Little Festo
3rd January 2009, 06:47 PM
Hello All,
Hope you have all had a good Christmas and New Year. I'm finally getting over a bit of illness, been difficult as I rarely get sick, must be a sign of old age.
here a few pieces I've finally got finished, off to the Gallery tomorrow so the photos are a bit rushed. One of the flashes needs repair so I was a light down, not the best.
The first piece is a carved Bloodwood bowl. Approx 250mm in diameter.
The next two are Chilian Myrtle. The first approx 200mm in diameter, the second approx 230mm. Both are "gold leafed" inside. Both pieces were made using a tilt axis chuck (Kelton). The chuck is a monster, approx 25-30 kg and needs to on a substantial latheThe first piece actually utilised the tilt axis and some "off-centering". Not too sure about these, they change quite noticably when viewed from different angles.
The last platter shaped piece is Red Cedar, approx 440mm in diameter. It's oval as the piece continued to dry after the carving was done. It was dried out for approx 2-3 months after the carving was finished. The bowl shape is also a "wavey edge" shape.
All are finished in semi matte lacquer.
Peter
Hope you have all had a good Christmas and New Year. I'm finally getting over a bit of illness, been difficult as I rarely get sick, must be a sign of old age.
here a few pieces I've finally got finished, off to the Gallery tomorrow so the photos are a bit rushed. One of the flashes needs repair so I was a light down, not the best.
The first piece is a carved Bloodwood bowl. Approx 250mm in diameter.
The next two are Chilian Myrtle. The first approx 200mm in diameter, the second approx 230mm. Both are "gold leafed" inside. Both pieces were made using a tilt axis chuck (Kelton). The chuck is a monster, approx 25-30 kg and needs to on a substantial latheThe first piece actually utilised the tilt axis and some "off-centering". Not too sure about these, they change quite noticably when viewed from different angles.
The last platter shaped piece is Red Cedar, approx 440mm in diameter. It's oval as the piece continued to dry after the carving was done. It was dried out for approx 2-3 months after the carving was finished. The bowl shape is also a "wavey edge" shape.
All are finished in semi matte lacquer.
Peter