Comments on Comp. submissions

[Paul.J]

Well done Mrs S.
looks very nice.

 

[Bodrighy]

Mrs S. That is beautiful. Totally unlike your usual stuff though, not the slightest bit freaky or wierd, just beautiful. Love it.

Pete

 

[CHJ]

That's a piece with character Mrs. S. , like the form of the rim, gives a feeling of lightness to the piece, good fit of the dissimilar wood interface both on rim and base.

 

[Paul.J]

Very nice Tom Lovely looking Fig wood :shock:
Is this the first piece you've turned on the BRM :?:

 

[BMac]

Hi folks,

I have to say that the standard of work here is superb and, since seeing your work, I've been frantically looking for the 'Totally Useless Turner' category where I can enter my piece when my pics arrive tonight.

I'm glad I'm not judging this competition because I would be doing a lot of head-scratching over my decisions, so high is the quality of your submissions.

Well Done to you all.

Brendan

 

[Bodrighy]

Looks like Mark S has had a good influence on you Tom. This is a lovely piece. Just wonder at the beginners classification. :lol:

Certainly something to be proud of.

Pete

 

[Paul.J]

DuncanH wrote

Unfortunately I've been without my lathe for 6 or 7 weeks and since then my health hasn't been great so I'm afraid my plans for something new have failed

That's a pity Duncan.I was looking forward to seeing what you were going to enter
Hope all will be fine.

 

[Jenx]

Hope you're back to full health very soon Duncan... not good to hear you've been unwell

Take care, and all the best,

Alun

 

[wizer]

Looks like Mark S has had a good influence on you Tom. This is a lovely piece. Just wonder at the beginners classification. :lol:

Certainly something to be proud of.

Pete

That's kind of you Pete, I'm sure it's a scratch on Mark's work. Tho I must say it was certainly a look in his direction, but it's a different style I think. I started turning at xmas and didn't get the woodfast til Feb. Then I was without a lathe for 4 weeks while I waited for the BRM. So this really is a beginner piece. As with Brendan and Duncan, I have health issues. I've been trying the pacing technique that Duncan told me all about. It's been a real revelation! I'm getting so much more done, just by taking regular breaks! I just wish I could incorporate it into my job.


Good Luck all.

 

[Paul.J]

Lovely looking bowl John,and a cracking piece of Ash,which was well worth all the effort :shock:

 

[Bodrighy]

Thanks for putting this together BSM. I think that all of us appreciate it and the effort you have put in and the judges are going to have to put in. Sooner them than me, some lovely pieces and hard to judge I should think.

Pete

 

[Paul.J]

Yes.Thank you to Pete for all his hard work,and to the judges for giving up there valuable time.
Good luck eveyone.It's been a good turnout

 

[BMac]

Yeah, I would like to echo the words of thanks and appreciation to the moderators because, from personal experience on a totally unrelated site, I know there's a lot going on behind the scenes that people aren't aware of.

Also, thanks to all the participants because this is something I would love to see running and running and it can't do that without entrants.

Brendan

 

[Jenx]

Aye, Well done Pete + everyone involved,
Some great bits of work in there, and won't be an easy task to narrow it down.

And a (tongue-in-cheek) Boo-hiss to the 'no-shows'.... :wink: never mind, there will always be next year ....

All been good fun, and great to have that little bit of pressure to push yourself on that wee bit ... really enjoyed it.

Best of luck to everyone that's had a go...
and really, they're ALL winners in my book.

Nice one Lads & lasses...

 

[mikec]

Thank God I'm not one of the judges. How they are going to choose from all those entries is a real poser :shock: :shock: :shock:

To all who entered I would like to say Well Done. The standard is very high and there is a real pool of talent in this forum. Wish I had more time available to make an entry, maybe next time.

Great work by all concerned.

Mike C

 

[Jonzjob]

I don't get to look in here very often. Too busy enjoying the baking sunshine and the wine so I've just discovered this thread.

I agree that I wouldn't like to be one of the judges on this one. There are some supurb entries and not all from the advanced either!

When I first looked at yours Wiz, I thought that you could do with some new bearings on the headstock, but then I read on. It's a lovely bit of work! For the winged pieces in there how many of you still have 4 fingers and a thumb on each hand? They are really lovely, all of them. Mrs S, you un-'Vale'd a lovely piece of scrap wood and the rim and base are a lovely contrast.

I was once asked by a likkle boy at a school fete how I knew that the bowl was in that piece of wood? I suppose the answer should have been that the piece of wood told me it was there, but I didn't think of it at the time. But that is how I turn and each time the piece of wood tells me what it wants to be! If I try to do different then there is an argument and it goes bang! I loose.

I look forward to the results soon!