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Title: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: The Bowler Hatted Turner on July 28, 2013, 08:58:17 PM

Here is something a bit different. 700mm dia. Made in Oak. I was going to get someone else to do the carving but it's a complicated story and I ended up carving it myself. The carving is about 150mm wide. As always you are welcome to comment.
Regards
John
BHT

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: Mark Sanger on July 28, 2013, 09:37:29 PM

Well I think it is very fine work. Nice work indeed.

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: woodndesign on July 29, 2013, 08:14:32 PM

John, one thinks you've got it, a masterly piece of work ... well the carving .. No it's good alround.

Cheers  David

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: Les Symonds on July 29, 2013, 08:16:39 PM

Hi Woody....I really like this and I bet that the church most be so proud of their new font cover. I like the way that the top of the cover resembles a chalice, then I wondered whether or not the carved rose is actually a lid which removes to allow the chalice to be used for Christenings.
Great piece...Les (currently in France, but home soon)

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: John D Smith on July 29, 2013, 08:40:56 PM

Les, Whoops This piece is John (BHT) :-[ :-[ Regards John Smith

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: woody on July 29, 2013, 09:52:05 PM

I wish I could carve a rose like that I like it that much John I got the chisels when I couldn't turn so I may give it a go wish me luck

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: The Bowler Hatted Turner on July 29, 2013, 10:05:58 PM

Hi all, thanks for your comments.
Woody I do not claim to be a carver, as I said, I was going to get someone else to carve it for me but things went haywire so ended up carving it myself. If you have the tools, and you have the ability to set it out correctly, just take it a little bit at a time. If you don't try you never learn. What I have not shown you is the 2 roses that were scrapped because I was not happy with them.
 I cannot claim the design as my own as it was architect designed, all I did was interpret the drawings.
Regards
John BHT

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: hughie on July 30, 2013, 12:09:13 PM

The carving is very good it reminds of the Tudor Rose, well done sir.

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: petjeffery on July 30, 2013, 12:17:55 PM

Hi there that is very fine work looks very nice

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: Bryan Milham on August 02, 2013, 04:26:57 PM

John,

a huge piece of turned work, a font cover I think (but prepared to be wrong).

I now understand the question you posted a while back about the Tudor Rose, and very finely carved it is too.

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: The Bowler Hatted Turner on August 03, 2013, 10:24:45 PM

On the day that the lid was blessed a little girl was christened, her grandmother had donated the font lid to the church. From the offcuts of the timber used to make the lid I turned up a simple goblet and cast a pewter ring into it and gave it to the little girl as a keepsake of her christening and her family's generosity.
Comments welcome.
Sorry about the picture quality but my cheap camera had the shakes.(that's my excuse anyway)

Title: Re: It's not all bowls and burrs
Post by: woodndesign on August 04, 2013, 12:40:12 AM

Wonderful touch John ...  The simple Gift of Giving ...  in this World that only thinks of taking .. how far has it fallen..

David