Mike A. Smith
07-15-2007, 7:21 PM
There was no design work on this at all. It was supposed to be just a proof of concept thing. I grabbed a piece of maple spindle stock and some dark mystery wood from a box and started cutting. Once I saw that everything almost lined up I decided I might as well try to turn it into something. I came up with a candle stick, but the base was too small to be stable. So, back to the grab box again and I turned a base (don't know what that wood is either; I wish they would label the grab box wood, maybe I would learn something). So the form and wood choices are little haphazard.
LOML went bonkers over it! This is now (part) of her anniversary present. I tried to tell her I would make her a nice one, she says she'll take another one but she's keeping this one. Oh well, what do I know?
My thanks to Curt Fuller for showing how these are really supposed to look and for sharing his method for creating them!
LOML went bonkers over it! This is now (part) of her anniversary present. I tried to tell her I would make her a nice one, she says she'll take another one but she's keeping this one. Oh well, what do I know?
My thanks to Curt Fuller for showing how these are really supposed to look and for sharing his method for creating them!