Cherry Hollow Form

[Don Fuss]

I'm not too sure what to call this thing. It's a single piece hollow form with Dogwood leaves shaped into it. My girlfriend sketched the flower design on it after I turned it, and I followed her design as closely as I could. This was my first attempt with a wood burning tool to detail the flowers. I'm certainly no master yet, but it was fun ( :rolleyes: ) teetering on the edge of destroying my piece knowing that a single slip would destroy countless hours of work. Turning was the easy part - the carving and filing of the leaves and flowers was the hardest and I lost count of the hours I put into it.

Thanks for looking!

[Jim Becker]

Oh, how kewel!! Very nice, Don!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Man - that is nice! Great looking HF! Love all of your detail work!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Don absolutely beautiful. That is really a cool looking HF. Nice job.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Gorgeous, ingenious....Very well done! Excellent!

[John Chandler]

Ditto what Ken said. Awesome.

[Neal Addy]

Great collaboration, Don.

What are the dimensions? Either way you did a nice job on that flat-top hollow form. Very nicely done!

[Jonathon Spafford]

Gorgeous piece... the hollow form looks great and the embellishment is awesome!!!

BTW... why is the wood so dark, did you dye it???

[Brodie Brickey]

Don,

Your pieces are always outside the envelope of normal. A beautiful hollowform.

[Mike Vickery]

Great looking piece Don.

[Mark Pruitt]

Breathtaking!!! I hope you'll bring that one to our next club meeting!

[Bob Hallowell]

Don,
Very nice piece yuo can tell you put your time in on it!

Bob

[Keith Burns]

Don, well worth the effort and time ! Great piece !!:) :)

[Tony De Masi]

Wonderful form and even better execution. Very well done.

[Don Fuss]

Thanks for the kind words all! The encouragement here is always inspiring.

Neal: It's about 7 1/4" in diameter x 2 1/2" thick.

Jonathon: I just used BLO. It did turn out unually dark, however.

[Dick Strauss]

Don,
That's a real nice piece!!! I can only imagine how hours you have in that one.

FWIW-I find that BLO makes most everything look kind of dark for my tastes...

[Dale Gregory]

Wow, really cool design! I can just imagine how many hours went into all the carving and burning. Very nice!

Dale