Following a previous post of mine in another thread, indeed not too clear, I would like to discuss, the importance of wood in the final appearance of a piece.
I believe that a beautiful piece of wood is a good raw matherial for a turner but it should be seen as such, and not the main reason to judge a piece.
In other words, sorry if I cannot be clearer, I believe that a turned piece should be judged mainly for the execution rather than the intrinsic beauty of the wood itself which has nothing to do with the skills of the turner or the final shape of the piece. A well executed piece turned from a dull piece of wood is often overlooked whereas a poorly executed turning from a beautiful piece of wood is often overestimated.
Certainly decorations, embellishments or color may be important in the appearance of a turned piece, but nothing can improve a bad curve, shape or profile. In my opinion the execution, the shape, the form and the tactile sensation (difficult from a photo) of a piece should be the priorities for its evaluation. Wood is a magnificien material, for its beauty, workeability but also for the nice sensations that it gives to our tactile sense.
