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Offline Nick Simpson

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Turned, Burned and Bound
« on: November 17, 2017, 07:54:42 AM »
One piece from a new series.
Inspired by a visit to Les Symonds in the summer.
7" with a hint of silver gilt cream to the base and lime wax to the rim. Finished with microcrystalline wax as I don't expect them to be used for food.


C&C always welcome
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Nick
« Last Edit: November 17, 2017, 08:02:22 AM by Nick Simpson »
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Offline Dave Wraight

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Re: Turned, Burned and Bound
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2017, 10:36:49 AM »
Looks good but would be interested to know how you finished off the wire?

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Re: Turned, Burned and Bound
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2017, 01:07:10 PM »
I like this. It's very wabi-sabi (perfection of the imperfection) or kintsugi (mending broken things).

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Re: Turned, Burned and Bound
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2017, 03:42:44 PM »
I like this, Nick, and definitely wabi sabi. It appears to have some age to it, which is certainly meant to be a compliment.
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Re: Turned, Burned and Bound
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2017, 04:26:02 PM »

I like this especially the impression the copper wire strapping is hold the wood from splitting any more

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Re: Turned, Burned and Bound
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2017, 08:49:37 AM »
Great looking piece Nick :)

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Re: Turned, Burned and Bound
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2017, 12:21:15 PM »
Thank you Dave, Fuzzy, Les, Derek and Ed  for your comments.
I will post more in this series but cannot get in my workshop for a few weeks after foot surgery.

Looks good but would be interested to know how you finished off the wire?
The copper wire is 0.8 mm and very malleable. It came from an electric motor field wiring. It is set into a groove turned into the rim. One end is secured into a .9mm hole, the other end is wound round the standing wire under tension and trimmed.

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Offline Bryan Milham

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Re: Turned, Burned and Bound
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2017, 01:22:05 PM »
Yeah, that Les and his copper wire bindings have a lot to answer for!

Think you've got this right, not too heavy with the copper, just enough to look like it's doing the job of holding everything together.
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