A vase of walnut and canary wood

[John Huber]

This vase is stave construction, as described in Malcolm Tibbetts, The Art of Segmented Woodturning. Each of the four staves is a laminate of walnut on the inside and canary wood on the outside. Finish is Watco Wipe-On Poly for less darkening of the woods.

This is my fifth turning project. So I would appreciate and comments or suggestions.

[TYLER WOOD]

oooohhhhhh I like! love the contrast in the wood colors. Nice form and finish. SWEET piece.

[Mike A. Smith]

How cool! I've never seen one before, but you can bet I'll be going to look for some more and instructions. Very nice John.

[Robert McGowen]

It is very hard to get those kinds of pieces to line up just right, but you seem to have nailed this one. Great job!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work John! Really like the color combination, form and finish! Seriously nice work!

[Mark Pruitt]

Very nice, John! You got it "just right."

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful John. Love the contrast of the woods.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

John.....You were joshing us about being a novice...right?

Very well done. Man you are a natural!

[joe greiner]

Nice shape and contrast; and amazingly good alignment. Well done.

Joe

[jeremy levine]

Well done, looks great

[steve fleischmann]

Wow, now that is beautiful. Very inspiring as well.
Steve

[Scott Donley]

Kool, I will take two ! Just make sure to sign it S.D. ;)

[Bill Wyko]

Very nice. I like the form, choice of woods and the finish. Good job.

[Joyce Baldauf]

Man, that is one sweet piece of work. I marvel at the creative minds that produce works such as yours, after all, that 99% perspiration is just that without that 1% inspiration. In your case, John, the inspiration was just perfect.

[Keith Burns]

Great piece John, nice wood, nice form and nice finish !! Keep it up !!

[John Huber]

Many thanks for the compliments, folks! But I can't claim total originality for the form. It is inspired by an art glass vase by Louis Comfort Tiffany made about 100 years ago. It is pictured on p. 127 in Louis Comfort Tiffany: artist for the ages, by Marilynn A. Johnson. "Inspired" means that his looks better! I get a lot of inspiration from both art glass and art pottery; they really know form.

[Doug M Jones]

Very pretty piece. Looks like I need to purchase Malcom's book.

Great Job

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

This vase is stave construction, as described in Malcolm Tibbetts, The Art of Segmented Woodturning. Each of the four staves is a laminate of walnut on the inside and canary wood on the outside. Finish is Watco Wipe-On Poly for less darkening of the woods.

This is my fifth turning project. So I would appreciate and comments or suggestions.

John, great job keeping everything centered with nice tight joinery. To be very picky, I think the shape could have been slightly improved by tucking the foot in more "out of sight" and by not reversing the direction of curve as the profile reaches the top (a continuous curve to the top would have been better). For a "novice", this is exceptional work - congratulations.