More turnings from Duncan

[duncanh]

I thought it was about time I started another thread (continuing from here) for my turnings, so here it is...


18cm widest diameter
Turned from US Red Oak cut during wildlife trust work to remove non-native species.
This was turned within 48 hours of felling and has warped so the base is no longer flat. Ordinarily I'd sand this flat, but it's so uniform that there are 2 high spots opposite each other that allow the bowl to rock smoothly.


16cm tall
From the same tree as the previous one.
When this was freshly turned it didn't lean, but has moved somewhat on drying


15cm diameter, 14cm high
From a laburnum branch. I wanted to achieve this effect with the pale sapwood around the rim and the branch wasn't very large, so i took a chance and turned it with the pith running through the centre. It required a little filling with CA but turned out ok. When finishing off the base I noticed there was a 3 strand copper wire embedded in the wood - it's still there!

 

[Vulthoom]

Duncan,

Very nice!

Especially like the leaning vase.

 

[Jenx]

Beautiful as always, Duncan ... pic's of your work are always worth the wait :wink: 8)
How far 'off the plumb' has he 'drifted' ? ... It gives it 'character' somehow, and it adds to it !

Great work as always 8) 8) 8)

 

[Paul.J]

More stunning pieces Duncan
Love the fleck in the Oak,especially on the vase piece,and like the sapwood touch on the top of the Laburum piece.
Very nice.

 

[mikec]

Great Duncan,

Lots of character

Mike C

 

[Lightweeder]

Duncan - I love the bowl. I assume you wouldn't be able to hollow this out much.

 

[Doug B]

I like them all Duncan
But the first one really floats my boat, very good effort.
Cheers.
Doug.

 

[johnny.t.]

The laburnum vase is spectacular Duncan . The sapwood rim sets it off a treat and those horizontal marks in the grain add something to it too,like the grain is smudged . Good bit of turning there.

JT

 

[Bodrighy]

More excellent work Duncan you don't post work often but it's worth the wait.

Pete

 

[CHJ]

Really like the Laburnum piece Duncan, one of my favourite woods for in-built character.

 

[TEP]

All been said Duncan, I got along too late as usual.

Top work. =D> =D> =D>

 

[PowerTool]

Very nice,as usual - I like all three,but like the laburnum just a little bit more..

Andrew

 

[boysie39]

Lovely work Duncan, always something a little different. all pieces are super Thank you for Piccys. REgards Boysie

 

[duncanh]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

I don't post much because I can't use computers for too long without worsening the headaches which I tend to suffer from. I also tend to wait until I have several things to photograph at once. Even then it takes me a while to process the photos.
This is the reason I don't often get involved in other threads.

Lightweeder- if you're assuming about hollowing out the laburnum - it's hollowed throughout to between 5m and 7mm. I'll certainly try more of the same design.

Jenx - the vase is about 10degrees off vertical

I took the oak ones (these 2 + 1 from previous post) in to the wildlife trust today and they went down well. I'll certainly be getting orders for some and may be able to get a stall at trust events. I love the idea of producing and selling items made from local timber (especially that I've cleared myself).

Duncan

 

[Lightweeder]

I'm amazed you managed to hollow the laburnum. May I ask what you used?

I see you're from Newcastle. I'm new to this, but there doesn't seem to be much doing in our area (I'm in Prudhoe). I go down to the Harrogate show, but are you aware of much else up here ?

 

[duncanh]

I can't remember for sure what I used to hollow, but it was probably a combination of the Munro tool and some home made hollowing bars with HSS cutters made from planer blades.

As for things in this area - there's a Northumberland club that meets near Blythe every month. Check out our website at http://www.northumbrianwoodturners.com
We have guest demonstrators more or less every other month. The meeting next week is (I think) a hands on session with a couple of sharpening and a few different tools to try.
Once you join (£10 per year I think) there's a library of books, videos and dvds to borrow from and a lot of experienced turners to give advice.

I think there's also a small club in Blythe and there's a Sunderland club that meets in Washington. I've never been to either but may try the Sunderland one as the magazine lists them as having a demo by Tony Wilson on March 28th

Duncan

 

[user 5053]

Duncs work is streets ahead of everyone else on the forum. Nice elegant style and not too squeeky clean and rarified and still retainining the spirit of the tree. Very saleable and commercial stuff also the photos are really superb. Following in the footsteps of some fine turners from the north east.

 

[Lightweeder]

Duncan - thanks for the info. I had heard of the Blythe club and thought it was a bit far, but it's certainly my best option.

Many thanks again and the best of luck to you.

 

[duncanh]

I've finally got round to taking some more photos - a lot of natural edge work and experiments in round bottoms...

(all images clickable for larger version)


25cm diameter spalted beech turned wet-ish


32cm wide spalted, slightly rippled holly


29cm wide bleached spalted holly with pyrography burnt edges


22cm beech with pyrography pattern in the style of David Nittmann. The filled sections are made up of small burnt dots.


24cm diameter chunky elm bowl


27cm diameter spalted beech. Cored with the Kelton set.

More natural edge stuff to follow...

Duncan

 

[Jenx]

Duncan, these are absolutely gorgeous 8) 8) 8)
Impossible to pick a favourite, every one of them is simply superb.

The pyrographed piece looks incredibly complex ... how did you go about planning it out ? was it drawn out first ? .. its stunning.

I really like the shape of the spalted beech hollow form, there's something very appealing about that 'squat' look ... it may sound odd, but this shape always reminds me of a curling-stone, its again, another absolute stunner.
I would love to try something like that in the future... its very attractive.
Probably a very long way off, if ever ! :lol:

There's nothing to dislike in any of those... every one stands on its own as a work of art.
Thanks for sharing these pieces.. they deserve to be seen by as wide an audience as possible... I hope you get to show these in a gallery or somewhere befitting of the marvellous work that each one truly is.

Between your work, Mark's, George's etc.. we can certainly never claim to be short of inspiration !
Wonderful. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)