bellyup
15th May 2011, 01:33 PM
G'day all,
I thought I would share some of my experiments where form takes precedent over function - nothing too serious - just trying new shapes and different timbers. Excuse the dodgey photos.
I was going to re-lop the peppergrinder (Osama bin Laden Ltd. Edition Redgum grinder) off at the cove but after I made the mark it seemed to balace it out more. Shellawaxed 300mmh x 70mmw.
The Cooba bowl was cut green and dried in the microwave oven for 2 minutes at a time until it didn't feel damp, left for 2 hours and finished to 800grit and Shellawaxed. No warping or cracking .90mm h x130cm w.
I wanted an excuse to use some Purple Wood Wattle - Acacia carneii I have stashed, also to try a hollow form vase (my first vase). Don't know if it's cheating but I turned the bottom off and went up that way then re-attached base. Loved the colour contrast between the Jacaranda and the P.W.W until I put a finish on the timber (Trad. wax) and it started turning black. It did so with all the finishes I tried, don't know why? Finished in Trad wax, PWW lip in Shellawax. 190mm h x 130mm w
The last is a Cindy Droza inspired dust collector from some Euc. burl I found (amazing what you can find when you have a chainsaw ) on the Snowwy river last trout trip with the finial and stem from local Black Oak. Shellawax 160mm h x 130mm w.
Please feel free to critique and comment.
Bruce
I thought I would share some of my experiments where form takes precedent over function - nothing too serious - just trying new shapes and different timbers. Excuse the dodgey photos.
I was going to re-lop the peppergrinder (Osama bin Laden Ltd. Edition Redgum grinder) off at the cove but after I made the mark it seemed to balace it out more. Shellawaxed 300mmh x 70mmw.
The Cooba bowl was cut green and dried in the microwave oven for 2 minutes at a time until it didn't feel damp, left for 2 hours and finished to 800grit and Shellawaxed. No warping or cracking .90mm h x130cm w.
I wanted an excuse to use some Purple Wood Wattle - Acacia carneii I have stashed, also to try a hollow form vase (my first vase). Don't know if it's cheating but I turned the bottom off and went up that way then re-attached base. Loved the colour contrast between the Jacaranda and the P.W.W until I put a finish on the timber (Trad. wax) and it started turning black. It did so with all the finishes I tried, don't know why? Finished in Trad wax, PWW lip in Shellawax. 190mm h x 130mm w
The last is a Cindy Droza inspired dust collector from some Euc. burl I found (amazing what you can find when you have a chainsaw ) on the Snowwy river last trout trip with the finial and stem from local Black Oak. Shellawax 160mm h x 130mm w.
Please feel free to critique and comment.
Bruce