New Ornament - Inspired by John Lucas
Jake Niedling
I enjoy making christmas ornaments for family and charity ( Knoxville & Crossville, TN clubs). After seeing John Lucas's ornaments here several days ago, the square one got me thinking. Since I didn't have a perfect cube, I decided to apply the concept to a 1.25" x 1.25" x 7" lg piece of cherry. I held it sideways in the 4 jaw chuck and turned shallow bowls on each of the 4 faces. Took it out and put it between centers like I was turning a spindle. Put a tenon on one end for the 4 jaw chuck and finished shaping it. Colored the 4 bowls with red Indian ink, sanded and spray finished. I think it turned out pretty well for the first try. Probably been done before by somebody, but fun to try something new & different.
