Spalted Beech hollow form plus other work

[mark sanger]

Jenx

Yes I have seen the avatar it is great, was it turned I must have a look in more detail.

No I have not done any eccentric work, I find it hard enough keeping things round.


wizer

You are not to only one to have asked this recently and I will do a thread showing how I make one of my lidded pots but there isn't anything that new.

I have just updated to mozilla and it appear quicker for some reason.

Next to update the spell checker.

I do work honestly but my youngest has a temperature of 103 today so can't get out to the workshop.

but I think I mentioned that, I think I mentioned that,,
:? :?

will post another pic of some work.

 

[mark sanger]

This is cherry around 120 mm dia x 240 mm high.

It has yet another anjan lid with black bamboo bar, the bamboo is from my garden. I turn the sphere with a small spigot on it.

Drill a central hole through it just a bit smaller than the bamboo. Cut the bamboo in half. Insert one end into the hole with CA glue, then insert the other end in again with CA glue and be quick to line it up.

The spigot of the sphere is then inserted into a hole that was pre drilled into the lid.

It is finished with a cellulose sanding sealer and cannuba wax.

 

[wizer]

I really like that one. Good contrast and interesting lid/finial.

 

[mark sanger]

cherry is one of my favourites. Unfortunately it seems to crack quite easily when drying, if done really slowly.

This platter is around 400mm dia x 50mm high, from recollection, the eggs were scraps of anjan that I had so I ebonised them to match in with the dark lines of the spalting and to add interest. Nothing new with the eggs but they are just nice organic forms that I like.

 

[PowerTool]

Hi Mark

cherry is one of my favourites. Unfortunately it seems to crack quite easily when drying, if done really slowly.

How do you get round this ? Is kiln-dried timber the best way to go?
I've had some lovely coloured cherry,but have found air-drying to be less than succesful (well,pretty disasterous,really )

Andrew

 

[mark sanger]

Powertool

I turn 99.9 % of my work green, except for the finials and lids. The only way I have found to get over it is to dry it very slowly and consistently, so keeping it out of drafts etc and keeping it covered so that the moisture loss is to a minimum.

I had a piece the other day that had been turned down to around 10mm and had been seasoned for five months. I took it into my house and the heat difference was obviously too high. When I came down in the morning it had split from top to bottom.

hey ho, it happens.

Mark

 

[Paul.J]

Cracking pieces Mark.
Love em all
Keep em coming.

 

[wizer]

I read recently about boiling blanks to reduce cracking, anyone tried it?

 

[mark sanger]

No it is not something that I have tried.

I once tried microwave drying. My wife was asleep with our daughter. To cut a long story short I set fire to the bowl and got a serious telling off as the house was full of smoke. So I don't dabble in chemistry any more.

It was around 8 years ago but I still get reminded of it.

M

 

[mark sanger]

PaulJ

Thank you for your comment.

M

 

[Bodrighy]

Cracking pieces Mark.

I hope not

Pete

 

[mark sanger]

Bodrighy

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I hope not too as well. I keep all my finished pieces in my home for a good 3-4 weeks before finish turning, and even put some in the airing cupboard for a day, just to make sure, then let them settle back to room temp. If they crack after that then I just give in. Not happened yet. But turning has a great way of teaching me new lessons.

M

 

[Bodrighy]

I keep mine indoors as well so that if they are sold or given away they are as stable as possible. I have a lovely 12" natural edged cherry thin stemmed goblet that has just decided to split across the base....after 4 weeks indoors. Still better than after someone payed for it.

Pete

 

[mark sanger]

 

[Jenx]

Wow. Words now fail !
That, along with Duncan's Laced bowl, and one or two others on the bowl front... is
......... ........ Mindbendingly spectacular.

Is the little ball fixed ? or does he roll ?

Beautiful 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[boysie39]

Mark, you are another bright light for us wannabe turners to gain inspiration from and to keep the growing reputation of the forum on the up. I thought it had peaked when I joined :lol: :lol: ,but there are still hidden gems out there it seems.
I hope you have a very happy time here and find plenty to intrest you . You know and are known by quite a few here so it should make you feel at home. God Bless You . REgards Boysie.

 

[Jenx]

I thought it had peaked when I joined :lol: :lol: ,

Boysie, you are beyond being an inspiration.. you're an enigma ! :wink:
The Craic's always good from the Emerald isle
and never fails to brighten the day ! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[mark sanger]

Hi

Thank you.

This piece for a it more detail is called " Fudochi" which translates into
" unmovable wisdom"

It is from my Pure Thought series again something that I am continually trying to develop.

The bowl represents the mind with two conflicting thoughts.

The curved cut out being a conflicting thought full of energy.

The circle cut out being a calm pure thought.

The ball represents the centred mind unmoving, undistributed, concentrating on the Pure Thought.

This came as I have a long interest in such things for many years and the understanding that our minds are our most powerful allies or enemy.

A friend teaches Zen and he is always a calm happy person and he has always been someone I admire for his happiness and centred way. Well balance, calm and knowledgeable.

This idea translated into this bowl.

The first one I made is on my web site and originally came from a cracked bowl that I had kept for several years while waiting for a "design opportunity"

Now I cut up normal bowls to make them.

 

[mark sanger]

Jenx

Thank you very much indeed for your comments. No the ball is not fixed but it does have a flat turned on the base. I turn it protruding from the chuck and then part it off so that when it sits it does not roll.

The ball measures around 40-50mm

Boysie39

Again thank you very much it is kind of you and I am glad you like my work.

I do enjoy the forum very much as it is very active and has a lot of talented skilled people within the threads that have loads of interesting tips and information to learn from.

There has been much information I have picked up that is going to be put to good use out in the workshop.

Again it is a great forum and I believe the best there is with a great depth of content.

Thank you again

Take care

Mark

 

[mark sanger]

I am looking forward to getting back into the workshop today as have some help looking after my daughters so I thought I would post this one which again some of you may have seen.

"Natures Bounty"

You may like it you may not.

It was an interesting project and again involved a small closed form that had a very fine crack in it ( no not all of my seasoning turns to cracked bowls, just a few every now and then, :lol: ) In fact thank fully very few now. But I never throw them away, just in case.

I will try to keep it short
:lol: :lol: :lol:

The materials were all left overs with the white Ivy that the form is sat on having been given to me by a friend. If you go to your saw mill and ask them I expect they will let you chop it off the side of the trees for nothing.

The bark was removed.

The base is ebonised ash left over from a wall hanging.

the eggs in the form are left over pieces that I again abonised.

It is called "Nature's Bounty" as all of the material used has been provided by nature and would other wise have been thrown away, ( except I don't throw stuff away) much to my wife's annoyance.

And also because it represents a seed pod which looks like it has fallen from a tree onto the ivy, showing the cycle of life, revealing the eggs to restart the cycle.


This I posted within the AWGB forum as a process of how it was made and away to use a cracked form for " design opportunity"

If anyone is interested I will post the process pictures.

As I say you may like it or you may not.