maple HF

[Steve bellinger]

This is a piece i just now finished.Still needs wax and buff, but will do that in about a week.It has some punky spots in it, buy i thought it was to nice to throw out. The finial base i'm not real sure about but it is what it is. It's made from a piece of holly i had sitting around, dyed black, using india ink. Thanks for looking and all C&C more than welcome.
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[Steve Schlumpf]

Steve - great job on the form! Nice curve and the small foot fits with the heart shape! Finial looks pretty good as well with the one small exception of the top element. Might just be the way things photographed - but the small segment just below the tip looks fatter than the section lower down the finial. Just me - but I try to get the finial progressively thinner as I get to the tip.

Nice work! You should be very happy with this!

[charlie knighton]

very nice, nice form

[Steve bellinger]

Steve just went and checked. The top element is 1/8 and the middle one is 3/16, so it is a 1/16 bigger. The stem at the smallest is just under 1/16
Thanks Steve and Charlie

[John Keeton]

Nice work on the form, Steve - beautiful wood. I think Steve S. was referring the the shaft of the finial. In the pics, it appears that the shaft thickness just below the tip is just a bit thicker than the shaft just below the bead embellishment. It could just be the lighting.

[Steve bellinger]

John now i see what he was talking about. it does apear to be in the pics. Just looked at it sitting here next to me and with a naked eye can't tell if it is or not. Even got my glasses on.:)

[Michael James]

Nice one! Looks pretty good from here. The finial base looks ok as is, or you might have incorporated it into the shape of the piece. Very good job either way! Thx for posting.
mj

[Tim Thiebaut]

Very nice Steve, you did a very good job on this, nice piece of wood you used as well.

[David E Keller]

I'm looking at pics on my phone, but all I see is a really sweet looking vessel with a great looking finial. Awesome work!

[Richard Madden]

I think you did a great job on both the HF and finial. Nice looking piece of wood too!

[Dennis Ford]

Really nice wood and a great form, what else could you ask for?

[Alan Trout]

Steve,

beautiful piece Wonderful form, wood, and finial, Well done.


Alan

[David DeCristoforo]

Ditto what Steve said. This form is really nice and the finial is fine up to the first embellishment. From there up it needs a bit of "finesse". But only "a bit"!

[Steve bellinger]

Thanks all. I might make a different finial tomorrow. It just depends if i have to go to the hospital or not. They took my father in law there about 2 hrs ago, and it don't look good.

[Baxter Smith]

Very pretty wood shaped into a very pretty form. Looks good!

[Roland Martin]

Nice form and great looking wood. Sorry to hear your FIL is ill, I wish him the best.

[John Hart]

Best of luck with your father in law Steve. Wonderful piece!

[Roger Chandler]

Steve..........that HF has some wow factor to it..........nice job!

[Steve bellinger]

Thanks ounce again all. Just to let who ever no, My father in law didn't make it last night so me and the wife will be doing the aranging for furinal today and try figuring out what we're gonna do with the mother in law. Yes this is my wifes mother and father. She is the only child left, so it has fallen back to us.:(

[Roger Chandler]

So Sorry for your loss............may God's presence and Grace comfort you both and give you special strength in this time.

[John Hart]

Aw man. I'm sorry to hear that, Steve. We'll be thinking about you.

[John Keeton]

Steve, I do hope things go well with this situation - it is hard, and the answers aren't easy. You will need to provide the emotional support for your wife during these times, and be there for her. We will be thinking of you.

[bob svoboda]

Sorry for your loss. I wouldn't change a thing on that HF. Finial looks fine to me.

[Steve Campbell]

I think the shape is just right and I even like the finial. I sure wish I could find Maple like that around here.

Steve

[David E Keller]

Sorry to hear about you FIL! Hang in there!

[Steve bellinger]

Thanks all for the kind words. have a lot to do in the next few days so woun't be doing any turning.:( But as we all know there's a lot more important things in life sometimes.

[Josh Bowman]

Steve, that looks great. Very pleasing to my eye.

[Joe Landon]

Great looking hollow form, Steve...