School work

[Haggy]

Clock made by an 18 yr old student.
The wood was  part of a branch obtained from Elvaston Castle in Derbyshire.
When seasoned  the oak was stabilised and made safe for turning by mounting it on 18 mm ply.
The hands were made on  the school laser cutter.  The splits were a requirement - Kamara spent ages searching through woodland.  We discussed filling the cracks with epoxy resin but it wasn't to be.
Regards
     Haggy

[bodrighywood]

Your pupils look to be potentially gifted turners in time if the things you are showing us is anything to go by. Fantastic to know that there are still schools teaching practical things as well. Both pens and the clock are lovely examples.

pete

[Eric Harvey]

nice job,and nice bit of spalting around the edge of the Oak

[z3ddie]

Nice work but if I could just give a tad of criticism I would have advised a different shade on the hands of the clock as they merge too well with the splits - unless of course that was the intention!

[Graham]

Great stuff, I didn't know schools like this still existed.

[Bryan Milham]

I showed these to a couple of people at work.

the consensus is it's unusual and brave for someone so young to see beyond the need to make it perfect for a test piece.

To realise and want to show, that the wood has had a life otherwise and that selecting wood that reveals that previous life through the use of a piece of timber with cracks is inspiring.

I hope that the work is well received by the examining body and Kamara's work gets the good mark it deserves.

[Haggy]

Thanks for your comments.  The work has been 'moderated' today, like Bryan I will be interested to see the reaction  to it.
I get what you are saying about the clock hands Eddie - they were laser cut from polystyrene sheet and spray painted.  We made several examples, including hands from oak veneer.  Kamara chose black and that was that!
We are lucky enough to have four lathes at our school- it is the one machine that fascinates children and I guess ourselves too!
                              Haggy