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27th September 2016, 07:09 PM #1Senior Member
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Coral lamp.
Experimenting a bit again with a coral look concept, I had this piece of oak sitting around for quite a while not too keen to try carving it with gouges because of the hardness so I cut the back out a bit and power carved this sculpture using an Arbortech mini grinder with a sabur tooth disc and rotary burs and cutters. I think it's quite a nice effect and if you put a little light behind it it can be a corner lamp Anyway I'm interested in others thoughts.
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27th September 2016, 08:41 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Nice Piece , a really creative design, modern looking .
Unfortunately the picture enlarger is not working so I cant see the dark finish in close up but I think I would prefer it in the natural wood finish ?
The figure & colour in that "Oak"??? ! looks nothing at all like European Oak , I suppose we should be aware that we might be talking about a totally different wood given that we are on the opposite side of the planet ! Most likely it was named by an early settler s the closest thing in the old world .
Mike
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27th September 2016, 10:34 PM #3
It is an interesting piece.
Love the idea of the lamp.
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27th September 2016, 11:01 PM #4Senior Member
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Thanks Mike, I haven't stained it or anything, just finished it in Danish oil, I bought a pile of wood off a guy who was a furniture maker and he said it was American oak so I'm just taking him on his word, I'm really just getting started on the coral look but I like it and need to come up with a few designs to suit the wood I have, I'll probably stick with this for a while instead of jumping all over the place.
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28th September 2016, 12:39 AM #5
Hi Rob,
That's so unique! You have captured the bubbles rising behind coral in an ocean silhouette really well, with the lamp behind. Maybe a little fish in the next one? I love it
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28th September 2016, 02:47 AM #6GOLD MEMBER
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I could use that. A few watts of LED light all night, out in the main part of the house for safety, not totally dark.
The design reminds me of very badly bored timber, worked over by marine worms. (Toredo?)
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28th September 2016, 03:31 PM #10Skwair2rownd
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That is definitely worth a WOW!! Great concept and execution!!bravabravabrava
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