Hey everyone!
I am, I hope, about to widen my horizons by attempting to learn how to do thin hollow forms c/w fine finials. I read and wonder at the excellence of the work done by Creekers especially the thin long finials. I have watched a lot of Utube but have not purchased any specific videos so a couple of questions come to my very small mind.
1. Have any of you produced a step by step of the work you do or are you way too busy actually doing the work to stop to photograph it along the way? I know I personally often get too involved and forget to take photos along the way.
2. The 'transition'. I really like am early impressed with smooth transitions from the hollow form to the finial and wonder about the process. Just how and when do you actually fit it to the form? I am thinking that I'll turn the form, leave it in a chuck, turn the finial, fit and finish it then do the final fitting to the form. Would that be a good way to go?