ElizaLeahy
5th March 2009, 06:36 PM
You probably know about the art show by now, I think I might have mentioned it once or twice
:D
Anyway, tomorrow is the big "opening night" and we decided we should get a present for the curator of the show. She is a bit of a hippy chick, so I thought something wood would be nice. And give me a chance to play :)
I was going to use a piece of my birthday Camphor Laurel, but Conwood from here on the forum gave me some pieces to play with today, including a branch of mango. So I turned the mango branch.
I wasn't totally happy with the colour, so I turned the camphor Laurel. Then I realised something. While alone they look rather small and insignifican't, they are a PAIR together.
I swear to you, I didn't measure anything. I stuck the branch in, cut it in half, ended it, stuck it in the chuck, went for it. Then with the CL - I got 4 bits for my birthday, all different lengths, I just picked one at random and went for it.
They are EXACTLY the same height. So, slightly different in pattern, the necks are different, the woods certainly don't match - yet they are a non matching pair!
Which is kind of perfect for our show, which is 8 artists with mental illness and how we fit into society! (it's a study Karleen has been doing for over a year, she will be writing a book about it)
So, here they are. :)
:D
Anyway, tomorrow is the big "opening night" and we decided we should get a present for the curator of the show. She is a bit of a hippy chick, so I thought something wood would be nice. And give me a chance to play :)
I was going to use a piece of my birthday Camphor Laurel, but Conwood from here on the forum gave me some pieces to play with today, including a branch of mango. So I turned the mango branch.
I wasn't totally happy with the colour, so I turned the camphor Laurel. Then I realised something. While alone they look rather small and insignifican't, they are a PAIR together.
I swear to you, I didn't measure anything. I stuck the branch in, cut it in half, ended it, stuck it in the chuck, went for it. Then with the CL - I got 4 bits for my birthday, all different lengths, I just picked one at random and went for it.
They are EXACTLY the same height. So, slightly different in pattern, the necks are different, the woods certainly don't match - yet they are a non matching pair!
Which is kind of perfect for our show, which is 8 artists with mental illness and how we fit into society! (it's a study Karleen has been doing for over a year, she will be writing a book about it)
So, here they are. :)