Mesquite hollow form with finial

[mike fuson]

This is a small piece of Mesquite that measures 5 1/2 ''wide . Measures 13'' tall over all. The pedestal and finial is my first skew work which rather enjoyed especially the quality of cut. India ink and antique oil finish. Comments welcome.
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[Jonathon Spafford]

That is a gorgeous piece! It is very well balanced with good color contrasts! Your spindle work is very delicate with good balance too and the whole thing has a nice finish! Way to go!

[Mike A. Smith]

Just beautiful Mike! I like it top to bottom.

[Jeffrey Fusaro]

very nice, mike!

great form!

[John Revilla]

Wow! Awesome looking piece! Thanks for sharing your talent. Godspeed.

[Jim Becker]

A really fine job, Mike! You really got a nice delicate feel on the pedestal and finial...great work!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful Mike. Finial and pedestal really look sharp Mike. Really balances the piece out.

[Paul Engle]

Yes very nice work indeed, the India ink works great huh? The base on the top final piece may be just a smite too large, could be just me tho. :eek:

[Matt Haus]

Mike,

What wood did you use for the finial? You mentioned india ink.

Thanks.

[Mark Cothren]

Great details, Mike! Looks like you are warming up to that skew work...:D

[Bill Wyko]

WOW MIKE I love this piece. You have a habbit of making pieces I really find unique. That another one for my favorite list. Great work once again.:)

[mike fuson]

Matt,
I used soft maple for the pedestal and finial, then done the india ink.

[Keith Burns]

Mike, nice job on this one. Really glad you ar expanding and trying new things. Great job on the finials. Nice job with the skew. Now LETS EAT !!

[Ed Scolforo]

Nice work, Mike! The finials look great.
Ed

[Christof Grohs]

Mike

Nice work...steady hands. You mentioned the piece is 13" tall and near 5" wide. If you knew it or not, you are working very closely to the Golden Ratio. I think you would be very surprised of how the dynamic of the piece would change if you had an 8" element introduced somehow.

Check this tool out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xgw84Kwrh8

Michael Savage wrote and article a few years ago pertaining to Fibonacci, in short he said:


Fibonacci was a mathematician in I think 15th century Pisa who devised a series of proportional relations for the use of his students. They are 1 : 1, 1 : 2, 2 : 3, 3 : 5 ,5 : 8,etc. As you can see these are simply arrived at by adding the 2 numbers together to give the second number in the new series. Sounds simple doesn't it but this series of numbers has been used in many aspects of life from architecture to engineering to predicting the market movements in relation to passed time. Included in the Fibonacci series are the ratios 5 : 8 and 8:13 which are the classic "golden section" proportions

[Curt Fuller]

That's a beauty Mike! The spindle work looks delicate and still sturdy enough to support the box. That's really nice.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful work Mike! Great looking color and finish! Very nice detail work on the finial and pedestal - looks balanced to me! Again, very nice work!

[Mark Pruitt]

Beautiful piece, Mike! I like the form a LOT! The proportions are "just right."