Jurassic

WOW ! I like this. Very unique

-- - " If you want square work, You don't cut corners. " - -- Tom Goodman, Santa Maria, CA. woodworkertom@gmail.com

Very interesting! I like the new look. Would you consider using some dark blues and black paints at the cracked eggshell area to subtly merge into the light blue? I like dark colors for their mysterious effect.

Keep up the good work!

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

Wow Joe you’ve hit a new realm in your turning this is outstanding!!!

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

i love the contrast with the natural wood and the blue…very nice…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

it must be a hard boiled egg. LOL. Looks cool

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

That’s over the top!! What next??

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

Far out cool

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

You have deffinately stepped up the skill level with these new turning/carvings. Outstanding!

Keep it up.

Scrappy

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

Fantastic design and colors . Joe : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Well, if I may be honest ( please don’t get offended! ) I don’t like it at all. Probably it’s an experiment of yours, and as an experiment it may have a meaning.

I don’t like the fact this egg looks so naturalistic; the previous vassel (Beltline) is suggestive (the contrast between natural and artificial, the memory of the ancient restored Greek vassels, the look of a sort of map of fabulous lands; I mean: everyone can see something new in it). But this egg gives no opportunity to unveil a hidden truth, if I can write it; it seems – sorry – even comic-strippy.

-- Antonio --

fabulous

-- The Grizzone

Well I disagree with antmjr….. I think it is very artsy and beautiful. Where do you come up with all your ideas?

‘The SedcoKid’

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan, www.woodworkersedcokid.com

Being a very utilitarian sort of person, I would find it neat if the top came off so you can use it for some sort of storage. I suppose with the hole in the bottom it can double as a “cache”.

I am viewing this with a small screen at the moment, but perhaps the previous comment on adding some darker blues is good.

I see a variation to this with a polar ice cap atop planet earth – or some sort of Gondwanaland…

I like this one! A very different style/look. The eyes play between the solid color and the beauty of the natural wood grain like the poles of a magnet. You have done well!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

If it is art it will almost always be controversial, so this is definitely art, and very nicely done art too. Unique things are rare (is this an oxymoron?), and therefore very interesting. Keep up the good work Joe.

-- Mike, American in Norway

If I see this correctly, you turned the egg first and then carve it like Tren Bosch does (relief around the area only). You might want to turn this as an interrrupted egg with a raised area and carve away down to the finished level so that your top curve is pristine and your bottom curve is pristine and you don’t get the minor interruption where the two meet…

Hope that makes sense…

-- Steven

Very cool Joe – I have been absent for a long time, moving will do that to a person, but I see you have done a lot of cool things lately. This is one for sure, I like it a lot. Way to go!!!!!!!

-- Dan Wiggins

I like it. And I am glad to see you progressing, learning and trying new things. Keep it up.

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

Awesome job Joe!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Very interesting piece.

Joe, I really like the way you’re expanding your art form. It’s different, it’s unique and definitely one of a kind…....add to that, beautiful craftsmanship and finishing, what else could we ask for.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Thanks for all the feedback. I appreciate all comments and opinions!

I have done a little more work on Jurassic.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Hey – really sharp. Now it looks more like the egg is emerging from the shell as a completely separate piece. Hope that makes sense.

Fantastic work, you are really pushing the limits Joe.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

One amazing piece Joe.

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

bravo.
As I stare at it, I get lots of “messages” from emergence, to skyline, to… well… to “wow” :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)