Thread: Royal Easter Show Entry 2016

You should be proud of this one Christos well done love the grain and how you've off set the bowl as well. Like you though its warped

Christos, seems unbalanced. I think it needs some trimming, not to make it symmetrical, but to provide balance in some way, however the colours are good and the workmanship is absolutely wonderful

Greg

I like the ripple affect around the top of the bowl. however the square edges are too sharp so I think you lose that nice flow into the edges.

Hi christos,
I think if you look at the last photo you can see the bowl
doesn, t flow through the wings, the offset from that angle
also looks odd in some way , the wings in my opinion
should be the same size and thinner, the bowl also needs
to be the same shape all the way through,
You have asked for comments and criticism, also a poll
so i hope you don, t mind me speaking my own mind,
this is only my opinion ,,,,,,,, for what thats worth.......

Originally Posted by smiife

Hi christos,
I think if you look at the last photo you can see the bowl
doesn, t flow through the wings, the offset from that angle
also looks odd in some way , the wings in my opinion
should be the same size and thinner, the bowl also needs
to be the same shape all the way through,
You have asked for comments and criticism, also a poll
so i hope you don, t mind me speaking my own mind,
this is only my opinion ,,,,,,,, for what thats worth.......

+1 Sorry

I really appreciate the comments that people are supplying, there is no animosity towards anyone comments.

The poll that I put up is a blind and multiple choice one. I did it this way in order for people to cast uninhibited votes.

The multiple choice poll that I put up will close on the 14th.

If there is something that I missed please reply to this thread as your opinion it is valuable. As an example I already have an idea on one piece which is based on one of the comments from this thread. So don't underestimate what you can contributed.

Now that the poll has closed I just wanted to thank everyone that cast a vote on the piece that I made.

The comments in the thread have given me some feed back for me to dwell on. As I have already stated I have an idea on at least one variation that I want to try. It might be a month before I get the chance to try it.

Hello Christos,
Agree with Smife. The wings need to be thinner and are an artificial division of the bowl so that the top should be (IMHO) a continuation
of the bottom. I would also try to get the wings to taper downwards so as to get a flow from the outside of the bowl to the wing tips. Having said that I do like the wood colouring and finish.
Drillit.