Alan Zenreich
04-11-2011, 2:55 PM
Lauren and I are taking a 6 session evening woodturning class at a local high school.
One of the things that drew us to the class is that the instructor centers the class around segmented and bowl-from-a-board techniques. Aside from that, it's a Wednesday night date for us... gets us out of the house.
Lauren is still working on her piece, and it has a very different shape from mine (it will also have some pyrography and perhaps other embellishments).
None of the other students have ever turned anything before. I've been turning for about two years, Lauren for about a year. I think this is the first time the instructor has taught adults <vbg>
In the meantime, here's my first segmented piece, a bud vase.
If I were doing it over, I'd insert another horizontal band just below the striped feature ring, and I've considered changing the feature ring from convex to concave.
In the meantime, it was a good learning experience. We did some of the glue up in class, but I took the pieces home and did the ring stacking/gluing horizontally on the lathe, and did some hollowing before returning to class for the final shaping and drilling (for the glass test tube).
Considering what we started with, I think it's ok for a student piece.
The vase stands about 5.5" high, and is made from maple and some mystery brown wood. The photo was a quick outdoor grab as I was running out the door for a business trip... I'll make another shot when I return.
One of the things that drew us to the class is that the instructor centers the class around segmented and bowl-from-a-board techniques. Aside from that, it's a Wednesday night date for us... gets us out of the house.
Lauren is still working on her piece, and it has a very different shape from mine (it will also have some pyrography and perhaps other embellishments).
None of the other students have ever turned anything before. I've been turning for about two years, Lauren for about a year. I think this is the first time the instructor has taught adults <vbg>
In the meantime, here's my first segmented piece, a bud vase.
If I were doing it over, I'd insert another horizontal band just below the striped feature ring, and I've considered changing the feature ring from convex to concave.
In the meantime, it was a good learning experience. We did some of the glue up in class, but I took the pieces home and did the ring stacking/gluing horizontally on the lathe, and did some hollowing before returning to class for the final shaping and drilling (for the glass test tube).
Considering what we started with, I think it's ok for a student piece.
The vase stands about 5.5" high, and is made from maple and some mystery brown wood. The photo was a quick outdoor grab as I was running out the door for a business trip... I'll make another shot when I return.