Giant omelette

[La truciolara]

Emilio Benericetti, is a fantastic cook who offered a giant omelette for 12 persons. He cut this ostrich egg with the Dremel tool. After cleaning it he tuned two rings which fit one in another as the liaison between the box and the lid.
The wood is walnut, the finish a mix of beeswax and carnauba
http://www.la-truciolara.com/forum/Emilio%2001T.jpg (http://www.la-truciolara.com/forum/autruche.htm) http://www.la-truciolara.com/forum/Emilio%2002T.jpg (http://www.la-truciolara.com/forum/autruche.htm)

[thefixer]

Absolutely awe inspiring

Cheers
Shorty

[OGYT]

Dynamite!

[mick61]

Vry nice job we are only limited by our imaginations when it comes to woodturning.:2tsup:
Mick:D

[Ad de Crom]

Italians have a eye for making beautiful things, this is absolutely stunning.
Great work.
Ad :2tsup:

[joe greiner]

That's a magnificent and graceful level of precision. Thanks for posting, Claude.

Joe

[Groggy]

Nicely proportioned, love it :2tsup:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Been gone a while so apologies for the late post. (Bet nobody missed me, either! :C)

The walnut trim... is that just a very dark walnut or has it been ebonised? (Or maybe my monitor colours are out of whack?)

Very nice, La Truc. I've a Koori (Aussie aboriginal) mate here who carves Emu eggs. They have different coloured layers in the shell, so careful engraving can produce coloured pictures. I think I'll see about scrounging one off him to see if I can emulate Emilio... :;

[Cliff Rogers]

.... (Bet nobody missed me, either! :C)...
Do hope you have a note from yer Mum. :cool:

[La truciolara]

Been gone a while so apologies for the late post. (Bet nobody missed me, either! :C)

The walnut trim... is that just a very dark walnut or has it been ebonised? (Or maybe my monitor colours are out of whack?)

Very nice, La Truc. I've a Koori (Aussie aboriginal) mate here who carves Emu eggs. They have different coloured layers in the shell, so careful engraving can produce coloured pictures. I think I'll see about scrounging one off him to see if I can emulate Emilio... :;
As I am way quite a lot too I cannot come on the forum as often as I would like. This walnut is not ebonised. That is it's natural colour, probably a piece taken close to the centrer of the log. I must say such a dark walnut is quite often found in old walnut trees grown for the culture of the nut and not from those trees, planted close to each other exclusively for the wood industry. The latest present a clear pale tone, very little veneered... The same problem exist with cherry trees here in Europe.
I have never seen an emu egg. It should be fantastic to carve them because of these different colors by layers. I am looking forward to seeing your "egg opera" :)

[Frank&Earnest]

Yes, missed it the first time also... nice precision work.
Spot on with the walnut colour too, it gets darker with age and the more the tree is watered the paler the wood is. And maybe they used the trick that was common in the old days for darkening it: steep it in stable sewage...:oo:

[hughie]

Been gone a while so apologies for the late post. (Bet nobody missed me, either!


Nah! we wuz just about to send out a search party. :U


Claude,

Very elegant piece, I had forgotten how thick these shells can get. :2tsup:

Some thing else for Andy aka Caveman to have a go at.....too dear here in Oz

[powderpost]

Beautiful piece, certainly shows what can happen with a bit of lateral thinking.

Was given an ostrich egg by a local bloke that got hooked in the ostrich farming scam. It has been in the cupboard now for about 12 years. Should be about ready for cooking?????
Jim