wooden bottle

Hey Stefang….......for a first time….....that is a real good effort and nicely designed….....well done.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

Beautiful piece, I really like the “not so perfect” carvings!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

good work stefang !

if i could do work like this ,
i would probably retire ,
and
live in
norway !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Beautiful, amazing, glorious.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Nice job for your first time!!

Hey Mike
This looks pretty amazing to me,super job.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Thanks, your a great bunch of guys. Much too generous. Shameless, but I love the compliments anyway.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Very Nice I like the art design & shape. The design reminds me of African art.

Great Job!!

-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,

Mike,

This is beautiful! I really like the geometric design, well balanced. Why are we are own worst critiques???

-- Elaine, Conover, NC

hey stefang, I really enjoyed seeing this turning. thanks for sharing. very nice

-- Ron, Michigan

Giddday Mike you turn much betterer than me., nice touch with the carving,
Larry

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

I like it too what’s wrong with the carving looks great to me, Have fun Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

That look pretty good for a first one :-)) How do you guys get those to 1/8” without popping through some where??

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I agree with RJ it does look African and I have never seen any african carving that was perfect. So I think it looks great. Wonderful job, keep turning it keeps us young.

-- Dale

Thanks again for the nice comments. To answer your question Bob, turning is a learned technique that almost anybody can do. The really good turners do more than just the technique. They have artist’s eyes which allows them to create well proportioned, dynamic forms that most of us can just dream about. Right Bigwoodturner? .

-- Mike, American in Norway

I agree they have to have artists eyes. What boggles my mind is the mechanics of going in to a blind spot and cutting the wall to 1/8” without popping through!!

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Bob, you do have to monitor your wall thickness with calipers as you go. Some turners also have special lights that they put inside so that the light can shine through the vessel wall. The brighter the light, the thinner the wall. The actual cutting is done incrementally and fairly lightly. The hard part is keeping the cutting tip centered inside.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Love the contrast Mike. Looking forward to seeing more.

Thanks Marco. It’s a really an old piece, about 10 years ago. It was fun to carve. If I were artistic I would probably try do more of this kind of stuff, but haven’t so far.

-- Mike, American in Norway