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Keith Burns
03-04-2008, 9:36 PM
Another in my Flat Top series. The Cottonwood blank was a gift from Nancy Laird (Thanks Nancy). The piece measures 5-1/2" diameter x 10" overall height. The lid and finial are ebony. I bleached the wood to lighten it. Finished with antique oil and beall buffed. Comments/critiques welcome. Thanks.
Steve Schlumpf
03-04-2008, 10:07 PM
Love it! Great color contrast, form and finish! The finial is perfection! It is definately your signature! Thanks for posting such a great example of imagination in hollow forms!
Ken Fitzgerald
03-04-2008, 10:12 PM
Keith......You just keep raising the bar! Simply stunning!
Bernie Weishapl
03-04-2008, 10:22 PM
Beautiful Keith. Just Beautiful. Great from and finish.
Dennis Peacock
03-04-2008, 10:36 PM
Awesome Keith!!!! I really like it a lot. :cool:
Curt Fuller
03-04-2008, 10:49 PM
It would be hard to pick a favorite in you Flat Top series, but that would be one of the finalists. I really like the colors of the two contrasting woods. And the photo is really nice. How did you get the 'aura' behind the turning?
Keith Burns
03-04-2008, 11:07 PM
It would be hard to pick a favorite in you Flat Top series, but that would be one of the finalists. I really like the colors of the two contrasting woods. And the photo is really nice. How did you get the 'aura' behind the turning?
The "aura" was done by a very complicated lighting set up consisting of a 25 watt handheld light held above and behind the piece.
Thanks Curt !
Tom Sherman
03-04-2008, 11:25 PM
I believe you have nailed this one Keith, top shelf stuff indeed..
jeremy levine
03-05-2008, 9:40 AM
Museum quality, it really looks fantastic.
Nancy Laird
03-05-2008, 9:51 AM
Keith, that's really lovely. I like the form and the contrast between the lid and finial and the cottonwood. I'm glad the blank turned out well--wish I had the same ability!!
Nancy
Paul Douglass
03-05-2008, 9:55 AM
WOW! I agree with all the above!
Neal Addy
03-05-2008, 10:23 AM
A cottonwood HF? Are you a masochist, man?!
Very nice addition to your series!
Mike Vickery
03-05-2008, 10:53 AM
Just beautiful Keith
Allen Neighbors
03-05-2008, 10:36 PM
Beautimus, Keith! Good job on soft wood that's hard... make sense? :)
I love the bleach job and the finial!
Keith Burns
03-06-2008, 2:56 PM
Thanks very much for the knid words !
Bill Wyko
03-06-2008, 4:18 PM
Great job Keith. Very stylish.
Russ Peters
03-06-2008, 4:34 PM
Just out of curiosity- I saw a demo of a HF tool the other night and was wondering if you use a system or if it is free-hand. No insult intended just curious
Keith Burns
03-06-2008, 5:08 PM
Just out of curiosity- I saw a demo of a HF tool the other night and was wondering if you use a system or if it is free-hand. No insult intended just curious
Russ, I use a Jamieson Style Captive System for most hollowing. On these pieces though, it only works up to within about an inch of the flat top so I use a small midi hand held hollowing tool to do the underside of the top. No insult even remotely taken.
Joseph Peacock
03-06-2008, 5:09 PM
Wow!!:D Awsom work Mr.Keith!:cool:;)
Steve Mawson
03-06-2008, 10:26 PM
I like the form of the piece. However I will never get me warm and fuzzy over cottonwood.
Keith Burns
03-07-2008, 8:21 PM
I like the form of the piece. However I will never get me warm and fuzzy over cottonwood.
Steve, I had 2 pieces of the cottonwood. The first one was turned wet, and man did it STINK ! This one though had dried and actually turned pretty decently and it did not smell !
Brian Poor
03-07-2008, 8:44 PM
Gorgeous work!
I love the contrast as well.
:)
Steve Mawson
03-08-2008, 11:44 PM
Steve, I had 2 pieces of the cottonwood. The first one was turned wet, and man did it STINK ! This one though had dried and actually turned pretty decently and it did not smell !
I agree, you can tell the wood by the smell. I used it in place of maple one time and did not turn out too bad. I run a warehouse and lots of pallets come in made out of cottonwood. Loggers by a lot of them here is Nebraska just for pallets.
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