those are great Curt. Send me one! :D

[Curt Fuller]

Thanks everyone!

Steve and Mike, here's a link to a crude tutorial that I put together last year.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=98860&highlight=ornament+tutorial

[John W Dixon]

Curt those are really beautiful! I noticed in your tutorial that you used some home made cones on a pen mandrel to shape the center ball. Any idea where someone might get something similar to your cones? Does anyone sell something like this Thanks for your tutorial and again great job!

John