Responding to Wizer's reminder!

[Paul.J]

Well Phillip, i have loved this piece all the way through from the beginning,but i have to say that as much as i still like it,i think the red as spoiled it for me
Is there a reason to why it is red :?:

 

[Bodrighy]

Though I do love the look and feel of natural wood this is certainly impressive. The texturing and the carving would (IMHO) certainly not be as effective if in a natural wood. I'd like to say that it is something to emualte but I have some way to go yet before I aspire to such dizzy heights of acheivement.

Pete

 

[Philip Streeting]

Thanks for the feedback - it is always satisfying to receive compliments on work.

Paul asks why red? For me the choice was made when I used a mixture of red and black on the outer rim. I wanted the inner bowl to stand out visually. Red adds a visually obvious contrasting element but it also reflects and is in sympathy to the red within the black rim. I don't feel another colour would have achieved this. Red one of those difficult colours for digital cameras to capture accurately. The colour is not so bright and overwhelming as it appears in the picture shown here it is made up of tones of red. Also the texture is deeper than the impression given in the picture. In other words more subtle.

Phil

 

[wizer]

of course, black and red is a classic combination. In fact it's my favourite. I even have those colours ingrained on my body :shock: I recently saw Les Thorn turn a piece which was coloured black and red and hope to try it some time....soon.

 

[Jenx]

Its a beauty Phillip ... awesome bit of turnery.

Can I be different, and suggest something that may have you throwing your hands in the air ....? --- ( :wink: )
Make another .. and leave it in the 'natural' state ( with a usual 'wood' finish ).. and have them as a pair.

I love it 'painted' ... but also loved it equally 'au naturale' when seeing it initially.

Not necessarily to be 'kept together' which may not be possible ... but more of a 'not only, but also' theme, if that makes sense.

Its great.. very inspiring stuff. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[Philip Streeting]

Hi Jenx,

Thanks for the comments - you sound just like my wife!
Her initial view reflects what you have said, leave it as it was originally and be satisfied.

My view was slightly different with this piece. Although the original routing may look good in the photograph there are faults because I was trying various cutters to see which were most effective. If pieces are not quite what you want in the way of finished quality then they become good vehicles for trying other ideas. If you become too precious with what may appear to be a 'great' idea then risk taking disappears from view. To progress a habit of taking risks sometimes is essential.

It is my intention to do both plain and decorated pieces once I get to grips with the method. Good intentions are fine but knowing myself rather well it might be that I get bored and frustrated and temporarily move on to something else.

Phil

 

[jammie*dodger]

In the words of T S Eliot

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. "

I love what you've done and applaud your willingness to push the boundaries.
JD

 

[mark sanger]

I love this piece as you know Philip. It is so refreshing to see ideas that help us to see outside of our comfort ones.

When I started turning I was one of those " pure form anti texture and paint brigade"

But thinking like this only restricts our creativity and ultimately fun we can have with turning.

Thank you for posting.

 

[mikec]

I'm blown away Phil, at every stage you have added something significant to the original piece which I thought was fantacstic.

Thanks for sharing such an inspirational process, you have changed my opinion of painted items.

Please keep them coming.

Mike C

 

[NewtoWood]

Excellent piece, definately something to aspire to.