Kathy Marshall
10-27-2012, 9:08 PM
Got out to the shop this morning and took the DVR on it's maiden voyage.
Since I just wanted to get a feel for it, I just grabbed the first chunk of wood I came across. It just happened to be a leftover section from a little arborvitae log.
Didn't have plans for anything specific, just turned it into and engrain cylinder and started adding some shape.
I thought it was going to end up as just a big mouth hollow form. I'll need to get a new backrest for my hollowing system, so this one would have to be hollowed by hand. Hollowing by hand isn't my favorite thing, it's just so much easier on my wrists and hands to use a captured system.
Once the hollowing was done, I started refining the bottom curve and as I was turning away the waste, I decided to go with a short stem and base so I guess this would just be a short goblet thingy.
Nothing fancy or delicate about it (but it does look better in hand than in the pics), but it fit the wood and I think it's kinda cute.
It's 5" x 4" with a coat of antique oil followed by some lacquer sanding sealer.
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Now if you'll excuse me, there's a big, wet, chinese elm blank with my name written all over it!
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
Since I just wanted to get a feel for it, I just grabbed the first chunk of wood I came across. It just happened to be a leftover section from a little arborvitae log.
Didn't have plans for anything specific, just turned it into and engrain cylinder and started adding some shape.
I thought it was going to end up as just a big mouth hollow form. I'll need to get a new backrest for my hollowing system, so this one would have to be hollowed by hand. Hollowing by hand isn't my favorite thing, it's just so much easier on my wrists and hands to use a captured system.
Once the hollowing was done, I started refining the bottom curve and as I was turning away the waste, I decided to go with a short stem and base so I guess this would just be a short goblet thingy.
Nothing fancy or delicate about it (but it does look better in hand than in the pics), but it fit the wood and I think it's kinda cute.
It's 5" x 4" with a coat of antique oil followed by some lacquer sanding sealer.
244232244233244234244235
Now if you'll excuse me, there's a big, wet, chinese elm blank with my name written all over it!
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.