Thread: heres a challenge

Originally Posted by hughie

For those who are not familiar with Inchon Ceramics I have included a video and a reference image,of what I have in mind
Seyong-KIM.jpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Td7qL82Msk

Hughie

That sure took me back to when I was making and teaching pottery.

My influence was more from the Japanese than the Korean ceramic tradition, but the processes are much the same. I rarely carved and was more inclined to add some brushwork, if anything at all.

But, no surprise then that some of my repertoire of shapes have come over with me to woodturning.

Originally Posted by hughie

In order to keep my interest going I often look at challenging ideas, for if I don't challenge myself I won't grow and theres a good chance boredom will take over at some point and that is always fatal.

I often find inspiration from the world around me for shape and form. I suppose you could say it borders on artistic plagiarism pushed by lateral thought. Some time back I ran across or heard about the revival of old pottery tradition in Korea, Inchon Ceramics and caught my eye, and I was hooked with the idea of reproducing something like it is wood, not exactly the same but in the same genre.

I have many ideas running through my head at any one time, many are lost as newer ones come along, pushing the older aside. The only way any of them can survive is to put it out there, make myself accountable, as it were.

For those who are not familiar with Inchon Ceramics I have included a video and a reference image,of what I have in mind
Seyong-KIM.jpg









https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Td7qL82Msk

Hughie,

That would be quite simply too make, in my mind,(something I wouldn’t even trust)you take a million little pieces of timber, in different colours,add a huge dash of patience,an turn that in to little buttons, then you stick all those buttons together in a sort of vase like form, Ofer a mould of sorts,with even more patience,an quite a few very naughty words, 10 too 20 litres of glue, more bad words,

Then find yourself one of those old diving bell helmet suits, because quite frankly, if that thing starts falling apart while you’re trying to turn into form on a lathe, you don’t want to be behind any ordinary safety mask we normally use!!!!.

Then you start pancaking, and grab the CA an start filling all the little voids that start forming, while tearing the skin of all 10 digits, praying that this hell will end soon, and why why why.

Finally finishing with the required form, only too have non wood turners(The scum of society) look at it an go “O that’s nice my Grandfather used too turn stuff [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji35]).

I can’t wait too see it done, hope that was helpful.

Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Hughie,

That would be quite simply too make, in my mind,(something I wouldn’t even trust)you take a million little pieces of timber, in different colours,add a huge dash of patience,an turn that in to little buttons, then you stick all those buttons together in a sort of vase like form, Ofer a mould of sorts,with even more patience,an quite a few very naughty words, 10 too 20 litres of glue, more bad words,

Then find yourself one of those old diving bell helmet suits, because quite frankly, if that thing starts falling apart while you’re trying to turn into form on a lathe, you don’t want to be behind any ordinary safety mask we normally use!!!!.

Then you start pancaking, and grab the CA an start filling all the little voids that start forming, while tearing the skin of all 10 digits, praying that this hell will end soon, and why why why.

Finally finishing with the required form, only too have non wood turners(The scum of society) look at it an go “O that’s nice my Grandfather used too turn stuff [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji35]).

I can’t wait to see it done, hope that was helpful.

Cheers Matt.

Matt, I had a go at segmenting way back and soon discovered it was not for me. Also, I found my ability to cut the segments accurately would need a serious upgrade. This one, I will lay it out with the same gear I do spirals with. But It's far from being easy and some of the patterns these guys layout are way to complicated for a first, form what I can tell they lay them out by hand, now that's some serious hand and eye coordination.

Originally Posted by NeilS

Hughie

That sure took me back to when I was making and teaching pottery.

My influence was more from the Japanese than the Korean ceramic tradition, but the processes are much the same. I rarely carved and was more inclined to add some brushwork, if anything at all.

But, no surprise then that some of my repertoire of shapes have come over with me to woodturning.

A fair amount of what I do is influenced by south-east asia, mainly Inchon and Japan as I have travelled extensively through the area for years and at one time lived in Singapore. This is going to be one of those pieces that will test not only my ability but patience as well.

This project is far more complex than I originally imagined, ordinarily I would lay out spirals etc using a pencil and then go over the layout with a dremel or fine vee gouge and or perhaps a fine toothed saw. All single line layouts, this time I am going to have around 8 lines close together 4 one way and 4 the other as I have chosen a diamond pattern to go with. So the lines have to be very fine, so I am looking at 0.030 or 0.040 in a Fineline marker pen.

see the link here for a review

Best Fineliner Pens For Drawing | Fineliner Tips And Techniques

Will watch this with interest Hughie. Maybe you can give us some WIP photos if your happy with the way its turning out.

Can do Tony, I'm finding theres a fair amount of adjustment of my gear even before I start. I reckon somewhere in the middle of this, I'm gonna be shaking my head wondering what the heck I was thinking.

Yeah, this'll be interesting.
Waiting patiently.

Hughie, I watched your vid on Inchon Ceramics. Love watching someone who is a master of his trade. I'm even more intrigued with what you have in mind now.