George.W's 2011 thread- COMPLETED

[cornucopia]

Thank you
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[GrahamR]

Hi George only recently joined this site and love the boxes you do hope u dont mind but i have a few questions:

How/where do you get the wooden and acrylic.
Is it difficult to turn?
and finally how big are the boxes?


Your work is amazing i love the half and half boxes


Cheers Graham

 

[cornucopia]

Hi Graham and welcome to the forum

I buy the amalgam mutt material from America
it turns just like a solid block of dense wood- african blackwood, ligum vitae etc
the boxes are all roughly 2.5" wide by 3" tall

thanks for your comments

 

[cornucopia]

more amalgam mutt boxes

strips of padauk in white resin

wormy/drift wood in resin

yellow monet

group shot

weathered burr oak hollow form- 7" wide by 5.5" tall

mica pearl fire feathers- dayacom black TN zen

red lucite- dayacom black tn zen

inlace acrylester cherry jubilee- vail

PR resin- berea platinum el grande

 

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Blue fibre box

 

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Jeff powell blank-black tn jnr retro

amalgam mutt- vail

wormy amalgam mutt- vail

amalgam mutt - vail

Ziracote- platinum el-grande

curly maple- platinum el-grande

inlace acrylester-platinum executive

 

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yew box

6 bowls

scorched ash bowl

olive ash- bowl

mini h/forms- ebonized beech, masur birch, cocobolo, yew, ebonized beech

3 boxes- redwood burr, madrone, claro walnut

3 mutt boxes

 

[boysie39]

As usuall SUPERB Geo, on the hollow form is that some kind of metal stiching or is it in the wood
If stiching what did you use
REgards Boysie

 

[mikec]

Hi George,

Just caught up with this thread after a long absence from the forum.
Only one comment WOW
I love the amalgam boxes and in particular the mini hollow forms.
How big are they?

Regards,

mikec

 

[cornucopia]

thanks you

Boysie- they are just normal staples- similar to the sort you'd find ina office stapler but these were fired in using a compressed air staple gun.

Mike- here's a picture that adds perspective

 

[boysie39]

thanks geo. it looks great when used by someone that knows what he's doing.where does one buy an air stapler.
if it costs as much as a deep hollower dont tell me

REgards Boysie

 

[cornucopia]

:lol: mine is similar to this one Boysie

 

[boysie39]

Thanks Geo. that one looks fine,shall invest
REgards Boysie

 

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Burr elm platter 20" wide

3 mutt boxes- all about 2.5" wide by 3" tall

 

[tekno.mage]

Love those mini hollow forms, George - especially the very "organic" ones that are like some kind of seed pods. The altenative materials you are using for your boxes are fantastic as well.

 

[cornucopia]

Hi Kym- thankyou for your kind comments, the mini hollow forms are fun to do, because there so small i dont mind experimenting more because if it goes wrong it doesnt matter as much on such a small piece of wood and the smaller amount of time involved.

 

[Paul.J]

Beautiful work as usual George
Cracking piece of Elm.Not sure about the treatment on the edge with it though :shock:

 

[RATWOOD]

Well done George very good as ever \/ \/

 

[cornucopia]

Thank you

 

[cornucopia]

here is the first piece from a batch of beech i've been spalting for a few months
its 6" wide by 4" tall with a 11/16" hollowing hole