For Critique

[Harlequin]

Have not posted something for a while
Was trying to get my eye back in after a while away from the lathe
mostly sycamore but some beech, acrylic and ebonising lacquer

 

[finneyb]

....Was trying to get my eye back in after a while away from the lathe ....

Your eye is back in - trust me !!!
Nice job

Brian

 

[Silverbirch]

Wow, that`s really nice!
I love turning done in a modern style (for want of a better expression).

Ian

 

[gregmcateer]

Your eye is back in - trust me !!!
Nice job

Brian

Ditto x100 !!

 

[Woodmonkey]

Very impressive work... But what is it?

 

[woodpig]

Very impressive work... But what is it?

+1!

 

[Dalboy]

Very nice indeed Like the shape and the concept of the art work. You did get a but wavey on the bottom which is a shame as you have put so much work into it.

Very impressive work... But what is it?

+1!

I would call it a piece of art, not everything has to have a purpose like a bowl or box

 

[Bodrighy]

Very impressive work... But what is it?

My stock answer for people asking this at shows is "it is for enhancing your living environment"

What is a statue, picture etc for?

Pete

 

[Woodmonkey]

Perhaps I'm misunderstood, I understand that art doesn't need to have a purpose, I've just never seen anything like that before. (I asked what is it, not what's it for )

 

[Harlequin]

Thanks all for your kind comments
Woodmonkey- its just a hollow form.
The acrylic has a texture to it which I liked as well in the piece.

5 1/2 inch in diameter and. 9 1/2 inch total height

 

[Woodmonkey]

How did you get the acrylic in there, was it glued up as a blank to begin with or is it somehow inlaid afterwards?

 

[procell]

Very elegant. I can imagine it as a spacecraft in a science fiction movie.

 

[CHJ]

Very elegant in profile, great attention to detail in the finishing of the body and considerable care in execution of the finial.

Bit of a case of transport or dust it at your peril look about it though.

 

[Harlequin]

Usually pack finials by wrapping in cotton wool and sliding into a cardboard tube,dust is another matter altogether CHJ

Woodmonkey- I used acrylic paint