Maple Burl / Ebony Collar *LINK*

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Ronny Eelen

>Excellent decision on buying the wood. Never seen anything like it.

Comments, now, if I were the master and you were the beginner, then I would say that there seems to be a little knick in the flow of the curve in the bottom halve, but it could also be the angle of the picture that causes that.

And since it is the other way around (me beginner, you master) I am not gonna say that.

Ronny

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

tek-Brunswick, Ohio

>Beautiful, Paul! How do you like the General Finishes Seal-A-Cell? I use their Salad Bowl finish and like that! How is the Seal-A-Cell to work with?

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Raymond Overman in SC

>The figure in that piece is amazing Paul. Great find and you did a good job of finding that vessel inside it. Very nice work.

Wow!

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

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Very nice Paul! Very nice indeed!

Love the contrast between the ebony collar and the maple body.

Dominic

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

TomW in SouthJersey

>Beautiful. The grain pattern is incredible. Very nice shape and finish. Like Dom said WOW.

Tom

Textbook

tdaniel

>Flawless piece Paul! Perfect curves, proportions, nice wood, excellent craftsmanship.....what more can we say?

TD

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Brad Vietje

>Beautiful Paul.

I assume this is Big Leaf Maple ?

I make a fair number of very delicate small-footed hollow forms, and I'm always struggling to decide just how small the foot should be. My art sense leads me toward a small foot, like this, then my Vulcan logic reminds me of how often they fall over and are damaged in galleries, or craft events -- how do we resolve this ?

I am now inclined make small feet only on things that are going into high-end galleries, where they will be protected, and can only be handled with sales assistance, and larger feet with more mass toward the bottom for other situations.

I wonder how the rest of the hollow-form world has resolved this.

Safe spinning,

Brad Vietje

Thetford, VT

Beautiful!

Rick Castrios

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Very cool.

Thomas Skaggs, Go Illini!!

>Gosh that sure is a gorgeous vase. The shape is very nice and the wood is spectacular. Very cool!

Tommy

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Paul Porter in Phoenix, AZ

>Hi Ronny,

I think it's the photo. I try to pay real close attention to the curves all the way down a vessel. I think I spend more time on getting the curve to flow smoothly and any thing else except for hollowing.

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Paul Porter in Phoenix, AZ

>Seal-A-Cell is nice to work with. It dry fast, I can usually put two coats on in one day. I let it dry for a week or so and buff with the Beall system.

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Paul Porter in Phoenix, AZ

>Hey Brad,

I think it's big leaf maple. It was only marked as maple burl. I've had several coments about the base being to small. But to get the curve to flow smoothly, it ended up with a small base. This will definitely be a gallery piece and not a gift-shop piece.

Thanks for your comments!

Paul Porter in Phoenix, AZ

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Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Ronny Eelen

>Mr Porter,

You being the master, I wouldn't expect it any other way :-)

Congratulations on this amazing piece.

humblelably yours (or something)

Ronny

Re: Textbook... ok, ok...

Ronny Eelen

>... so I didn't see the perfect curve :-)

My eyes must have been blurred. I AM getting old...

Absolutely gorgeous!

Ray Carson

>Wow! You have a good eye for picking wood. Your vessel is just beautiful.

Ray

THIS is why I visit this forum

Tom Sontag - St. Louis

>I have never used a lathe. But i love this forum.

Thank you.

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Barry Turner

>Beautiful! Nice figure, shape and collar!

Re: Maple Burl / Ebony Collar

Paul Porter in Phoenix, AZ

>Master, hell! I still fill like I'm a slave to this stuff. I just can't get enough of it (woodturning that is).