Segmented "Country Mile"

[Larry Marley]

Here is the latest...

"Country Mile" Vessel

Maple, walnut, cherry, ebony, curly maple, pecan.
385 pieces, 9" wide by 6.75" tall.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Larry - absolutely beautiful! Love the form and the design! You should be proud of this one! Very - very nice work! Thanks for sharing!

[patrick michael stein]

hi larry


very nice realy like little house.






patrick

[Brian Effinger]

Holy Cow!!! Wow, Larry! Everything about your HF is amazing, but the feature ring really blows me away. That is really impressive. :) How much planning did that take?

[Baxter Smith]

Wow! That is impressive. Never seen one like that. Beautiful job!

[Ron Bontz]

Speechless. My compliments.:)

[Doug W Swanson]

Holy crap! You didn't just slap that together, did you?:D

How long did that take to piece together? Weeks? Months?

I have not seen segmented work with scenery before. It's beautiful!

Doug

[David Christopher]

WOW, that is one of the prettiest segmented pieces Ive ever seen

[Ray Bell]

Absolutely gorgeous! 385 pieces!!! wonderful planning, and execution.

[Robert McGowen]

That is a very unique feature ring. Like others have said, it must have taken quite a bit of forethought.

[Steve Mawson]

Truly fantastic. I have no idea how you did it but that piece is just fantastic-I think I already said that-Yes it is.

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is beautiful. Really like the form and finish.

[gary Zimmel]

Very impressive Larry. Very, very impressive...

[Larry Marley]

How much planning did that take?

I knew that I wanted the feature ring to be two inches tall and nine or ten inches in diameter. The feature ring was 3/4" wall thickness to start with, so my first focus was to find a shape that would not suffer with that critical dimension. Then I drew a story board and started drawing the design going from one pane to the next. The land scape is cut using Marquetry techniques. Since the stock was 3/4" thick I was cutting 1.5" thickness combined. I used the carter guide for small blades to mount a 1/8" blade on my 18" bandsaw to cut the landscape. The segments with the houses combined with the landscape were a challenge. They were a combination of disk sander and bandsaw work. I turned the inside as much as i could before final assembly. Total time was about 50 hours.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

[Ken Glass]

Larry,
Very Imaginative. It is very unique. A very well thought out plan. The form and placement of rings is super along with your choice of woods that very much complement each other. Exceptional work. Great work!!!

[Richard Madison]

Yeah, that's art. Larry are you saying that you got glue joint quality surfaces directly from the 1/8" blade? Is understood that if the pieces were stacked the cuts would match, but am asking about surface quality.

[Joe Adams]

Wow! Very impressive.

[Jack Gaskins]

Brian stoled my Holy Cow comment so I will just say,,,,,,,,, HOLY COW :D, that is some good segmentation!

[Tony De Masi]

Wow indeed. That is one stunning piece of work.

Tony

[Toney Robertson]

Very, VERY cool.

I have never seen anything like that.

Excellent job.

Toney

[Thom Sturgill]

Absolutely lovely, great detail in the feature ring and fine shape. A real winner.

[Michael Short]

Very nice Larry !!!

[John Keeton]

Larry, this is a phenomenal piece! Aside from the feature ring - the form, with the maples is still amazingly pleasing. It is shaped beautifully, and the finish is very nice.

But, the ring is absolutely a work of art. The manner in which in you dealt with the perspective, the paths leading over the hill, the various planes of perspective in the artwork - it all is just very well done! A masterpiece by any measure.

[Jeff Nicol]

Larry, I see this piece and I am more and more wanting to try something in segmenting! I love the whole theme and the time and love you put into it! Just wondering, how much do you think it would sell for? I think that it has such great potential. All of you that do segmenting are true artisans!

Thanks for sharing,

Jeff

[Ken Hensley]

There is nothing I can say that hasnt already been posted. Outstanding piece, hopefully one day I will be able to make something that nice.

Ken

[Scott Lux]

What's above Wow? That's what I need to say.

[Matt Owen]

That is really cool, Larry! The design is brilliant, and the execution is great.

Matt

[Matt Ranum]

All I can say is.....:eek:

Beautiful, just beautiful. The talent around here never ceases to amaze me.

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

Larry, outstanding piece. Congratulations.

p.s. The group over at the Segmented Woodturners site would enjoy seeing your work.

[steven carter]

Larry,

The title is very apt for me because it sure beats anything I've turned by a country mile. I really like this piece, and enjoy your website, and have learned a lot from it. I've done some of your Christmas bells, and they have been very well recieved.

Steve

[David E Keller]

It's beautiful. Wonderful joints and great color palate.

[Larry Marley]

Thank you everyone for all the very kind comments!

[Roland Martin]

Larry, this is truely an amazing piece of work. I admire your patience in putting this all together. I've also never seen a segmented piece with scenery. Very,Very well done!