Jewellery Stand

[Mr Ed]

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.

Thanks mate. Although it was always intended as a gift for someone, as soon as it was finished it was evident that my wife wanted to keep it. I can see a Mk.2 coming along soon....

Ed

 

[Ironballs]

Great piece Ed, well made and well photographed as usual. Bet it would look good in maple too, should your wife be reading...... :wink:

Agree about it being more taxing on the brain with curves, requires a lot more forward planning and thinking as you go along

 

[BespokeJoineryMan]

Both lovely jewellery stands! I like the effect you have on the base of your's John, how did you achieve it?

 

[John. B]

I used a Ryobe power carver with a flexicut gouge tip,
could have used a hand gouge, 8) was pushed for time :roll: :roll: :lol:

john. B

 

[Sportique]

Hi Ed - that is mmmm boootiful.

Full of enticing curves, and the elipse offset within an elipse holds great intrigue.

This will be food for thought for many methinks.

Dave

 

[newt]

Ed a really great job, nice to look at even without the jewellery.

 

[Mike Wingate]

Really nice, you can design and make, and photograph really well. So many good pieces are let down with a poor photo.

 

[Mr Ed]

Thanks for the comments guys. This was something I designed in my head and sketched on the whiteboard in the workshop, before turning into a CAD drawing. I generally reckon on doing that for all projects to ensure things turn out how I want them to.

The photography is something I work quite hard at, although I have the advantage that my wife is a keen photographer so has the kit and skills to get a good result. Well executed photos can make even a run of the mill project look good.

Cheers, Ed

 

[Ironballs]

Agree about the photography Ed and I fall between two stools. I have a Nikon Coolpix 5.2MP that takes decent enough photos but does seem to struggle with good focus and some of my pics are disappointing, but it is convenient.

My other camera is a Nikon F90X with a good range of lenses that will take great pictures but needs more setting up and of course then the films have to be sent off to be processed and if I want them on here, scanned in.

Not quite standing on the cusp of a switch, as I have a lot invested and it will cost thousands to replace in digital, but I do use my film camera less and less

 

[Mr Ed]

Digital SLR is without doubt the way to go. Big initial outlay but worth every penny spent in my view. I am now mainly using a 50mm 1:1.8 lens which is working out really well for furniture shots.

Ed

 

[Ironballs]

You're probably right Ed, it's just to get the camera quality and features I have with the Nikon and match the resolution you can get with good film, then I have to shell out a fair sum of money.

Still content to sit on the sidelines and see what developments take place with 35mm digital (a misnomer?) and new entrants to the digital medium format market

 

[devonwoody]

I've got the Fuji S9600 (digital ) but I never take it into the workshop, I use a fuji A380 which I can leave laying around and I just blow the dust off and have no worries. The Pentax wet one is up in the loft (Z1P) and hasn't now been used for over three years.

The problem with digital cameras is that the chip eventually goes AWOL, my first fuji lasted around 3 years and was not worth repairing when costed against another new camera.