Curly Maple HF

[Keith Burns]

The maple blank for this was gifted to me by Robin Costelle awhile back, THANKS Robin. Thought it was time to turn it. It measures 7-1/4" diameter x 14-1/2" to the top of the blackwood finial. The inset for the lid is ebony. The finial and lid are about 4-1/4" tall. Finished with brush on lacquer and buffed. All comments/critiques are welcome.

[bob svoboda]

A wonderful piece. I love the wood, the form and the finial. Nice work!

[John Keeton]

Absolutely beautiful, Keith!! Perfect form, gorgeous wood, and as always, you do such a nice job on the finial. I love seeing your work!!

[Tim Rinehart]

Wow, very elegant and beautiful figure in the wood.
I'm not going to even try and say anything but nice things about that piece, it flows well, I like the transition in the finial, the finial is very elegant too.

Superb, yet another turner out there to keep the bar raised high. Fortunately, some of us can crawl underneath and still make it to the other side.:p Hey...I think I found my signature!

[Rich Greinert]

Keith, very well balanced size relationships IMO.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Excellent - as always Keith! Great looking wood, form and I love the delicate finial!

Always a treat to see your work!

[John Hart]

Another beautiful piece by Mr Burns!! :)

You oughta show off your inclusion to The Maple Medley Exhibit as well. (hint hint):)

[David E Keller]

That's really nice. I like the simplicity of the form and finial. I especially like the way you tuck under the bottom of this form... It seems to soften the whole look for me which I like.

[Curt Fuller]

Keith, they just don't get much better, at least until your next one.

[charlie knighton]

very nice.....

[Toney Robertson]

That is sheer elegance.

No more to say.

Toney

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful and elegant Keith. Really like the form and finial.

[Baxter Smith]

Beautiful work! I have studied this 3 or 4 times today and I like it more each time. Is the lid the same wood but with just a different grain orientation. Almost looks like a matching piece of burl.

[Jon Lanier]

That is pretty stuff.

[Michael E. Thompson]

Keith, I really admire your work. Great form and finial. Pretty wood too.

[Neil Strong]

Perfect form and execution!

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[Rob Cunningham]

Beautiful work Keith

[Keith Burns]

Thanks guys for the comments.

Baxter, after turning this piece and doing the ebony insert I realized I did not have any of the original wood left to do the lid. Thats called planning ahead. Anyway I found a scrap piece that matched as close as possible to the body in color.

[Tom Sherman]

Good stuff Keith, as I recall your work always looked good. gives me peice of mind to know that some things just keep gettin better.

[Allen Neighbors]

Keith, you can't better perfection... this is it! Perfect form... and the accent ring just makes it more elegant.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Surely is a very nice piece Keith, just like always :-)

[Harvey Ghesser]

Beautiful form!

[david icenogle]

Very nice form and great finial.