| Project by tpastore | posted 164 days ago | 420 views | 2 times favorited | 13 comments |  |
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This little vase is a piece that my wife requested. She had seen a similar shaped piece and went to the local Rockler to find a burl cap to give me for x-mas. Unfortunately the piece of red morrell she purchased was more suited to a bowl (wide and flat) than a vase. So I went and got a beautiful piece of amboyna from the Cambridge Rockler. The piece was the brightest piece of Amboyna I have ever seen. This turning was very challenging because of the live edge flapping around and the huge variations in hardness between the yellow sapwood and the burl. When I was done, I realized that it looked like the torch of the statue of liberty and that is definately looked like it was on fire, hence the name.
The finish is Bartlett gel varnish.
The piece is 7” tall and 3.5” in diameter.
Thanks for looking
Tim
13 comments so far
stefang
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posted 164 days ago
A beautiful piece Tim, and it does indeed look like it’s on fire.
-- Mike, American in Norway
PurpLev
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posted 164 days ago
beautiful piece indeed!
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savannah505
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posted 164 days ago
What a beauty, nicely done.
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Kindlingmaker
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posted 164 days ago
A very fitting name for a beautiful vase! Good job!
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Woodhacker
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posted 164 days ago
Absolutely beautiful Tim. Great job on the shape.
I bet this amboyna wasn’t cheap.
Thanks for posting it.
-- Martin, Kansas
SnowyRiver
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posted 164 days ago
A great piece Tim. It looks like it has a light in it. Very well done.
-- Wayne - Plymouth MN
RobH
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posted 164 days ago
Absolutely beautiful. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing.
-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA
Douglas Bordner
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posted 164 days ago
Nice turned air there on the neck. It’s a beauty Tim.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
tomakazi
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posted 164 days ago
Very nice, way to work with the grain patterns!!!
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bigwoodturner
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posted 164 days ago
Beautiful wood and nice use of the piece.
-- Dale
sharad
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posted 163 days ago
A very unique vase created out of beautiful wood. The name also is very appropriate.
Sharad
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johnpoole
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posted 163 days ago
that had to be hard to turn.. live edges tend to love knuckles… but it turned out great.. as i tell friends, the good Lord does the hard work, turners just keep wood out of the fireplace
-- it's not a sickness, i can stop buying tools anytime i want
flcopper169
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posted 163 days ago
Wow…. Your wife must really love it… Beautiful….
Rob
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