Red Gum Burl HF

[Andy Blackwell]

This little HF is 4"s x 2-3/4". Made from Australian red gum burl. The finish is hi-gloss lacquer. It is hard to get rid of photo reflections with this finish.

Comments, questions, critiques welcome.

Thanks,

Andy

[John Hart]

Critiques?...Your form is excellent...the collar is very cool...the finish is great and the wood is a knockout.

Questions? Can I have it?:)

[Jon Lanier]

I like it. Nice form and color.

[Alex Elias]

Not to be kissing up but your work is trully fenomenal. That is the kind of form that appeasl to me a lot. The contrastong woods shape the hole thing looks fabulous.
Congrats and keep on inspireing me.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Andy no critique here. Excellent form and I really like the collar. Well done.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Andy - very nice work! I like the overall form on this and the proportions of foot vs collar. Beautiful wood, great color combination and I like the high gloss finish. Again, very nice work!

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

IMHO, a classic beauty of form and finish. Wish I had that kind of skill.

[robert hainstock]

very nice form and finish. great piece of work.:o

[Andy Blackwell]

Thanks for the kind and gracious comments Gentlemen.

I love to turn small items because you can use some exotic woods without spending a fortune. I keep learning new techniques and skills but there is always a new one to pursue. Learning is a life long persuit for me and I keep getting all kinds of inspiration from the pictures and post that I read on this forum.

Again, thanks.

Andy

[Bill Wyko]

What John said. That's a real beautiful piece. How was the wood to turn? I have 2 large pieces of RG that are due for destruction soon.:)

[Glenn Hodges]

Andy I have nothing more to add to the comments about this beautiful piece, but to say I think it is outstanding.

[Andy Blackwell]

Bill - This was not the easiest piece to turn as it was dry (really dry) and had the bark inclusions in it. I had to be careful when hollowing it that it didn't shatter. I have never turned American red gum but have turned black gum. It was a pleasure to rough turn green and not at all difficult to finish turn when dry. Hope this helps.

[Tom Sherman]

A very nice form and finish Andy

[Robert McGowen]

Most excellent. This will be quite a conversation piece on someone's coffee table.

[Paul Engle]

Very nice work indeed Andy, we may have another Travis on our hands , but that'd be a good thing:D , on my desk at work would be a great thing :eek::D.

[Jim Becker]

Yum! That's a wonderful piece! Thanks for showing it to us!

[Mike A. Smith]

Very elegant!