What should I call this piece?

[Tim Boger]

When I made this awhile back I glued the top finial piece on and only then got to thinking the piece had no real function ... well perhaps as a paper weight.

It's about 5" tall with the finial and 7" in diameter. It's sort of heavy and would actually make a good paper weight thought that as a descriptive title that doesn't do it justice ... what would you use to describe it for marketing purposes.

Suggestions?308900

[charlie knighton]

land anchor

[Tim Boger]

Clever ... not sure an uncertain buyer would get that.

Thanks!

[Steve Huffman]

Is it a hollow form or a solid piece? Paper weight perhaps but I think a most of the time these end up as a decorative piece.

[Allan Ferguson]

An art piece for the pleasure of the eye. Or, dust collector. Looks really nice. Allan

[Tim Boger]

Is it a hollow form or a solid piece? Paper weight perhaps but I think a most of the time these end up as a decorative piece.

It's solid, if it were hollow I would have other options.

Thanks for your opinion.

[Robert Willing]

It's solid, if it were hollow I would have other options.

Thanks for your opinion.

Curling anyone?

[Tim Boger]

Curling anyone?

I suppose I did ask for this, we'll let you be the guy with the brush.

[Len Mullin]

Tim, I'm sorry, but, seeing as how it's not hollowed out, I'd have to call it unfinished, or, what a waste of wood.
Len

[Tim Boger]

Morning Len,

I suppose that piece of Maple might have been used in various ways by other turners, perhaps hollowed by the more experienced. At the time I made that hollowing was an unlearned skill .... since then I have focused primarily on Segmented work where hollowing is much simpler.

I did solicit opinions, it would have been naive to expect only favorable remarks ... though I do find your statement callous.

Tim

[John Conklin]

... though I do find your statement callous.


+1 Agreed, better to have said nothing.

[Prashun Patel]

Hi Tim. Nice wood!

I too am at a loss for how to market this. I'm thinking you should go non-specific to connote this as an art piece.

"Solid form"?

The incorporation of the word 'sculpted' or 'sculpture' would also give a positive connotation to a solid form. "Turned sculpture"? I don't know I'm riffing.

I'd be careful not to use 'vessel' or anything that connotes that it's hollow and might hold something, lest you set false expectations.

[Wes Ramsey]

I love the muted tones and simple form of the finial. Looks like a lonely pawn standing in a pool. If the bottom were square you could say it was a single square of a giant chess board.

[Doug W Swanson]

I'd call it Frank :)

[Adam Petersen]

Curling came to mind immediately to me also. I think it is very nice looking. I think it is a very nice form.

[Tim Boger]

Thanks guys for the wonderfully varied comments, this includes you Len ... no hard feelings my friend!

It does kind of resemble Frank ...

Tim

[Scott Lux]

It's a blotter commissioned, but never picked up, by an artist specializing in calligraphy inside bowls. :)

[Mel Fulks]

I call it "spinning top with high mileage "

[Doug Ladendorf]

Clearly it's a Round Tuit.

[John Sanford]

The Gentleman's Armchair Curling Stone