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Turnings from class

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Turnings from class

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Turnings from class

John K Jordan

I did these the week of the class with Clay Foster and John Jordan.

We were challenged to think about containers, not simply as wooden vessels but perhaps as metaphors. I thunk and sketched and thunk and turned this small ebony box (about 2.75 dia), maple lid, coke (the blacksmith kind), dogwood, wire.


My small_bowl_wide_rim experiment is with green maple (about 6"), carving on rim filled with milk paint and sanded, milk paint inside with several layers dry brushed. Unfinished in both turning and surface.


This simple experiment leads to lots of ideas. Next step is to acquire some milk paint.

JKJ

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Jim Barbour

Nice work John


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Lookin' good John, seems like you're ...

JamieDonaldson

...showing a bit of work created outside you're usual box! ;)

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Wonderful pieces John


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David Walser

Both pieces are beautiful, but that bowl is spectacular. I love the burst of colors coming from the center of the bowl. Normally, I'm not a big fan of painted wood, but this is an exception. Wow!

I think I'd like the box better without the coke handle. It doesn't clash with the maple and ebony, but it does distract from the clean lines and looks out of place to my eye.

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John K Jordan

Thanks for the feedback!

In my rambling mind this particular container-as-metaphor needed something rough and unrefined at the access. I originally thought carving a rough knob or using a rock but interaction with some blacksmiths at the school lead to the coke. I didn't show it here, but I also turned a piece of clear, sky blue acrylic for the something refined and polished contained inside.

I've had fun turning more of the acrylic, in different colors. The smaller Hunter tools are excellent for acrylic, often leaving a nearly polished surface right off the tool. I'll get some pictures when time permits.

JKJ

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love 'em both, John.  Very well done!

GaryG in MD

It's so much fun to move in new directions, and you've really done that here.

We'll be looking for more "experiments" from you! ...GG

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Nice Job - looks like you had alot of fun!


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Clay Foster

As Billie Joe Shaver said, "I'm just an old chunk of coal, but I'll be a diamond

some day."

John Jordan and I really enjoyed the class, and want to do it again. If we do it at Appalachian Center For Craft, it will be in 2017. If we can arrange another venue, it might be sooner.

If you are interested in a class like this, send me an email and I will add you to the list. You should know this is not a class for beginners. You have to know how to sharpen your tools and how to steer a bowl gouge. Enrollment is by approval of the instructors, so you may have to submit some pictures of your work and a description of your wood turning experience.

Clay Foster

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Leo Cuellar

Nicely done!

Leo Cuellar

Very creative, John, thanks for sharing.

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John Jordan

You mean 2018, don't you? 2017 if someone has a venue, or we come up with one. Arrowmont will rent the studio, so it could be done outside the scheduled classes if there are enough people with interest. :D

JJ

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ebd

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ebd

Absolutely love the small ebony box.

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Clay Foster

Have you ever awoken from a nap and not be able to remember what year it is?

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I'm lucky to remember who I am after a nap