My eye says it's a mermaid fighting a flying fish with a dragon spectator
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My eye says it's a mermaid fighting a flying fish with a dragon spectator
NeiljohnUK
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Two work-mates refurbished for a friend, both now have full slab laminated plywood tops, with double width rear jaws, the pro model also needed a new step, which was made from 3/4" ply to fit a 1/2" slot, with dogholes and drain holes so it shouldn't rot like the original did, new feet were added using helicoils.
Blackswanwood
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Cherry and Madrone jewellery box.
Phill05
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That is what I see too, looks great.
I have started mounting some of the many hundreds of chisels that I have collected w/o handles on some of the hundreds of handles that I have recently made. An auspicious beginning...
There was an article in one of the early issues of Fine Woodworking decades ago that compared chisel brands. The Stanley plastic-handle chisels were noted to be made with very high-quality steel. I have always, however, disliked plastic handles. These chisels were made by Stanley in the UK, and are unused. I do not remember where I purchased them, but I suspect they were also from the plastic-handled variety. I have been (as yet) unable to find that article. I will try to post it when I do, in case there is some interest. The handles are made of Jatoba, finished with blonde shellac and brass ferrules.
The other chisel is a vintage Ibbotson with an unknown exotic hardwood handle. That one is a keeper.
There was an article in one of the early issues of Fine Woodworking decades ago that compared chisel brands. The Stanley plastic-handle chisels were noted to be made with very high-quality steel. I have always, however, disliked plastic handles. These chisels were made by Stanley in the UK, and are unused. I do not remember where I purchased them, but I suspect they were also from the plastic-handled variety. I have been (as yet) unable to find that article. I will try to post it when I do, in case there is some interest. The handles are made of Jatoba, finished with blonde shellac and brass ferrules.
The other chisel is a vintage Ibbotson with an unknown exotic hardwood handle. That one is a keeper.
That's a sculpture by Luke Kite, who makes many such things, as the geisty moves him, just about every one very Victorian-gothic and worse (better, er, different).
That one is named "Fatal Attraction" and pictures a woman embraced by a dragon. They may be in love but only tragedy will ensue! As you can see, another dragon is just flying away from a similar encounter elsewhere, possibly now full of what was loved! To one side, three magisterial crows look on. They are adamant in their judgements, which always boil down to, "Guilty! Peck out their eyes!"
There are some very queer sculptures aboot wore hoose, including more Kites. I could post pics ........
Perhaps there should be another thread: Post a Photo of the Last Made-thing you Bought"?
There's quite a few chisel tests in Fine Woodworking Magazine. The one you're after may be that in Issue 139 but have a look at the tests in Issue 51 and Issue 200. There's a review of Stanley Sweetheart chisels in Issue 219.
Yes..please do..
Ooooh - I like them! Organic in a somewhat visceral way. Do you happen to know ought of availability and prices?
No..But, I can try to get him on the phone ( later in the afternoon , I have to go out for a couple of hours, and he'll be at lunch as I type* ) , or, if I can't get him on the phone I** / you can email him via his contact page where there s the phone number, an email form and the email address.
*I'll try the phone just before I go out in about 15 mins ( 14.15 my time here in France )
**Maybe easier for me , unless you speak, read , write french, or maybe he can take inquiries in english, I'll try to find out. in case he is "french language only" ..deepl.com is highly accurate ( and free ) for short translations..Some of the AI systems may also offer free translation, but I have n't tried them to see how accurate they may be.
If I can get him via phone or email, I'll post.
edit..Just tried his phone..hit the answering machine..
So, I did a quick search for alain mailland sculpture prix ( prix being price in this sense and not prize ) , almost every site that mentions him requires one to join to get the previous auction prices realised,, but DDG search crawler did say in it's "snippet" of mutualart.com that he has sold at auction for between $106.00 to $2394.00 depending on size and medium ..The "crawl date" of the DDG bot is not indicated, so those prices could be old, or not.
Artsy
https://www.artsy.net/artist/alain-mailland
has more of his work, but no prices.
*I'll try the phone just before I go out in about 15 mins ( 14.15 my time here in France )
**Maybe easier for me , unless you speak, read , write french, or maybe he can take inquiries in english, I'll try to find out. in case he is "french language only" ..deepl.com is highly accurate ( and free ) for short translations..Some of the AI systems may also offer free translation, but I have n't tried them to see how accurate they may be.
If I can get him via phone or email, I'll post.
edit..Just tried his phone..hit the answering machine..
So, I did a quick search for alain mailland sculpture prix ( prix being price in this sense and not prize ) , almost every site that mentions him requires one to join to get the previous auction prices realised,, but DDG search crawler did say in it's "snippet" of mutualart.com that he has sold at auction for between $106.00 to $2394.00 depending on size and medium ..The "crawl date" of the DDG bot is not indicated, so those prices could be old, or not.
Artsy
https://www.artsy.net/artist/alain-mailland
has more of his work, but no prices.
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Cabinetman
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Crikey, it’s not often I come across something in wood and don’t have the foggiest how to make it, a Dremmel? Super impressive though.
Yep, lathe and Dremel, or in his case , lathe and the french version of a Foredom made by Bordet..I linked to it in the Dremel thread here.
https://www.bordet.fr/moteur-movix-moviluty-avec-variateur-moviluty-c2x29665746?PGFLngID=0
https://www.bordet.fr/moteur-movix-moviluty-avec-variateur-moviluty-c2x29665746?PGFLngID=0
Some Luke Kite sculptures:Yes..please do..
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Merci ..I'll look properly when I get back..going out the door now.
Phill05
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Eshmiel, Thank you so much for showing the Luke Kite sculptures they are so beautiful to me especially No 1 you are very lucky.
Oh dear..I just put Luke Kite Sculpture into DDG*..rapture..gorgeous work..
His prices are very reasonable too.
Question, there is an image of him in a wheelchair, is it his ? If so, even more impressive, it is hard enough moving around the big stuff even without mobility problems.
His work may give me the first reason in 35 years to revisit the UK , so as to see it in the flesh.I know Shropshire well, my first art school was at The English Bridge , Shrewsbury ( long since closed ) lovely town and county, and close enough to the Welsh coast and the mountains to go most weekends.
*Did n't visit facebook, but he appears to sell elsewhere too .
Indeed, thank you Eshmiel for posting the ones that you have.
ps..I tried Alain Mailland's phone again..still the answering machine, I left a message to say I'd email him ( mainly to see if he speaks, reads, writes English ).. Me asking him about prices when they are n't on display on his site seems a bit impolite. I'm curious though on behalf of posters here about his courses ( stages ) , the commentary in french on the initial video posted here mentioned that he does visits to his atelier and short "hands on" courses in "how to do his basic stuff"..might be holiday for some. He is in a nice part of France , but better when it is warmer.
His prices are very reasonable too.
Question, there is an image of him in a wheelchair, is it his ? If so, even more impressive, it is hard enough moving around the big stuff even without mobility problems.
His work may give me the first reason in 35 years to revisit the UK , so as to see it in the flesh.I know Shropshire well, my first art school was at The English Bridge , Shrewsbury ( long since closed ) lovely town and county, and close enough to the Welsh coast and the mountains to go most weekends.
*Did n't visit facebook, but he appears to sell elsewhere too .
Indeed, thank you Eshmiel for posting the ones that you have.
ps..I tried Alain Mailland's phone again..still the answering machine, I left a message to say I'd email him ( mainly to see if he speaks, reads, writes English ).. Me asking him about prices when they are n't on display on his site seems a bit impolite. I'm curious though on behalf of posters here about his courses ( stages ) , the commentary in french on the initial video posted here mentioned that he does visits to his atelier and short "hands on" courses in "how to do his basic stuff"..might be holiday for some. He is in a nice part of France , but better when it is warmer.
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Here's what Duckduckgo image search throws up:Oh dear..I just put Luke Kite Sculpture into DDG*..rapture..gorgeous work..
His prices are very reasonable too.
Question, there is an image of him in a wheelchair, is it his ? If so, even more impressive, it is hard enough moving around the big stuff even without mobility problems.
His work may give me the first reason in 35 years to revisit the UK , so as to see it in the flesh.I know Shropshire well, my first art school was at The English Bridge , Shrewsbury ( long since closed ) lovely town and county, and close enough to the Welsh coast and the mountains to go most weekends.
*Did n't visit facebook, but he appears to sell elsewhere too .
Indeed, thank you Eshmiel for posting the ones that you have.
ps..I tried Alain Mailland's phone again..still the answering machine, I left a message to say I'd email him ( mainly to see if he speaks, reads, writes English ).. Me asking him about prices when they are n't on display on his site seems a bit impolite. I'm curious though on behalf of posters here about his courses ( stages ) , the commentary in french on the initial video posted here mentioned that he does visits to his atelier and short "hands on" courses in "how to do his basic stuff"..might be holiday for some. He is in a nice part of France , but better when it is warmer.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=luke+kite+sculpture&atb=v386-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
Many things in a large range of sizes, not least that gorilla!
I believe the Kiter started partly out of fixing dirt bikes, a popular sport in West Wales especially, from whence he hails. The welding and an artistic yen seemed to generate those strange gothic .... things. I know that he's also dabbled in furniture, which is generally rather organic rather than rectilinear and often incorporates large gothic motifs.
The wheel chair. My suspicion would be a temporary condition due to dirt bike madness - but I'm guessing. Here he is with 'is Terminator:
Last I heard he was living and working somewhere around Bishops Castle. I prefer his more biological items meself.
Always were some very good scrapyards in that area.. ( Wales and the Black country and twixt them, Telford etc ) and some superb engineering works, small and large tool shops, foundries etc
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You can see the influences of Giger and to a degree the transformers movies, some are "life size" transformers and autobots..but in some ( such as yours ) also that he is also an Aubrey Beardsley ( and other illustrators of that time ) fan. As I am too, of Giger, the autobots / transformers / futuristic / gothic / steampunk etc , also Beardsley and other illustrators of that time and since.
edited to add
You can see the influences of Giger and to a degree the transformers movies, some are "life size" transformers and autobots..but in some ( such as yours ) also that he is also an Aubrey Beardsley ( and other illustrators of that time ) fan. As I am too, of Giger, the autobots / transformers / futuristic / gothic / steampunk etc , also Beardsley and other illustrators of that time and since.
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