It's not all bowls and burrs

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

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

[Mark Sanger]

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

[woodndesign]

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

Cheers  David

[Les Symonds]

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)

[John D Smith]

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

[woody]

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

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

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

[hughie]

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

[petjeffery]

Hi there that is very fine work looks very nice

[Bryan Milham]

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.

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

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)

[woodndesign]

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

David