| Project by YorkshireStewart | posted 364 days ago | 325 views | 1 time favorited | 17 comments | ![]() |
These night-light / candle holders are so quick and easy and yet they make most acceptable gifts. Yew branchwood was the starting point, but turned ‘the wrong way’ to show the annual rings at their best. I just used a screw chuck and made the holes with a Forstner bit. They’ve shown very slight cracking since I brought them indoors, but that’s Mother Nature adding to the sculpture!!
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.
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17 comments so far
TomFran
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posted 364 days ago
Stewart,
These are very beautiful. They will make a treasured gift to those who receive them.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
CharlieM1958
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posted 364 days ago
Simple? Maybe. But showing the growth rings this way is a stroke of genius in my opinion. Beautiful!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Russel
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posted 364 days ago
A simple turn reveals a hidden beauty. Someday I’m going to have to start turning, talk about beautiful stuff.
-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.
mot
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posted 364 days ago
Well Stewart,
I do like a nice turning. This qualifies. The problem with many projects is that they seam to be lost in the clutter of complexity and detail. Something few can actually pull off. A candle holder turned from a branch? You might just be a genius.
Cheers!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
rikkor
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posted 364 days ago
Stewart, those candleholders are simply elegant. The showing of the growth rings like that is stunninng. Well done!
PS—Did you get to MIMF yet?
-- Maplewood, MN
snowdog
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posted 364 days ago
nice gift, I have to get some time in the shop soon or I may forget what little I learned on turning.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
jockmike2
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posted 364 days ago
Mr. Stewart, may I add, your rendition of candle holders put mine to shame, they are very nicely done and what in the hell is MIMF? mike
-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com
rikkor
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Mike:
MIMF is an acronym for Musical Instrument Makers Forum. It’s a Luthier thing, very similar to LJ, but mostly guitars, ukes, banjos, etc.
-- Maplewood, MN
relic
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posted 364 days ago
These are beautiful, what an idea the same yet different.
-- Andy Stark
Bob A in NJ
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posted 364 days ago
Good idea for presents, nice work!
-- Bob A in NJ
Grumpy
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posted 364 days ago
Nice work Stew. They will make great presents.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
miles125
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posted 364 days ago
Very simple but something someone might use for 50 years. Nice job Stewart.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
Douglas Bordner
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posted 363 days ago
Now no piece of downed lumber will escape my scrutiny. Thanks Stewart (I think). Beautiful work.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
mrtrim
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posted 363 days ago
wow looks like a lot more art than wood stewart . exellent job
Dorje
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posted 362 days ago
I like ‘em Stewart!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
DAN
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posted 360 days ago
These will stay in my memory. Very nice.
-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com
scottb
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posted 360 days ago
Nice. Ah the gift giving potential. I can see a bunch of these around the house, at my parents, my in-laws…
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/