"The Pharoah"

That's a beauty, Keith

GaryG in MD

Love it. ...GG

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John Scheideman

Wow. That's awesome, Keith!

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ebd

I can imagine that the piece is half of a turned circle. What I can't begin to imagine is how you undercut the ring like that.

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Don Orr

That's awesome! Bringing it to TT?

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John K Jordan

Incredible!

Ok, how much for the secret photos of the process and tools?

JKJ

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Michael Sinclair

Stunning, certainly a treasure I would say. Lovely work.

Michael

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Jim Barbour

Very nice. No, really ... VERY nice.

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Keith T

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I began turning spiral forms over 15 years ago, so this piece it based on what I have learned along the way. The challenge: forming a spiral with a straight sided form is easy; doing it with a curved form is not. When we turn a bowl, the thickness of the rim will be the same all the way around, but I wanted the wall thickness to vary from thick to thin, which complicates things a bit. So, how did I do it? There are four turnings here, each a half-circle hollowed off center, then assembled. Think a sliced bagel. Then, each circle cut in half, leaving a semicircle. Each semicircle is smaller than the next, but the wall thickness matches the next exactly. Hope this helps.

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ebd

OK - turned seperately and glued. I was trying to figure out how you could turn it from one solid piece. LOL Trying to imagine some wickedly curved cutting tool that could be threaded in and worked by feel.