Jewellery Stand

[Mr Ed]

This piece was requested by my sister-in-law to hang up necklaces and jewellery items.

I decided to go for a quite organic form, as a bit of a departure from what I normally do and also to get something of a challenge out of the project.

The piece is made in American Black Walnut, with a small bit of oak in the laminations. I made the laminated sections to get over the short grain issue that would have arisen due to the shape of the ribs. I also quite like the effect is has of making the rib look visually thinner.

The finish is around 10 coats of shellac, topped off with 2 coats of Black Bison Wax, which is my finish of choice for things like this. The ribs connect to the spine with a notch, half to each piece. The spine then connects to the base with a mortise and tenon.

I formed the scallop in the base by routing out the main waste of the flat bit in the middle and then created the curves with my newly rehandled ancient gouges. My carving skills are not finely developed so it was finished off with a random orbit sander.

All in all, I'm quite pleased with the end result, although working with everything curved is tiring as the reference surfaces/points all disappear when you cut things out.

Thanks for looking

Ed

 

[Waka]

Ed

You should be pleased with it, I think it is really nice and the style is to my liking.

 

[devonwoody]

I like it as well, any details available on construction?

 

[OPJ]

I like it, Ed. Good solution to the short-grain issues.

Everyone seems to be carving at the minute!

 

[Paul Chapman]

A lovely piece of work, Ed =D>

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[xy mosian]

Nice One Ed!

xy

 

[pitch pine]

I like the curves on this......

 

[Mr Ed]

I like it as well, any details available on construction?

Theres not much to it really.

The ribs are laminated from some bandsawn slices of ABW and Oak, 3 lots of 3mm and then glued up between 2 bits of MDF and left for 24hrs.

The base was marked out, mortise for the spine was routed and squared up. The scallop was carved out whilst the base was still square to make work holding easier. Base was then bandsaw to shape.

All the curves were bandsawn and then tidied up with a LV curved base spokeshave.

I cut the ribs out and then fitted them to the spine with a notched joint, I suppose its a half lap joint really. Once fitted I refined the shape of the ribs with a spokeshave to fit the spine.

Assembled the ribs to the spine, fitted the spine to the base and then applied finish.

Ed

 

[wizer]

Love it. The design and timber choice are right up my back alley (so to speak)

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks for the details, another item I would like to make, the sanding I expect is also where there was a lot of hard graft.

 

[Mr Ed]

Thanks for the details, another item I would like to make, the sanding I expect is also where there was a lot of hard graft.

Not too much actually. I planed the flat sides of the pieces before cutting things out, then worked the curves with a spokeshave. The main sanding was with the random orbit on the base, I daresay if I was a better carver / had better chisels I could have missed that out, but 5 minutes on the 60 grit did the job for me.

Sanding in between sets of shellac coats was a bit of a pain, but if you get in the right frame of mind it can be fairly therapeutic.

Ed

 

[Mr Ed]

Love it. The design and timber choice are right up my back alley (so to speak)

Having done this, if you find you need any more surgery I'd be up for having a crack at it. I'd have a sweep up in the workshop first of course.:lol:

Ed

 

[wizer]

i think you might have done a better job...

 

[Mr Ed]

Is it not working out well for you then?

Ed

 

[wizer]

time will tell, so far I'm sceptical

 

[mailee]

That is a really nice piece Ed and so unusual. It is finished off beautifully too. Better not let SWMBO see this posting though.

 

[John. B]

I like it. Very elegant!
I did one some time back, laminated beech and Sapele sitting on an Oak mound, ( Even that's laminated, couldn't find a bit thick enough)
But I prefer yours. It has that, Je ne sais quoi if you know what I mean. :?


John. B

 

[Mattty]

Thats a lovely job Ed,

I paticularly like how the oval dish isn't centralised in the base, this make it look more interesting and obviously maintains a flat surface for the joint of the stand.

There are lots of interesting details were the flat and curves meet and as usual your technique is excellent.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Mr Ed]

Thanks for the comments guys.

John - I like the chiselled finish on the base of yours, in contrast to the smooth uprights.

Matty - I really like the ellipse offset within an ellipse, so I'm glad you spotted it.

Thanks for looking, Ed

 

[frugal]

SWMBO has lots of necklaces and said "that is much nicer that the mug-tree type you often see". I thing it looks very delicate, just right for jewellery.