Change of Pace: UGLY TURNING THREAD

[Mark Cothren]

Okay, a few of us were talkin' tonight and decided we'd see who had turned the ugliest bowl/hf/goblet/etc... so here's your chance to SHOW YOUR STUFF... your UGLY stuff, that is...:D

What's the worst/ugliest turning you have so far?

Here's one or two of mine...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/new_walnut2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/AppleHF05.jpg


So whaddya got? Come on, show us your ugly!!!!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Obviously Cothren.....You don't know what ugly is!

[Mark Cothren]

Put up or shut up....;) :D

[Gil Jones]

Nothing missing, just a big crack that opened up overnight.

[Travis Stinson]

Isn't the form on this just wonderful?:o :D

[Jim Ketron]

Think this was my 5th or 6th turning.
And boy is this one ugly.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/Jim_k/Jim%20K%20Turnings/vase.jpg

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Okay...........previously posted but here it is again....my very first bowl.....Yuck!

[Andy Hoyt]

My favorite!
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[Raymond Overman]

This one's from my dumpy period...

Bad form, thick sides, and lots of tear out on the inside if I remember correctly.

[Ken Salisbury]

Darn, I sure would like to respond to this thread with a picture of an ugly turning. The problem is I never made an ugly bowl. :) :D :p

[Keith Burns]

OK, this is ugly !

[Tom Stover]

Darn, I sure would like to respond to this thread with a picture of an ugly turning. The problem is I never made an ugly bowl. :) :D :p
Ken, you do have your boots on don't you? I know its getting deep there. :) :D

[Ken Salisbury]

Ken, you do have your boots on don't you? I know its getting deep there. :) :D

It's actually the Bud Light taking effect :) :)

[Mike Ramsey]

This had nice coloring in it....for some reason I turned it
into a football.....

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[Ernie Nyvall]

Travis, it is some beautiful wood, but your flat comment along with the pic almost made coffee go spewing across the keyboard. With Jim's to back it up though... well.... I'm attempting to dry that keyboard out now.

I guess I'll have to dig one out of the pile, but the best of my worst will be worse than your worst.:confused:

Hey, maybe there's a contest here.:rolleyes:

Ernie

[Curt Fuller]

The Flash Gordon Flying Saucer box with a ring post in the middle that looks like a.....well, you decide what it looks like.

[Joe Tonich]

The Flash Gordon Flying Saucer box with a ring post in the middle that looks like a.....well, you decide what it looks like.

:eek: lolololol!!!!!!!!

[Ernie Nyvall]

The Flash Gordon Flying Saucer box with a ring post in the middle that looks like a.....well, you decide what it looks like.

I think there is something wrong with you Curt. Get some help.

Ernie

[Vaughn McMillan]

Newbie that I am, I can't compete with some of you masters, but here is my contribution. It's a little keychain/toothpick holder. I guess I didn't realize part of the bushing was supposed to go inside the brass tube. :o Wondered why it was vibrating so much when I sanded it.

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- Vaughn

[George Conklin]

The Flash Gordon Flying Saucer box with a ring post in the middle that looks like a.....well, you decide what it looks like.


ROFLMAO:D :D :D

[Rob Bourgeois]

The Flash Gordon Flying Saucer box with a ring post in the middle that looks like a.....well, you decide what it looks like.


A good title for it mitgh be hermaphrodite Box.

[Andy Hoyt]

Well, here's one that I'd forgotten about until Curt put up his "thing".

So here's my "thing".

[Mark Rios]

Well, here's one that I'd forgotten about until Curt put up his "thing".

So here's my "thing".


PLEASE!!!!!

No talking about our "things".




:D

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

The title says it ALL. UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bruce

[Curt Fuller]

This pretty well fits into the Ugly turning thread too I guess......

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Sorry, Curt...........................That doesn't make it as UGLY....................IT's CUTE!!!

Any kid would LOVE it!

Bruce

[Steve Clardy]

Gotta do better guys.

Haven't seen any UGLIES in here yet:confused: ;) :D

[Lee DeRaud]

Gotta do better guys.

Haven't seen any UGLIES in here yet:confused: ;) :D The "Ozzy Bonker" (post #2 in http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=32748) ought to qualify.:eek:

[Steve Clardy]

The "Ozzy Bonker" (post #2 in http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=32748) ought to qualify.:eek:



Doing better:D

[Tony Sizemore]

if this doesn't count for ugly then I don't know hat is. It has 4 pits in it.

[John Hart]

Better late than never?
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[Neal Addy]

John, yours is the Mona Lisa compared to this. First thing that ever came off my lathe. I remember being somewhat proud of it at the time. It still sits in my shop as a watch holder.

Note the clean beads, elegant foot, and fine finish. At that time I didn't know that Oak wasn't the turner's best friend. :eek:

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[Ron Raymond]

Ugly is in the eye of the beholder...I hope I'll someday turn something as nice as what you folks call "Ugly"!;)

[Joash Boyton]

Ergh!!!!:eek:

sorry, did'nt move anything, it's the vase in front.....HATE IT!!!:eek: :eek:

[Joash Boyton]

OK, this is ugly !
Other than the rim being a little big, and the base a little small, I think it's quite nice:)

[Bill Boehme]

Ergh!!!!:eek:

sorry, did'nt move anything, it's the vase in front.....HATE IT!!!:eek: :eek:

At first, before I read the text, I thought that it might have been a reprise to Curt's and Andy's entries.

Bill

[Bob Hallowell]

OK, this is ugly !

Ah,
Keith no fair. I don't know how to tell you but that's um how do you say NOT UGLY! if you don't like it I can pm you my address and it can stay here:D

as for my own ugly entree's I have a wood burner sorry there gone!
Bob

[Christopher Zona]

Apparently you haven't seen some of my stuff. http://web.295.ca/cnklzona (http://web.295.ca/cnklzona/)

[John Hart]

Apparently you haven't seen some of my stuff. http://web.295.ca/cnklzona

And you gave one away as a Christmas present!!!! That's great!! I wonder how my brother will like my moldy hollowform?:confused: :D

[Steve Schlumpf]

When I came across this thread I had to laugh. I asked my wife what was the ugliest thing I had ‘ever’ turned and without hesitation she described this piece – only to her it is called a tornado thingy.

You know how when you just start out turning and the realization that all the flatwork design restrictions are suddenly off, well, you just go sorta nuts for awhile turning anything & everything.

If this were an actual contest, I do believe I would have a good chance to win….

My entry… :D
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Natural Edge Goblet Style Toothpick Holder Thingy
From a ornamental cedar shrub cut down from the front yard, 3 ½” high, 2 ¾” at widest point, base 1 3/8”, no finish, sanded to 320.

As always, your comments and/or suggestions are appreciated! ;)

Thanks for looking!

[John Hart]

Wonderful form Steve!! You've really captured.....um....something there! The base is present, and there's some hollowing. Bravo!:D

[Skip Spaulding]

You must have known I was just about done with this! Skip55680 " Dancer In A Bowl"

[Rich Stewart]

I think Steve just won. Man, that thing is UGLY. Lol. I am, however, going to try to beat it. Here is some of my early turnings. I posted these and everybody told me how great they were. Really brought their credibility into question. Couple pieces of walnut, cedar, and persimmon. Don't kill yourselves laughing.

[Jonathon Spafford]

I would post my ugly turnings, but I might crash the site with all of the pictures!!!!

[Bill Boehme]

The form .....

The beauty ....

The humanity ....

This effort may possibly set back the spirit of engaging in collaborative woodturning by several decades. I will not name the other two individuals involved in producing this coup de grace, but we drew lots to see which one of us would get to keep the fruit of our labors and I lost. After this, turners may quite possibly no longer see Bois D'Arc as a beautiful wood.

As any photographer knows, composition is what makes a picture what it is and brings out the .... uh ..... "best" that it has to offer. I think that I have managed to capture the best of what this turning has to offer.

Bill

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Bill ....You and your friends really shouldn't be turning under the influence of Moxie!

[Bill Boehme]

Bill ....You and your friends really shouldn't be turning under the influence of Moxie!

Sorry, I didn't mean to kill the thread.

I could reveal that one of the other collaborators is also a Creeker (or is ir creekster or creekmeister).

Bill

[Gary DeWitt]

LOL, Bill. You're right, great composition. But couldn't you have shot it in a slum/skid row, maybe some weeds and trash in the background?
I really like the "embellishment" on the foot, too.

[Joash Boyton]

WOWEEE!!!! some of these are pretty bad!!!:D:D:D

[Ron Journeau]

I feel so very relieved that I am not the only one to spawn some artforms that just plead to be burnt during a power outage, all in the name of keeping the family warm. After being inundated with the works for Travis, John H, Jim K and so many other talented turners, I have finally found a thread that I would feel comfortable posting in...unfortunately, we had a power outage not too long ago...the thermal bloom from my house almost put NORAD on alert

[Bill Boehme]

After viewing all of these ... uh ... wonders ... I truly believe that this thread has made a vital contribution of immeasurable magnitude to the entire art world by disproving once and for all time the old adage, "one man's trash is another man's treasure".

Bill

[Rusty Smith]

Lacking an adequate sized blank produced this ugly continder...:eek:

[Paul Engle]

I turned an oak perch for the LOML's Cockatoo, he ( the bird ) won't let me near it now to take a pic:mad: . so you will just have to vision it in your head:rolleyes: ... 1 in dia oak by 19 1/2 inches long, no finish ,sanded to 30 grt....boy golly it sure is ugly tho...:eek: , the perch , not the bird.:D

[Mark Pruitt]

I truly believe that this thread has made a vital contribution of immeasurable magnitude to the entire art world by disproving once and for all time the old adage, "one man's trash is another man's treasure".

Bill
Yeah, sure.....tell that to those flatwork guys who still think all spalted timber is bad....:D

[Steve Schlumpf]

Hey Mark

Did I win anything yet??

[Bill Boehme]

Did I win anything yet??

You have won my sympathy.

Bill

[Steve Schlumpf]

Gosh, thanks Bill....

[Bill Wyko]

I was going to take a pic of my ugliest piece but I'm afraid of what it might do to my camera:eek:
I was turning my favorite piece last night and I made it so thin I could see through it:( Thats the nice thing about segmenting, I can cut off the top and try again.:D I forgot my camera today but I'll put up pics tomorrow.

[Dominic Greco]

Here is a photo of my first bowl. I think I turned it back in 2001. It's turned from pear and even had a hole from my Talon Chuck's worm wood screw that was plugged in the middle. I look at these photos and CRINGE!

[Scott Lux]

Rich, I made a nearly identical bowl out of honeylocust. Only my had lots of tool marks and other enhancements.

[Roger Wilson]

For a look at a pro's ideas on what constitutes a beautiful bowl they might want to take a look at the book "Turned-Bowl Design" by Richard Raffan.

It isn't about the mechanics of turning but about the artistic aspects of bowl form, design and adornment. Very good for those of us who are new to turning.

ISBN-10: 0918804825
ISBN-13: 978-0918804822

[Jim Underwood]

My first turned box.

Recently my Dad asked me if I wanted my first turned bowl back. I'd given it as a present when I was in jr High School.

I did. But it would qualify for this "contest" too.:) I'm anxious to see it again...

[jack richington]

Mark..thanks for starting this thread...I haven't laughed so hard in weeks. My eyes watered and my sides split. Luckily for ya'll, I can't compress my photos to fit this forum..I have some amazing parakeet urns, I know you all would vote as the winner...

[Ben Gastfriend]

Think I posted this a while back.
Don't the chips and cracks add artistic flair?!
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[Brian Brown]

I am resurecting this thread once again because I think that I am the clear winner in this contest (wasn't the prize a new PM 3520B?:)). I took a class on Greek and Roman art at the university where I teach, hoping to learn more about pottery form to enhance my turning. I don't know if I learned anything about form, but one of the assignments was to make a reproduction of one of the artworks shown in class. The assignment specified that it had to be as accurate as possible in every detail. For obvious reasons, I chose a piece of pottery. This piece was made before the 10th century B.C., (proto-geometric) and as such, was very crude in construction. The handles and painted markings on the vase are not even or symetrical because that was the way the original piece was. This was actually the hardest part about making the vase.

I had no ability or facilities to throw it on a potters wheel, so I asked the Prof. if I could make it out of wood. He laughed at me and said if I thought I had any chance of making it from wood, to go ahead. When I turned it in, he just couldn't believe (like some of the other students) that I actually made this thing from wood, and even carved out the inside. ;) So here is the end result; the ugliest turning ever seen on this forum, even if it is only because it is painted. The vase is made out of Doug. fir. I used an old 2 X 8 cut into about 10 rings. I would never do that again. Nasty stuff to turn. Broke my favorite turning tool on it. :mad: After sanding the outside, I painted it with a textured paint, and hand-turned it on the lathe while dragging a 40 grit gouge through the wet paint, to create a feel of real thrown clay. Happy to have this done and over with, and I think I'll take the ugly thing out and bury it in the yard. In three thousand years some archeologist can dig it up, and wonder what was I smoking. :rolleyes:

Since I am the winner, just put my new Powermatic into UPS. I'll expect it next week. :D

[Dewey Torres]

Hands down I vote for Skip! I almost fell out of my chair on that one. Great Thread!
Dewey

[curtis rosche]

that looks to good to be a winner!

[Dennis Peacock]

Wow....talk about digging up an old thread. :)

This is a fun thread. :D

[Andy Hoyt]

Egads, Brian. May be ugly, but I like it.

When you bury it; stuff it with cabbage and all manner kitchen scraps and seal it tight. When you dig it up in a future millennia you'll have some vintage kimchee. MMmm good.

[Gene O. Carpenter]

Ugly is in the eye of the beholder...I hope I'll someday turn something as nice as what you folks call "Ugly"!;)

Well I've looked at all these photo's and while some are sort of funny looking:eek:, none are what I would call ugly!

So I agree with Ron "ugly IS in the eye of the beholder", :) and I too hope to someday be able to turn something that looks as good as good as some of these pieces:cool:!

I'm excluding any photo where the piece has split or the blank has a bad spot that's been left unturned..They weren't ugly, simply "un-improvable":rolleyes:!!

Gene:confused:

[Russ Peters]

If he does that would it be spalting after the fact?

[Bill Wyko]

My favorite!
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Sorry Andy, that doesn't qualify as ugly.

[Burt Alcantara]

My first box made in a box making class. Got carried away with the parting tool. It sits hidden on the shelf with all the other bad stuff.


Burt

[Dan Barr]

carried away with the parting tool... :D

hilarious. something i would do.

dan

[Reed Gray]

My ugliest turnings all seemed to have spontaneously combusted. Don't know how that happened.
Robust hippy

[Richard Madison]

That's beautiful, Burt! Looks a lot like one I just made.