Twin Galaxy

looks good …

-- keeping myself entertained

Each side has a unique grain pattern. Nice coloring job too.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Joe I like this one a lot well done

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Wow, I love the rings on each side. It seems in the third pic as if I’m looking through a hole in the side of the vase to a glowing light inside. I’m still learning my terminology here. Is ‘end grain _’ simply a turning in which the grain runs parallel to the ways of the lathe? What would other orientations be called if so? Do you start with blocks cut out of a large maple tree, or are each of these from branches or small trunks not much greater in diameter than the final pieces? Did you cut the blanks, or do you pick them up from somewhere? Are the ‘galaxy’ rings on each side where the wood is transitioning from heart to sapwood, or is it just related to the angle the vase edges make through the grain at those points?

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

I agree with Gary F ….the third pic is multi-dimensional…awesome look : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Fantastic as usual! Agree with Gary, was thinking it almost looked like a hole in the side in pic 3.

Fantastic job on the dyes. Really makes your pieces art and not just vases.

Keep creating.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Joe: A great looking vessel. I love the looks of these guys and the look through hole that Gary saw is great.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Perfect title for this piece. Awesome

As always another great one from you!!!

-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com

Good one Joe.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Gary, end grain turnings are with the grain running parallel to the tree. Most bowls and vessels are turned with the orientation going the other way, or face grain. Most of the vessels are turned from sections of the buttress. The buttress is the very base of the tree where it flairs out. This is where all the stress is in a tree, which causes the curl or fiddle back. I rarely turn branches. They rarely turn out because of the uneven stress and the pith is off center. The rings in galaxy is simply the grain pattern in this piece of wood. Isn’t mother nature great?

Thanks for all the feedback. I appreciate them all.

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