Kathy Marshall
04-17-2012, 1:00 AM
It seems like I've been really busy this past week, but not much to show for it. My nephew got married on Saturday, so I spent a few days finishing up a mesquite nested set as a wedding present, and my sister requested that I bring a box of some of my pieces for her to see, so I spent some time on some final touches, buffing, waxing etc., but since I didn't turn much, I don't feel like I accomplished much.
This is the one piece I did turn. I roughed out the outside Friday after work, then bagged it up until I could get to it on Sunday to do the hollowing.
I have an order for some yarn bowls with a NE sans bark and about 8" x 5-6", and I just got in a load of mesquite with some big enough pieces to start on. This piece was kind of an experiment. I knew it would be too tall, and I purposely didn't turn it down to get rid of the void. I just wanted to see what it would look like with it. Now I know.
This comes in at 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" with very thin walls at the top, tapering to about 1/4" at the base. It has a single coat of DO while I decide if I want to spend any more time on it.
I can't say that I love it, can't even really say that I like it very much but it might grow on me a little as I get used to it. There are aspects that I like and I can see myself doing another or more to see if I can tweek it to a more attractive form, but using a more balanced blank.
What do you think?
229873229874229875229876
229877
for scale.
This is from my nephew's wedding which took place on his property. I'm fairly sure this is desert ironwood, but I managed to keep the drooling to a minimum, especially after hearing he's already refused offers to purchase it. The 2nd pic is for scale.
229879229878
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
This is the one piece I did turn. I roughed out the outside Friday after work, then bagged it up until I could get to it on Sunday to do the hollowing.
I have an order for some yarn bowls with a NE sans bark and about 8" x 5-6", and I just got in a load of mesquite with some big enough pieces to start on. This piece was kind of an experiment. I knew it would be too tall, and I purposely didn't turn it down to get rid of the void. I just wanted to see what it would look like with it. Now I know.
This comes in at 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" with very thin walls at the top, tapering to about 1/4" at the base. It has a single coat of DO while I decide if I want to spend any more time on it.
I can't say that I love it, can't even really say that I like it very much but it might grow on me a little as I get used to it. There are aspects that I like and I can see myself doing another or more to see if I can tweek it to a more attractive form, but using a more balanced blank.
What do you think?
229873229874229875229876
229877
for scale.
This is from my nephew's wedding which took place on his property. I'm fairly sure this is desert ironwood, but I managed to keep the drooling to a minimum, especially after hearing he's already refused offers to purchase it. The 2nd pic is for scale.
229879229878
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.