Thread: Turning yet another bowl vs challenging yourself

heres some more images and reference to non boring turning..

http://www.the-sot.com/craft.html#top
http://www.the-sot.com/gallery.html
http://hifijohn.tripod.com/WOOD.HTML
http://www.turnersco.com/competition.htm
http://www.carolinamountainwoodturne.../liggett1.html
http://www.outofcontrol-woodturning.com/FAVORITE.html
http://www.jamesriser.com/Magic/riser.html

I saw some guys at the Hobart WWW show doing eliptical turnings.

I recently buoght Mike Darlows book, Woodtruning methods, which has some really advanced techniques

http://www.hinet.net.au/~mdarlow/

I have a nice magazine form the US that has some very wild art turnings, like 10 ft high spirals based on sea creatures that need a special lathe to make them...pretty creative but ultimaltey useless unless u just wanna look at them..cant find any links but its pretty wild and very different

heres some more images from my collection

some more interesting turnings

for some of us just turning a decent bowl is challenging enough...

Originally Posted by reeves

for some of us just turning a decent bowl is challenging enough...

Even more so when you don't have a lathe

Originally Posted by Termite

Even more so when you don't have a lathe

ahhah, now theres always one isnt there ...;-)

i am sure that makes it extra challenging Termite ol pal....

more wild turnings, the machine pic looks like some kind of lathe attachmnet that does complex patterning

Reeves, great stuff!

And take a look at Raffan's or Hughes' bowls - beautiful simple forms, but bl**dy hard to do. 'Signature line' captures something of their uniqueness. Raffan's book, Turned Bowl Design, shows some work that clearly took a lifetime to perfect. Or Bernie Kiyabu's green-turned bowls - superb turning.

Or the recent pub called something like '300 bowls'. Bowl you over ;-}

Hey Reeves - Stop nicking images from one of our sites.

Put in link to the sites instead.
Here are 2 who push the envelope from time to time:
Guilio Marcolongo: https://www.ubeaut.biz/Guilio/gm.htm
: http://www.ubeaut.com.au/woodstuf.htm

Then there's: The Australian Woodturners Exhibition: http://www.ubeaut.com.au/nats2k.htm
and of course my old mate Rolly Munro :eek: across the ditch: http://www.rollymunro.co.nz/

And the fun side of the whole thing doing it together: http://www.ubeaut.com.au/down99.htm

One of Guilio's hats below:

Originally Posted by rsser

Reeves, great stuff!

And take a look at Raffan's or Hughes' bowls - beautiful simple forms, but bl**dy hard to do. 'Signature line' captures something of their uniqueness. Raffan's book, Turned Bowl Design, shows some work that clearly took a lifetime to perfect. Or Bernie Kiyabu's green-turned bowls - superb turning.

Or the recent pub called something like '300 bowls'. Bowl you over ;-}

Thanks Rsser, yes i was lucky enough to attand Richards seminar in HObart and i have some of his stuff in 2 books.

Awesome bowl technique. Magical chisel technique Apparently he was into pottery before turning and so had a structural knowledge of bowl design to draw from.

Personally i think one could try for years and still find the need for improvment in basic bowl design and tool control.

Even tho i have a loungeroom full of p[oorly designed bowls destined for presents, i have noticed i ma imporoving in the basics such as shape, usability, chisel control and overal design application.

So to me, keeping it basic is important and improving slowly a worthwhile path to take.

Neil thanks for the comment, and yes, if i rememebered i had nicked those images from yr site i would have noted it .

thanks for the informative links and setting me straight.

BTW i just have a big folder full of stuff i collect as i surf....
opbviously i went through yr iste well, i apologise for nay misconstrusion

Originally Posted by Termite

.... I personaly have made some monumental cockups in both my life and my woodwork ....

Hijack...

I remember VIVIDLY a couple of points (in life) that I'd just love to go back to & take the other option.....