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Don Fuss
03-25-2007, 7:21 PM
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
03-25-2007, 7:23 PM
Oh, how kewel!! Very nice, Don!
Steve Schlumpf
03-25-2007, 7:47 PM
Man - that is nice! Great looking HF! Love all of your detail work!
Bernie Weishapl
03-25-2007, 8:49 PM
Don absolutely beautiful. That is really a cool looking HF. Nice job.
Ken Fitzgerald
03-25-2007, 10:02 PM
Gorgeous, ingenious....Very well done! Excellent!
John Chandler
03-25-2007, 10:04 PM
Ditto what Ken said. Awesome.
Neal Addy
03-25-2007, 10:31 PM
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
03-25-2007, 11:33 PM
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
03-26-2007, 1:12 AM
Don,
Your pieces are always outside the envelope of normal. A beautiful hollowform.
Mike Vickery
03-26-2007, 2:51 AM
Great looking piece Don.
Mark Pruitt
03-26-2007, 8:20 AM
Breathtaking!!! I hope you'll bring that one to our next club meeting!
Bob Hallowell
03-26-2007, 8:27 AM
Don,
Very nice piece yuo can tell you put your time in on it!
Bob
Keith Burns
03-26-2007, 10:00 AM
Don, well worth the effort and time ! Great piece !!:) :)
Tony De Masi
03-26-2007, 10:23 AM
Wonderful form and even better execution. Very well done.
Don Fuss
03-26-2007, 9:35 PM
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
03-27-2007, 1:51 AM
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
03-27-2007, 12:28 PM
Wow, really cool design! I can just imagine how many hours went into all the carving and burning. Very nice!
Dale
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