Ebony and Holly hollow form

[Travis Stinson]

Ebony hollow form with Holly collar and foot. 7" diameter by 3 1/4" tall, buffed Seal-a-cell finish.

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[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow Travis - beautiful work as we have all come to expect! Love the contrast between the dark wood in the body and the light collar. Last photo really shocked me as I didn't expect the sapwood - love the contrast!!

Once again - great work!

[Russ Cass]

:cool: WOW! Great loooking piece.

I hope to be that good someday.... :(

[Dario Octaviano]

Another stunner.:eek:

[Lars Thomas]

I'll start the bidding at $250!

Opps wrong thread.

[Jason Hallowell]

Beautiful!

[Neal Addy]

Speechless. :eek:

[Ken Fitzgerald]

That's a beauty Travis! I like those contrasting woods and colors!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Travis that is one beautiful HF. Just stunning. Nice job.

[Brett Baldwin]

When your surface looks that good in gloss black, you know you've done well. That's a beauty Travis.

[Dennis Peacock]

Awesome Travis.....very beautiful on both pieces!!!!

[Brodie Brickey]

Travis,

Where are you finding Ebony of that size? Everywhere I look, all I see is 1x1x12 and other small spindle/pen blanks.

Your hollow form is nicely proportioned.

[Loy Hawes]

Very stunning piece Travis. Although those weren't the first words that came out of my mouth when I opened this thread.

Beautiful finish.

[Raymond Overman]

Awesome piece Travis! Great contrasts.

Of course at $75/bd ft for Gabon Ebony the $250 starting bid isn't going to take it home I don't think. Then add the excellent craftmanship and presentation, there's going to be a bidding war.

[Mark Pruitt]

Once again my mouth is watering....or is it my eyes watering...or both....:)

Again, you have produced a seriously beautiful piece Travis!

[Bill Wyko]

That is absolutly exquisite! Was the ebony hard to work with?

[Ed Scolforo]

Travis, what can I say...another stunning piece coming off your lathe.

[John Timberlake]

Super nice. Great contrast and love the suprise in the last picture of the sap wood. Great finish too.

[Bob Hovde]

Wow! Usually, I think collars look like "cheating," but this one really makes the piece exquisite.

[Mark Cothren]

The Holly works great with the Ebony - and the finish is fantastic!

[Jonathon Spafford]

Another disheartening Stinson piece ;) Truly a beautiful piece of work!

Must be kinda scary working with ebony like that!

[Rich Stewart]

Thats a beauty! My cousin works for a orphanage type thing over in Uganda and last time she was here her husband was showing me some carvings out of ebony. The stuff felt like rock. Was it hard to turn? Tough on tools? They also told me about some african man that has a homemade lathe. His son turns it back and forth with a leather strap and he stabs the tool in at just the right time when the lathe is turning the correct way and then withdraws it on the backstroke. The stuff he made was unbelievable. Seems people over there ahve a lot of patience.

Beautiful job Travis. When you going to open the gallery?

[Tom Sherman]

Travis this one is in a class all by it's self. Absolutely stunning the contrast of the woods is awsome and of course the work is above reproach. My hat is off to you sir.

[Travis Stinson]

Thanks guys. Rich, it wasn'treally any harder to turn than any other hardwood, other than perhaps clearing the shavings a little more frequently while hollowing. I had to touch up the cutter a couple times because of the oily buildup on them.

[Brian McInturff]

Travis,
I've noticed you use the Seal-a-Cell finish on quite a few of your turnings. I love the way your finish looks and am wonder how it is applied. I've never used that brand or quite that type of finish. Can you gives us your steps for application? Thanks,
Brian

[Ron Sardo]

Beautiful!

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

Travis, this is first rate - wonderful piece. Which exact Seal-a-Cell are you using? How many coats?

[Jim Ketron]

Beautiful form,finish wood!
I love it!

[Travis Stinson]

Brian/ Malcolm, I used General Finishes clear, http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=5189 . Wiped on with a scrap of old T-shirt, then wiped off with paper towel when tacky, repeated twice over a couple days. Then wiped on a light coat and buffed with the Beall system after the last coat cured.

[Neal Addy]

I can vouch for Seal-A-Cell. Been using it for about a year and really love the results. It's slow drying but sure gives a good finish (as can be seen in Travis' beautiful piece).

For those who like high gloss urethane finishes they (General Finish) also have another wipe-on product called Arm-R-Seal. A few coats of it and your piece will look like glass.

[Seth Poorman]

Travis
Thats really nice I have to say !!! I bet a piece of Ebony that size cost a few bucks?
When I get my lathe I would like to try my hand at a piece like this.
Vary nice!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joe Melton]

Gotta get me some of that seal a cel so I can make things like this.
Joe

[Bob Hallowell]

Travis how do you keep that from ebony from cracking? did you dna it? Man that's a nice piece!

Bob

[Keith Burns]

What can I say except excellent !!:) :)

[Jim Becker]

Wow...beautiful! And when I paged down to that third picture, it really jumped out at me! It great that you leveraged the contrast where you could have just done something completely dark... Great piece, Travis!

[Terry Rodery]

Beautiful!

[Larry Crim]

Travis you must have been real proud of that when you got finished. It is stunning
Larry

[mike fuson]

Travis this is one of the best.

[Glenn Hodges]

Thanks for letting me see this piece, I love it.