Segmented vessel

[CanFly]

This is a Mother's Day gift. The woods are:- Canadian eastern maple, American black walnut. 157 pieces in all. Diameter 8.5 inches, height 4.5 inches, sides about 1/4 inch thick.

[Harry72]

Top notch CF, well done mate.

[hughie]

looks good to me. :2tsup: very good glue lines to boot.

[Mrs Woodpecker]

I would love to be the Mother.
Regards,
Shirley

[Sawdust Maker]

V nice.:2tsup::2tsup:
have to try this one day

[powderpost]

Looks very nice to me also... Well done.
Jim

[artme]

Very nicely done mate.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[littlebuddha]

Hey thats nice to see a bit of love that is put into some work and to be given to mum. She will love. Nice one:2tsup: LB

[Hardenfast]

Nice job CF. I'm a segmenting apprentice myself and love the endless configurations that are possible. I haven't attempted a hollow vessel yet though.

A question: do you hollow out the top and bottom sections separately before joining together?

[CanFly]

Thanks for all the ooh's and ahh's regarding the segmented vessel, they are much appreciated when given by the people who meet on this forum.

Regarding the making of the top and bottom sections:- had I been smart initially I would have made them separately and then joined them, however, not being a member of that set I did it the hard way. It was difficult to thin the top section and on one or two occasions I thought that I had blown it. Much to my surprise it turned out to be satisfactory.

[Manuka Jock]

Beautiful wee vessel there CanFly :2tsup: very tasty

If this is what you produce when you do it back-to-front ,
I can't wait to see your art when you get it right :D

[CanFly]

Ah, sometimes the mistakes turn out to be better than anticipated. The trick is to never throw anything away; even mistakes can frequently be used as part of another project.

Thanks for your interest and comments.