Recent piece

[Steve Trauthwein]

This piece was turned for a recent competition in the KC club. The vase is box elder, the flowers on the cattails are turned out of basswood, while the fronds are planed basswood that was soaked in water then shaped with a scissors then pressed to dry and taped to a dowel to shape. The whole was air brushed.

Critiques and comments welcomed, Steve

[Matt Ranum]

Thats beautiful and shows some ingenuity! Everything really fits.

[Doug W Swanson]

Very nice. You should be very proud of that!

[Tony De Masi]

Very cool Steve and quite ingenious to boot.

Tony

[John Keeton]

Steve, that is some very nice work!! Really a great finish on it, as well. What did you end up using?

[Baxter Smith]

Very neat. Like the fronds and the bottom of the vase as well!

[Michael E. Thompson]

Steve, I have been think of trying one of these. Thanks for the inspiration! Nice finish too.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very imaginative Steve! Really like the form - and feet - on the vase! Turning the contents of a vase is a pretty cool idea and you did great putting it all together!

Best of luck with your competition!

[Steve Vaughan]

Love that piece! And the feet! Actually, love it all!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice piece Steve. Love the form and imagination.

[Robert McGowen]

That is crazy nice. Very realistic appearing and artistic to boot.

[Scott Lux]

Working on a floral theme myself lately, Might be offering the sincerest form of flattery soon.

[Mike Minto]

nice work! good thing i read your whole post - i'da been fooled. :D

[Steve Trauthwein]

Thanks for all of the kind remarks. The finish is four coats of wipe on poly over two coats of mylands sanding sealer, beale buffed.


Regards, Steve

[charlie knighton]

very nice....

[Roland Martin]

Very nice work Steve. Every aspect of this is great.

[Bill Bolen]

Beautiful piece Steve! A lot of hard work and a great imagination. Those fronds and catails sure look real...Bill...

[David E Keller]

Very nice. The finish looks great, and the contents of the vase are pretty darn realistic. The foot of the vessel was a nice little visual surprise.