Suspension

[Gary Lowe]

Hi all just a wee experiment. Does anyone remember YEARS ago there was a popular arty/crafty thing with nails and string on black velvet boards, not sure what it was called?
Anyway, I had a play about with two bits of yew and tried something similar, the outer bowl is about 11" x 3" with a deep undercut rim. The inner is about 3x2 ish. Finished with finishing oil and buffed.
C&C's welcome as usual.

[Les Symonds]

Yep...remember that...based on the hyperbolic parabula, just that nobody knew what the heck it meant but everybody liked it....seems it was all made popular by the roof of a petrol station in Lincolnshire.....but it wasn't half as interesting as this.

Wicked.

Les

[Gary Lowe]

Yep...remember that...based on the hyperbolic parabula, just that nobody knew what the heck it meant but everybody liked it....seems it was all made popular by the roof of a petrol station in Lincolnshire.....but it wasn't half as interesting as this.

Wicked.

Les

Cheers Les, never knew the first bit, lol but yeah this has potential for a good few different ideas. Thanks again for the compliments.

Rgds

Gary

[GBF]

Very nice I like it a lot

Regards George

[Gary Lowe]

Very nice I like it a lot

Regards George

cheers George, looking forward to playing about with the idea and changing things around a bit.

Rgds

Gary

[bodrighywood]

Definitely different, Like the idea and be interesting to see where you go with it.

Pete

[edbanger]

Liked it FB and still like it great work Gary

All the best

Ed

[Gary Lowe]

Liked it FB and still like it great work Gary

All the best

Ed

Cheers Ed, did you notice the small change from FB lol

Rgds Gary

[Les Symonds]

Cheers Les, never knew the first bit, lol but yeah this has potential for a good few different ideas. Thanks again for the compliments.

Rgds

Gary

Hi again Gary...I've been wracking my brains trying to remember the name of the architect, and it came to me early this morning...Sam Scorer. He was decades ahead of his time and built a few roofs in Lincolnshire on the nail-and-string-pattern principal. The most famous is a service station on the side of the A1, it's a Grade II listed building, yet it's empty these days because the access to it doesn't suit modern traffic. If you Google him, and check out the Google images against his name, you'll even see wooden mock-ups that he did....you might get some ideas from it.
Les

[edbanger]

Yes Gary 

[fuzzyturns]

A hyperbolic parabula is a curved surface that can be created entirely by rotating straight lines around either static or moving centres of rotation. Your classic examples are the cooling tower of a power station or, admittedly more profane, potato chips. The first person to actually use them in architecture was a Russian named Vladimir Shukhov in 1896.

Nice idea, and very well executed!

[Dave Atkinson]

Hi Gary

I like this.  For me the view with the bowl on end works best.  Great idea and very well executed.  I also remember the string and nails thing!

Cheers Dave

[georg]

           Although not to our personal taste Gary ........ cannot find fault in any way very very neatly done
           We Think this concept could be taken further
           Kind Regards Tony d

[Eric Harvey]

Hi Gary,there`s been a few turners gone with similar designs as this using string to hang a another pice in the middle of the outer design,always find them fascinating,as I wonder where they hide the knot,lovely piece,works well for me,cheers,

Eric.

[Gary Lowe]

Hi Gary

I like this.  For me the view with the bowl on end works best.  Great idea and very well executed.  I also remember the string and nails thing!

Cheers Dave

Cheers Dave
Rgds
Gary