Just realised it is about 9 months since I have done any turning.
This is a couple of smaller Hollow forms I did as part of a ”challenge” initiated by a member of another site.
It asked for two identical pieces from a 3’ x 3’ cube, the neck opening to be smaller than 1/2 ” & to be photographed beside a can of drink.
Don’t know how many of you have tried to do 2 identical pieces but it sure is an interesting challenge.
These are a pair of Rimu HF’s complete with worm holes & are basically 65mm x 65mm (2 1/2×2 1/2).
Not a lot of time was spent on the finish as the real challenge was the duplication of form.
Would welcome any comments .
Cheers
Pete

I haven’t turned the lathe on for over 6 months so a bit rusty.
This is a follow on from an earlier piece titled “Upright”
A lidded hollow vessel in NZ Rimu, the two side sections are carved and fixed to a black corian leg.
The vessel is again fixed to the leg via a couple of rose head copper nails cut down.
Thought I would add a lid & finial to give a bit more lift & a point of difference.
O/all height is about 220mm, or a bit under 9”.
Any comments or thoughts are welcomed

Pete

A piece of old reclaimed Rium which started out as a slightly longer HF but due to our arguement I had to :”readjust” somewhat. It is turned to about 3mm thick which meant the pyro burns are pretty close to the inside.
Sealed with a satin acrylic poly, cut back with EEE & buffed, Stands about 5” high & 6” wide.
Any & all comment welcomed
Cheers
Pete

Dont do a lot of bowls, but I entered this one in our Easter Show woodart competition,
It is a piece of Blackwood with a small foot tom give a slight elevation. It was entered in the plain bowls under 10”.
It sold & this is the only shot I got of it.
cgheers
Pete

Another in the “tilt” series (I need to get oput of this theme) a hollow form from a piece of Ancient Kauri on a corian peg held with rose head copper nails with additional Kauri shoulder supports. Stands about 190mm h, the vessel is about 60 wide.
Any comments / suggestions appreciated, thanks for the look
Pete

(Sorry about the photo size they were scaled down for another site & I never kept the origonals)

This is a small Rimu Hollow vessel suspended onto a corian arc & held with turned Aluminium supports.
I have made 2 bases & can’t make up my mind as to which (or none) to use.
It stands about 190mm O/all the vessel is 125 high x 80 wide.
Would appreciate your thoughts & comment
Pete

Dont know how many of you LJ’s support some of thoese folk not so luck as ourselves.
Our Sth Auckland W/turners Guild has for many years had several ongoing projects suporting variors groups.
This is my latest contribution to the Guilds collection.

Butterfly Boxes,
these are given to the little girls with terminal cancer, one of our lady members makes little butterflies for inside the lids, they are only 90mm dia.

Wig Stands,
these are handed to the Breast cancer foundation for the ladies who loose their hair thru Chemo, they store their wigs on thes & use them to dry out & care for the Wigs, The guild makes in the order of 300 to 400 per year

Spinning tops
These are also made for the “Kids Can” (Can being Cancer), the little boy patients love these & are also used by all the “little” visitors who get bored hanging around Hospital wards, they get spun all round the Hospital floors, we make hundreds of these each year. Once you have roughtout a say 1 metre blank you can wack these oout at about 1×3 mins straight of the skew.

I would probably do about 5 or 6 little runs of these a year. Lot of fun & a great way of keeping on top of your skew,
Do any of you guys or Gals get up to anything similar, should have maybe put htis into a forum or blog format

Came across an old Matai fence baton & it made me reflect on our great farming background in NZ. This is a piece of a typical batton from our standard 7 line fence, the top & mid were generally Barbed wire others being a 8 or 10 gauge galv’ wire.
They stopped milling Matai well over 50 years ago, these were a spreader baton to hold the gap between posts,
I tried to leave the 4 flat faces to retain the weather beaten features, this particular baton is not square (40×45) so the flats are a bit uneven. The barbed wire was still attached to it when I picked it up.
Sometimes it is nice to simply remember the work of or earlier settlers & quitlely thank them for our head start.

A small Ellipse form a piece of scrap Rimu, textured with paste & coloured matt black. I added a carved “V” in red. Size is 100mm x 85 widest piont.
Any comments welcome,thanks for looking

Another attempt at a suspended vessel with a one leg version, This is a piece of Teak simply finished in several coats of Teak oil & given a buff on the mop.
The leg is a piece of old pine that started out as a practice piece however I was pretty happy with the finished shape so kept it, it was ebonised with water based wood dye “green black” the base is a scrap of “some type” ?? found on the floor.
O/all size is 200mm high, the vessel is 140mm x 50mm mid section
The fixture is by way of a couple of cut down copper rose head nails similar to an earlier piece I did.
I made three bases in total, one from a stained piece of Kwila, one from some :black midnight” corian.
still not sute about the base so will probably make another one and change things around a bit
Any comments / suggestions welcome & thanks for the look

Just a small vessel in Native Rimu, I have been playing with textured legs,with this one trying to creat a rough old wrought iron look in a matt finish, I have deliberately keep a low satin finish on the Rimu to try & match the flat iron look.The vessel is 70mm x 120 , the legs elevate it a further 15mm.
Any comments / suggestions welcome. Thanks for the look
peteg

This is the last of the Ethnic type pieces for a while.
It is trying to represent our Koru in a Pounamu material (greenstone), which was a favourite material with the Maori carvers, it is a slightly stylised / streched version been carved & stained with a “blotchy” green dye, I have added some doodle pyro work around it with some dark red dye to help the embelishment.
The bottom is just a bit of simple texture with a Paua dot.
The Koru is the Maori symbol for new life.
It give the appearance of having several cracks thru the piece, these are however gum / resin type streaks ( apart from the obvious hole in the bowl)
Timber is Native Rimu, the finish is a laquer spray cut back & mop finished, the size is 10” x 2” deep.
Any & all comments welcome

This is a follow on from “half dish”.
We need to add a lid with a locating lip and still maintain the perfect sphere.
The lid is 1 piece,the knob has been turned with the lid. I rounded the back on the one and added a bit of “scatting”pyro as I call it, just very light scribbling with a very hot tip & keep moving quick so as not burn a hole.I also raised the bowl on this one to give it more profile. This is again a piece of old Kauri (not sure if I like the rounded form or not! it probably looks better shapr edged?)
The other is a piece of native Rimu, this is a bit bigger and heavily burnt with a Koru pattern.
The last photo probably gives it away. There were some comments about the straight edge joining half way up to under the dish, this was turned, the starting block was a rectangle (x 2)
None ofthe blocks were cut after turning they are straight of the lathe.
Any comments most welcome, thanks again for your interest

This is an interesting little challenge,
The trick is to get a perfect 1/2 sphere both inside & outside with a 2mm wall thickness top to bottom.

I have another couple of variations I am playing with as well which I hope to post in a couple of days which take this idea a bit further. I have done this one with a piece of Kauri.
I know, it looks so simple you could do it standing on your head. The size is realy irrelevant, this one the Brick portion is 2.5” sq, this has only been oil sanded at this stage, I will maybe polish or lacquer it later.
Aplolgies for my lousy camera shots, tried dozens of shots & this is as good as it get, might need a new Kodac
All comments are welcome please.

This is a Kauri Cheese board I have made for a gift to a special couple who have been very kind to our family recently,
It is made from the other half of a board I got from a wooden wash tub out of an old Villa built back in the 1880’s, it also has a few worm holes an wash stains, the holes have been filled. (the other half was used for a textured plate which I posted some time back)

It is 12’’ Dia’ with a 6’ marble disk, the handle for the cutter is made with a piece of beech which will take a washing machine thrashing no trouble.

I thought to add a bit of interest I would burn in a selection of Cheeses around the rim, after all it is a cheese board. (How many of these have you tasted?)

The finish is oil sanded with several semi gloss coats of spray on Poly.
Appreciate any comments, thanks for looking.

I picked up a second hand Archer power carver & had to have a play.
This is a piece of our NZ Pohutukawa, the rim has been burnt & carved gaps between alternate pettens.(coloured burgandy)
The side recess has 4 Celtic knots carved, burnt & the untouched infills coloured burgandy also for a bit of contrast.
I almost didn’t post this one as it is realy just a bit of fun & mucking about with new toys.
It has been parafin oil sanded & lacquer sprayed.
Please pass any comments good or bad

Thought I would have a break & go back to something simple like a Goblet. This a piece of recycled Ancient Kauri, stands about 6” & has a 3 1/2 ” cup on top.
It was based on my memory of thoes old hollow stem bubbly glases we used to get back when.
Appeciate your comments good or bad as usual

Continuing my fasination with Pacific tribal symbols, this is a simple (Soloman Island) Mahogany bowl with the symbols burnt in, the rim has been treated the same. The burnt areas are “washed” with Acetone to clean any residue ash etc.
With the bottom I have used a texturing tool and filled it with black wax cleaned of, & then washed with a finishing oil. It was given wet sanding with Danish oil wiped clean and sprayed with satin poly’ to seal, denibed & EEE cut & polished. Size is 230mm Sq x 45mm deep
It has been deliberately turned “heavy” in typical Island style for utility ware
Any comments would be appreciated, thanks for looking

Still playing with wings, feet & suspension, and also having a look at Pacific symbols etc.
This is Blackwood outline is carved & burnt, o/ll size is a dia’ of about 350mm, stands about 60mmwith several coats of Danish then buffed.
Appreciate any comments, thanks for looking

I posted this a while back and have been trying to decide on optional bases to show the pointed bottom. Ended up in the “to hard bin” so decided to suspend it on legs held with cut down rose head copper nails. Also replaced the top finial.
I like it better as it has lightened up the base & give a better flow overall.
I have included a pic of the earlier effortto compare
would appreciate any comments.