red mallee burl box

[smiife]

hi guys,
i saw this type of box in WT.mag ,designed by Andrew Potkinik [not too sure
of the spelling]but he is a aussie turner, i am sure most of you know of him
anyway credits to him:2tsup: he does some great turnings/designs
red mallee burl base,silky oak rim,jacaranda lid, spirit stained and laquaered
any comments and advice welcome
cheers smiife:2tsup:

[orificiam]

Hello Smiife. Congratulation Simply beautiful, I'm sure Andrew wold be happy of what you did with his design.

Cheers Tony,:)

[smiife]

hi tony,
thanks for your comments mate,
i have always like andrews work and this was a piece i
wanted to try,i think it turned out ok...sorry for the pun:roll:
cheers smiife:2tsup:

[powderpost]

Lovely job, :2tsup:
Jim

[chuck1]

thats impressive!

[RETIRED]

Nice job and well done.

The lid needed to carry the line of the top IMO instead of having a curve. If the top had curved from from the lip you may have got away with a curve on the lid.

[RETIRED]

Similar to this one.

250791

[Scott]

I tend to agree with otherwise that's a very nice piece :2tsup:

[Tim the Timber Turner]

Nice job and well done.

The lid needed to carry the line of the top IMO instead of having a curve. If the top had curved from from the lip you may have got away with a curve on the lid.

Your right on .

Technically well turned.

Design wise there are too many different elements, shapes and colours, which all tend to clash in the finished piece.

The simple shapes are the hardest to get right.

Even harder to get right in very plain timbers with no grain.

My 2 bobs worth.

Cheers

Tim:)

[Ed Reiss]

Nice job and well done.

The lid needed to carry the line of the top IMO instead of having a curve. If the top had curved from from the lip you may have got away with a curve on the lid.

Yep...or even make the lid "dished" in part way then have the finial plunge upward from there. Good work otherwise:2tsup:

[smiife]

hi guys,
thanks to all for your comments i appreciate them all
and take what has been said on board,

is the photo of the box something you have made??????

tim, not too sure about your comment of '' very plain timber with no grain'' ????????????:?
anyway you are entitled to your view and thanks for the two bob:U


cheers smiife:2tsup:

[RETIRED]

is the photo of the box something you have made??????No, it was one of Andrews earlier pieces. I put it up to illustrate what I meant.:)

[Tim the Timber Turner]

tim, not too sure about your comment of '' very plain timber with no grain'' ????????????:?
anyway you are entitled to your view and thanks for the two bob:U


cheers smiife:2tsup:

Sorry smiife

I can understand the confusion when I read my post.

The last 2 comments were general observations and not related to to your piece.

To elaborate further, a piece turned out of plain Huon Pine needs to be spot on in shape and proportions as the timber has very little in the way of features to draw the eye.

Hope that makes more sense.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers

Tim:)

[shedbound]

superb, I like it a lot:2tsup:

[dr4g0nfly]

Now I disagree (as I'm allowed to do). The different colour raised rim enables you to get away with the lid not following the rest of the line of the top.

I do think the finial is a little heavy though, especially in the thread images, then blown up and you can see the carving it's better, but still a little strong for me.

But we'd be boring if we were all the same.

Nice piece, I like it.

[smiife]

hi guys,
,thanks for that photo ,i can understand what you mean now...

tim, you do not have to apologise to me mate,without critisism
and someone else's point of view,we would just carry on making
the some old boring stuff and would not progress ,
i never put photos on the forum ,to have all positive remarks
i appreciate every ones comments good or bad and try to learn
and make my own turnings better [god knows i need all the help i can get]
and it's all free advice from people who know what they are talking
about [one would hope:roll:], so thanks, it all makes sense to me now:2tsup:

shedbound,thanks for your comments too..

dragonfly,thanks for disagreeing,your comments are appreciated
but i must come clean at this stage,i did not carve the finial:o
it is actually made of metal and has a thread cut in the bottom.
i found it in the street,picked it up,and thought i would use that one day
i just cleaned it up and sprayed it black to match the lid.just call me steptoe:U

cheers smiife:2tsup:

[dr4g0nfly]

Smifie,

you might have noticed that I like to repurpose glass jars that are in need of lids, I like to reuse or find new purposes for odd things...

... you've now got me wondering where or what I can find to use as unusual finials.

Thanks for the idea, lets see where it goes!