Spalted Ash Hollow form

[Mark Sanger]

Hi all

This is a 140 mm dia x 170 mm high spalted ash hollow form hollowed from unseasoned wood using the Crown Revolution midi hollowing tool. Once seasoned it was finished with cellulose sanding sealer/buffed, then Renaissance wax/buffed/polished 3 coats. Again initially finished/sanded with lemon oil.

Apologies about the pics, taken with my camera phone as my daughter who likes to use my main camera hasn't heard of a battery charger 

[Eric Harvey]

lovely hollow form Mark,nice bit of spalting on it to.

[Les Symonds]

Love the way the curve flows from neck to neck, all the way down and back up again....looks like it's floating.
Les

[Mark Sanger]

lovely hollow form Mark,nice bit of spalting on it to.

Thank you Eric. I was fortunate with this piece as I had enough wood to be able to cut it so to orientate the spalting within the finished piece.

[Mark Sanger]

Love the way the curve flows from neck to neck, all the way down and back up again....looks like it's floating.
Les

Thanks Les as said in reply to Eric, I managed to orientate the spalting and it worked out right on this occasion.

In relation to to the floating, with my hollow forms I make sure that the base curve is tucked right so that as the base of the form meets the foot ( which is only a mm high) it is almost parallel to the surface it is sitting on. This way when it is viewed the shadow caused from the window/light hides the foot and the piece appears to float. For me this allows the eye to see a complete flowing curve all the way around without any distractions from a break at the foot.  Just my preference for hollow forms.

[ChrisF]

Lovely piece from a gorgeous piece of wood.

In relation to to the floating, with my hollow forms I make sure that the base curve is tucked right so that as the base of the form meets the foot ( which is only a mm high) it is almost parallel to the surface it is sitting on. This way when it is viewed the shadow caused from the window/light hides the foot and the piece appears to float. For me this allows the eye to see a complete flowing curve all the way around without any distractions from a break at the foot.  Just my preference for hollow forms.

....and that is Really helpful and useful detail.  Thanks.

[edbanger]

Now that a beauty Ding-Dong

All the best

Ed

[Derek]

yet another nice piece Mark. Nice flowing form and as you stated the small foot gives the appearance of it floating

[John D Smith]

 Hi Mark,
             I agree with all of the comment previously posted it is a beautiful piece of work and it is nice of you to share these tips.

                                                                         Regards John

[andy44]

A very nice piece Mark, lovely bit of timber
cheers
Andy

[georg]

    Like the 50/50 look of this Mark with the spalted  normal wood cutting across the centre. Nice One.
     Regards Tony di

[wider]

very nice there Mark. I can see wear I need to get to in my forms .

[Mark Sanger]

Thank you all for your comments, much appreciated.

The spalting cutting through the middle is one of the positives of processing blanks over shop purchased. This one was cut from a larger section with quite a lot of waste to align the figuring, despite the waste the results, if it works out often result in a higher value item if you decide to sell them.

[Bryan Milham]

There's something about the way you create the curves that always say 'I was made by Mark Sanger', and the finish is really effective.

Apologies about the pics, taken with my camera phone as my daughter who likes to use my main camera hasn't heard of a battery charger 

Of course she has, well, the one for her phone anyway!