A Gloat

[brendan stemp]

I recently finished this piece that had been sitting around the workshop for some time, needing lots of hand sanding. The impetus to finish it was that I entered it in the Australian Wood Design Exhibition, an event held in Orbost Vic. each year, so I did the hours of hand sanding it needed and made the lid and finial. It was done entirely on the lathe except for the two cut out sections. Made from a piece of fiddleback redgum and finished with danish oil and 3 coats of a flat nitrocellulose lacquer.

The Exhibition offers prizes in a number of categories including woodturning and they also have an Aquisitional prize where they will buy a piece for their collection. My piece got the Aquisitional prize. It will help to pay the Christmas bills!!

[Rum Pig]

Congratulations on your prize :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Well deserved. That is a loverly piece well done:2tsup::2tsup:

[TTIT]

Congrats Brendan :2tsup: Fantastic looking piece.

[Ed Reiss]

The pics are better here than on WoW !!!

Top notch work Brendan:2tsup:

[Texian]

+1 what Ed said. A worthy gloat indeed. A bit challenging to visualize the ways the piece was mounted to turn the various surfaces. Hope it was a BIG prize, commensurate with all your hard work.

[Gil Jones]

Congratulations, Brendan :2tsup:
Gil

[Jim Carroll]

Nice peice Brendan.

So what do you call yourself,

A Woodturner.

A Woodcarver.
or

A Wood Sander.

[texx]

:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o
speechless
sept looks like a spaceship . the piece is out of this world , i tried to work out how it was done then my head started hurting and i gave up :2tsup::2tsup:

[tea lady]

:oo: Amazing piece. Well deserved win! :2tsup:

[Mulgabill]

Now that's pretty awesome Brendan! Another spectacular achievement and a well deserved prize

[brendan stemp]

Nice peice Brendan.

So what do you call yourself,

A Woodturner.

A Woodcarver.
or

A Wood Sander.

You forgot one Jim..... Wood Gluer!

[Jim Carroll]

You forgot one Jim..... Wood Gluer!

Are you admitting to a few FAUX PAS on this peice.

[mick61]

:2tsup:Great box Brendan How many hours on the sandpaper?:2tsup:
Mick:D

[rsser]

Stunning!

[thefixer]

When I first saw this there was one word that escaped from my mouth that I hope the neighbours didn't hear. Geez, talk about raise the bar!!!. Absolutely breathtaking. Well done.

[powderpost]

A really stunning piece with lots of planning and thought involved. You didn't mentioned the size of the piece, not that that really matters, Congratulations on an excellent piece well done.
Jim

[NeilS]

Totally gloat worthy, Brendan....:2tsup:

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[artme]

Brendan That is a superb pice of tuning and more than worthy of your prize.


Congratulations!:brava:brava:brava:brava:brava

[dai sensei]

Top job there Brendan :2tsup::cool: Congratulations with the win, the end result well worth it.

[brendan stemp]

Thanks, some very generous comments. Much appreciated.

[stuffy]

Beautiful work Brenden, a stunning design, uniquely yours, combined with superb skill and dedication. :wave:

[Harry72]

It doesnt get much better than that, nice!

[kevjed]

...When I grow up I want to make beautiful, functional things...
That is lovely, and the workmanship looks stunning.
Congrats on the award.

All the best
Kevin

[robbiebgraham]

Congratulations on your win Brendan and I'm sure it was well deserved.:2tsup:
Cheers, Robbie