Burgundy lidded form

[Mark Sanger]

Hi all

This one is made of sycamore, approx 6 inches dia, coloured with acrylic paint, gold leaf, black bamboo finial tied with black twine. The finish on the main form is a matt lacquer as I wanted to make it look aged.



C&C welcome

[Francesco Dibari]

exceptional style .. as always .. 

[bodrighywood]

Again you take a deceptively simple form and make it your own. I had someone asking me if one of mine was wood or pottery this weekend and I can imagine that happening with this one. Could you post some of your failures please to make us lesser talented turners feel a bit more capable LOL (or maybe you haven't got any)


Pete

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Once again a very lovely piece from you Mark.
I would be interested in the technique you have used for the texturing. Am I right in seeing 2 or 3 levels?
Regards
John

[Mark Sanger]

Hi all

Thank you for your comments, they are ,much appreciated.

Francesco,

Thank you very much.

Pete

Over the last 14 years of trying to produce hollow forms trust me I have had many failures, I still have them today but thankfully much less.

After having been away from the lathe for 5 weeks I started one day with 5 roughed hollow forms for finishing, two I cut through the side of one I had a disagreement with and smashed against the floor the other two I managed to finish. 

John

Thank you. I am working more and more in multilayer texturing where I carve and then texture on top of this, then  will colour or age this by hitting back with a rotary wire brush. Quite often I find new ideas by making mistakes, the trick is to write them down or I forget them the next time I try it.

 

[Bryan Milham]

The texture work and slightly fatter shape gives it (to my eye) a basket weave effect. The ageing effect works well though.

I'm not sure I overly like the base, it seems a bit squashed/cramped under the form, but maybe I'm just to used to you sitting your work on the larger rock flakes.

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Thanks Mark,
                  I know the problem of forgetting new ideas and agree about writing them down, trouble is with me sometimes I forget to write them down         I put it down to my age
Regards
John BHT

[woodndesign]

The bamboo definitely makes the piece, that and the base, the rest ... too bl@@dy g@@d for words.

Good to see, Mark.

Cheers  David

[Mark Sanger]

Hi all

Thank you all for your comments they are much appreciated.

Bryan, I am glad you picked up on the base, I too am not overly enamored by it, but I ran out of time. The good thing about the bases is that if it does not sell I will throw it away and put it on a slate one, or leave it out altogether.

I think a larger base like this one would have been better.



Bamboo handles have featured in my pieces for quite some time now and I like using them as nature does here thing and does it a lot better than I can, it also ties in with the philosophy tied behind the making of the piece.

David

thank you very much

John

My brain gets more fried as I get older. 

[Jo Winter2]

Hi Mark,
a very nice piece.
As always, with much feeling for form and the interplay of the details.

[Mark Sanger]

Hi Jo

Thank you very much.