lidded form

[mark sanger]

Hi all

Hope you had a great bank holiday.

This piece is cherry turned end grain. The grain was orientated slightly off of the pith so that some of the heart wood breaks through the lighter sap area.

Black wood lid.

It is around 150mm dia x 220 high. Finished with chest nut microcrystaline wax.

Comments welcome

 

[cornucopia]

simply stunning Mark- i love the finial- i think the a/blackwood looks brillant hopefully the m/c wax will help stop the uv degrade as fresh cherry is a beautifull vibrant colour....now how about the signature eh!!!

 

[mark sanger]

simply stunning Mark- i love the finial- i think the a/blackwood looks brillant hopefully the m/c wax will help stop the uv degrade as fresh cherry is a beautifull vibrant colour....now how about the signature eh!!!

Hi George

Thank you for your comments.

I know it is a shame about the cherry degrading in colour, but it does go a nice rich colour, still I could always paint it, lol.

No signature as yet I will get my burning unit out and put one on them.

Thanks again for your comments.

Hope your well, it is peeing down with rain here. Don;t know what it is like up in gods country?.

 

[johnny.t.]

Now thats a bit special Mark Think George has summed it up well with "simply stunning", it is 8) You seem to have brought the best out of the cherry.
Thats one heck of a cool finial

JT

 

[Steve Jones]

To my untrained eyes absolutely perfect.

Stunning =D>

Steve

 

[CHJ]

Loads of character all round, admire your patience to complete a finial with that delicate shaping and controlled blend of form.

 

[wizer]

admire your patience to complete a finial with that delicate shaping and controlled blend of form.

I'm with Chas on this. The finial is outstanding! I love it. Must have taken you ages. Did you use any tricks to marking it out? What tooling did you use? IIRC you have a Foredom? I'm just looking at the Axminster version.

 

[mark sanger]

I have been looking for some time at mixed media and as such spend many many hours researching, buying and learning to use the techniques to be able to take my work further.

For this reason I have for some time now been researching and using polymer clay. Most of this has been experimenting so that I can get the techniques needed refined enough to be able to use it within my work.

The finial for this piece was made with polymer clay. The top section of the finial is only .5mm and as such I would never be able to achieve a realistic finial of these dimensions in wood alone due to how delicate it would be.

Various new items of work I am now producing using polymer clay, gold leaf, metal, and other media. I hope to post some of the pictures soon.

( This is on top of my normal pure forms) made purely from wood.

Anyway. I wanted to see if any one would notice that it was not wood. ( only the finial is polymer, the rest is as before, wood)

So the finial is not wood. At times wood is restrictive within it weakness for very fine work. At times it is good to look for other media to include in the piece if a specific problem needs to be over come.


Thank you again for your comments.

 

[George Foweraker]

Nice one Mark.

Regards George

 

[wizer]

So you cheated? :lol:

I did think it looks a bit too perfect. Nothing wrong with trying new things. I like it.

 

[CHJ]

The finial for this piece was made with polymer clay. The top section of the finial is only .5mm and as such I would never be able to achieve a realistic finial of these dimensions in wood alone due to how delicate it would be..

Mark, the raw material used to achieve the form does not detract in any way from my comment about its execution, skill, artistic ability and patience were still a major factor in its creation.

If you form a mold and start mass production however, might be tempted to pass a few adverse comments. :lol: :lol:

 

[mark sanger]

Hi Tom, Chas

:lol: thank you for your comment, cheating, never, using a different media has just as much a learning curve as wood at times more.

Wood unfortunately has its limitations particularly when dealing with the short grain. Also for me only to limit myself to wood alone means I just can not make the ideas that I have in mind due to the restriction.

Mass production now thee is an idea,. :lol: :lol: unfortunately this technique can not be done with a mould and still have to be made by hand.

 

[gasmansteve]

Another gem Mark,love the finial beats my `drawer handle` finials any day :lol:
Steve

 

[OldWood]

Mark
That is really a stimulating piece - very nice to the eye in shape and colour.

You took my question away when you said the finial was not in wood - it was of course "how the H***did you turn that?" Or perhaps more politely "please give us a WIP on making it"!!

Rob

 

[Bodrighy]

As good as we have come to expect. The final is really gorgeous and personally I applaud your learning a new skill. Fashioning something that delicate in clay has to be every bit as skillful as doing it in wood. Whilst I haven't always been a fan of making wood look like something else, mixed media are, IMHO, always worth while. Pottery and glassware has to be a major source of inspiration for many turners and mixing them has to be for the good in opening up new ideas and possibilities

Pete

 

[skeetoids]

Hi Mark,

This is another beautiful piece and as everyone else has commented a lovely finial to top it off.

Excellent work as usual and thoughtful creativity.

Cheers.

 

[mark sanger]

Hi all

Thank you for your comments, much appreciated.

 

[Stravides]

I would second the idea to kindly give us some idea of how you approached this design via some media. Video/Pics

Unfortunately I am unable to attend when you are visiting our turning club on 19th June in Cwmbran.

I am gutted SWMBO plans n all that.. grrrrr.... But nevertheless this pieve is an absolute delight on the eyes..