Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Needs Pictures Needs Pictures:  0
Picture(s) thanks Picture(s) thanks:  0

View Poll Results: Do you like this sort of thing?

Voters
43. You may not vote on this poll

  • I'm starting bidding straight away!

    2 4.65%

  • That's not woodwork

    4 9.30%

  • what a waste of a burl

    25 58.14%

  • is ok

    14 32.56%
Multiple Choice Poll.
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 44
  1. 13th February 2008, 01:44 PM #1
    mic-d's Avatar
    mic-d
    mic-d is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    4,956

    Default Is this woodwork?

    I stumbled onto this table on ebay. It is close to the singularly most grotesque piece of furniture I've ever seen. Whadiya reckon, is it worth the money?

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Unique-Tasman...QQcmdZViewItem

    Cheers
    Michael
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 13th February 2008 01:44 PM # ADS
    Google Adsense Advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Posts
    Many





     
  3. 13th February 2008, 02:03 PM #2
    Wongo's Avatar
    Wongo
    Wongo is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Sydney
    Age
    53
    Posts
    8,879

    Default

    $5000 is cheap. I have seen uglier pieces for a lot more money.

    Of course it is worth the money. It is art.
    Visit my website at www.myFineWoodWork.com
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 13th February 2008, 02:08 PM #3
    jmk89's Avatar
    jmk89
    jmk89 is offline Moderate Moderater
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Lindfield N.S.W.
    Age
    62
    Posts
    5,643

    Default

    I don't like that sort of thing, but as Wongo says, it's art, so it follows that it will evoke strong aesthetic responses, mine is a strong Yuk.

    BUT if it had already been slabbed, it wasn't the maker who wasted the burl (and you can buy it to reuse the slab!!!). The fact is that it is woodwork, even tho' I don't like it,so I voted is OK. But I think, I couldn't give a Rat's Ring for it expresses my view best.
    Cheers

    Jeremy
    If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 13th February 2008, 02:11 PM #4
    silentC's Avatar
    silentC
    silentC is offline SENIOR MEMBER
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Pambula
    Age
    58
    Posts
    12,779

    Default

    Hmm, I've seen something like that before somewhere...

    Careful, that might be a forum member
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 13th February 2008, 02:20 PM #5
    silentC's Avatar
    silentC
    silentC is offline SENIOR MEMBER
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Pambula
    Age
    58
    Posts
    12,779

    Default

    No, it's not the one I was thinking of: http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ead.php?t=9488

    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 13th February 2008, 02:36 PM #6
    Brown Dog's Avatar
    Brown Dog
    Brown Dog is offline timber ninja
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Hills District, Sydney
    Age
    51
    Posts
    602

    Default

    I think for that sort of money I personally would rather buy a giant peg made from houn.....now thats art

    cheers
    BD
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 13th February 2008, 02:40 PM #7
    ss_11000
    ss_11000 is offline You've got to risk it to get the biscuit
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Canberra
    Age
    32
    Posts
    4,195

    Default

    i like it. looks cool
    S T I R L O
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 13th February 2008, 02:54 PM #8
    Gra's Avatar
    Gra
    Gra is offline Member for stupid ideas
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Hell with fluro lighting
    Age
    55
    Posts
    2,156

    Default

    I want the peg....
    I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

    My Other Toys
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 13th February 2008, 05:47 PM #9
    tea lady's Avatar
    tea lady
    tea lady is offline SENIOR MEMBER
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    belgrave
    Age
    61
    Posts
    7,934

    Default

    $5000.

    Tell 'im he's dreamin'.

    Not woodwork. Not art.

    Waste of wood.
    anne-maria.
    T    ea Lady
    (White with none)
    Follow my little workshop/gallery on facebook. things of clay and wood.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 13th February 2008, 07:50 PM #10
    AlexS's Avatar
    AlexS
    AlexS is offline Dehydrated Hydrographer
    Join Date
    Jun 1999
    Location
    Westleigh, Sydney
    Age
    77
    Posts
    9,549

    Default

    What TL said...and a waste of a good burl to boot.
    Visit my website
    Website
    Facebook
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 13th February 2008, 08:07 PM #11
    flynnsart
    flynnsart is offline SENIOR MEMBER
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Durong Qld
    Age
    63
    Posts
    849

    Default

    Each to his own, not to my taste at all, but someone will probably love it, after all the constructor obviously loved it or he/she wouldnt have made it. (I guess a few would look at some of my stuff and say yuk) .Looks too plastic coated.

    Donna
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 13th February 2008, 10:52 PM #12
    munruben's Avatar
    munruben
    munruben is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Munruben, Qld
    Age
    83
    Posts
    10,027

    Default

    Beauty in the eye of the beholder I suppose. Doesn't do much for me but then again I am not very arty.
    Reality is no background music.
    Cheers John
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 13th February 2008, 11:49 PM #13
    manoftalent
    manoftalent is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Melbourne
    Posts
    473

    Default

    I think if I glued all my offcuts together in random order I could call it an "artwork" and start plans for retiring ......$5k for that ??....just goes to show a fool and his money can be easily parted huh
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 14th February 2008, 12:08 AM #14
    Wood Borer's Avatar
    Wood Borer
    Wood Borer is offline SENIOR MEMBER
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Tolmie - Victoria
    Age
    68
    Posts
    4,010

    Default

    I was under the opinion that the same myrtle also grew in Victoria.
    - Wood Borer
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 14th February 2008, 01:15 AM #15
    markharrison's Avatar
    markharrison
    markharrison is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Redlands area, Brisbane
    Posts
    1,489

    Default

    How can one man have so much talent!?

    I hate that style of "furniture" with a passion! It looks like a rather painfully formed cow pat!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Similar Threads

  1. Woodwork Lessons in Alexandria, The School of Fine Woodwork, Sydney
    By Crosland in forum WOODWORK - GENERAL
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 21st March 2007, 05:22 PM
  2. Why would I post this in the General Woodwork Forum when it's not about woodwork?
    By bitingmidge in forum WOODWORK - GENERAL
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 1st May 2006, 10:59 PM
  3. non woodwork
    By ptc in forum NON WOODWORK
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 6th May 2003, 11:19 AM
  4. non woodwork???
    By fxst in forum NON WOODWORK
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 22nd April 2003, 08:56 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules