Elm Sliced Vase

[Revopix]

The vase cut apart and a different wood inserted three times.

[Bryan Milham]

How strange, I've only been looking at a similarly sectioned vase today at Westonbirt's Treefest.

Not that the one I was looking at holds a patch you your work, that is a stunning finish you've achieved on the Elm.

[woodndesign]

I so like Elm it's a beautiful wood in itself, and what you've added here has lifted it to a stunning form. Well done.

Cheers   David

[hughie]

Excellent piece, love the cuts and the effect it brings

[Les Symonds]

Hi there...Revopix. That really is a nice piece. care to share with us what sort of size it is....I'm assuming, by the grain, that it's about 150mm high.

Les

[Paul Disdle]

Wow, what a really nice piece!

Not got the confidence yet to cut up my work and make it something more, at risk of making a mess of it.

Paul

[Les Symonds]

Hi Paul...I'm sure that Revopix will confirm this, but I imagine that he cut the rectangular block at an angle, cleaned up the faces, then glued a thin slice of timber into it.....then repeated it a couple more times at different angles. All this would be done before any turning takes place, so that the turning process is fairly normal, albeit rather well done, in this case!
Les

[Mark Sanger]

Beautiful work. I love the contemporary feel.

[Revopix]

Thanks for the interest and comments.
Gwyntog you asked how!
Rough turned and hollowed from quarter log and allowed to dry, remounted and turned till true, but still about  7 - 10mm thick,
First cut on the band-saw  holding the piece in a purpose made cradle attached to a board with a guide underneath to run in the guide slot of the band-saw table.
both surfaces made true on a 12inch disc sander only sanding away enough wood to the thickness of the insert, (important to get a good grain match).
For the gluing process I used a slow setting two part epoxy resin as lining every thing up seem to take me a little time, this is the most important part of the process and for me the most difficult, although the shape of the piece made it easier to clamp.
Repeat the cutting and gluing process two more times (or more, or less)
When all adhesive is totally dry remount and turn and hollow to your final thickness. (in this case because of all the gluing, 5mm to be safe)

  Dave.
PS you asked the size. click on this link      http://www.flickr.com/photos/67072953@N02/sets/   then on Woodturning set.