Wings

[Kiwi]

This is a piece I did a while back, a 2 up & 2 down Mantra turned from Beech, is about 8" across the tips
Any comments welcome & thanks for looking
Pete

[edbanger]

Hi Pete

I'm not keen on the finial, look's a bit heavy to me, I really like the form & the finish looks great.

All the best

Ed

[woodndesign]

Must be a thing with the Southern Hemisphere and in the water .. Oh Mantaray .. You're turning after the form of fellow Kiwi Terry Scott.

Not an easy form to complete, so good 'un and well finished ... I'm not a finial man, yet from most I've seen, it lack the flair and detail, other will express it better .. Cindy Drozda appears to be the one to study.

Cheers  David

[GBF]

I think the wings are a bit thick if you are going to make these you need to refine them and the finial would be better gone and replaced with a much more delicate one or a button.
The trouble with copying other peoples work you will always be compared with them.

Regards George

[Kiwi]

Thanks for the feedback.
George, the photo might be a bit deceiving the wings are about 3.2 mm  (1/8) angles can be funny, not sure about coping but I guess we all do some way or another, if you think about it, a bowl? a hf? & a platter etc, this was actually a  challenge by Terry who is a good mate of mine, I agree the finial is up for serious review
pete

[seventhdevil]

nice work kiwi.

it looks a bit dark for beech so is it what we might call southern beech, nothofagus? or just a fagus species.

[Bryan Milham]

Did you check the shaving for fingertips?

I've seen how these are done, clever turning and lots of post work, so well done on the form.

(I don't like the finial either though I'm afraid)

[georg]

  Very Nice Pete..... From my own experience they are not the easiest forms to turn, personally I
  would not have used a finial.... thanks for sharing
  Regards
  Tony di

[Kiwi]

Thanks for the comments, these can be a bit of fun to get right, this is a pic of the first one I tried but had to bin, you can see at the junction point it will never work as the two faces are too far apart & wont join. I have never been big on finials I just don't know where to start with them so as to get the right finish
Pete

[Graham]

That is a complicated looking process, finial apart I think you have done really well.

[Eric Harvey]

These types boxes and bowl always remind me of a Manta Ray,it looks great to me,finials are a matter of taste,do you leave it thick enough not to break when someone uses it to take the lid off,or thin it right down and have it snap off when someone uses it to take the lid off,cheers,

Eric.