Wes Bischel
01-15-2004, 8:07 PM
Since I have enjoyed seeing what others are doing I thought I should post a few items that I have made. Below are two vases that I made my wife.
The first vase is made from a Erlenmeyer flask, Brazilian cherry, and brass rod. The top ring was turned to form, then split, lined with felt, drilled for the vertical stays (brass rods) and glued around the neck of the flask. The base was turned to cradle the flask base and drilled for the stays. Both the ring and base were finished with BLO and wax. The stays were turned with a slight taper and round tenons at either end. The stays were then epoxied in place. The glass beads were added to hold the flower stems. Total height nom. 6".
The second vase is a bud vase. The top chrome section is a discarded shower head. I bored out the inside to create a step and epoxied the frog onto the step. Then the head was backfilled with epoxy to make it water tight. The base is cherry first bored and chamfered to accept the shower head and then turned to shape. The cherry is finished with BLO and wax. Total height nom. 7".
I guess in the art community this type of thing is referred to as “adaptive reuse”. I just call it fun.
Anyhow, thanks for looking, and thanks for the inspiration.
Wes
The first vase is made from a Erlenmeyer flask, Brazilian cherry, and brass rod. The top ring was turned to form, then split, lined with felt, drilled for the vertical stays (brass rods) and glued around the neck of the flask. The base was turned to cradle the flask base and drilled for the stays. Both the ring and base were finished with BLO and wax. The stays were turned with a slight taper and round tenons at either end. The stays were then epoxied in place. The glass beads were added to hold the flower stems. Total height nom. 6".
The second vase is a bud vase. The top chrome section is a discarded shower head. I bored out the inside to create a step and epoxied the frog onto the step. Then the head was backfilled with epoxy to make it water tight. The base is cherry first bored and chamfered to accept the shower head and then turned to shape. The cherry is finished with BLO and wax. Total height nom. 7".
I guess in the art community this type of thing is referred to as “adaptive reuse”. I just call it fun.
Anyhow, thanks for looking, and thanks for the inspiration.
Wes