"The Thing"

That is an interesting piece, certainly. I can see the phallic reference. I like the flow, it certainly draws attention, mine anyway. I like the contrast in the grain structure.

As an “ART” piece I love it.

Isn’t nature great, & you finished off what nature couldn’t do. It’s beautiful!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Hello schwingding;
—-couldn’t help but comment on this fine piece of ‘wood art’....especially after I saw where you said that ‘you get ideas in your head’. Imagination and inspiration are such wonder-full companions to carry inside one’s head, when it comes to workin’ wood.

Also I read where you have mentioned sanding with ‘18,000 micro mesh’, I have went to 1000-1500-2000 grit and then on to pumice and rottenstone for final polishing. I am interested in your using the 18,000 micro mesh for polishing and would be interested in knowing if you could//would be willing to share your knowledge; maybe in a blog or forum?

Again it’s also amazing what one can find at log dumps and such if one is willing to look and see….thanks again for sharing this project here at LJ….
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

gorgeous lines in it.
reminds me of “the blob” or that “jabba the hut” creature.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

It reminds me of a Kevin Bacon movie I saw. That looks like it was quite an undertaking.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Hey Tom, you are exactly right. “Tremors” was the movie.

The other thing it reminds me of is a moray eel. The figuring is wonderful.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

that “thing” truly does have the most amazing figure i’ve ever seen in wood. absolutely incredible. very nice the way you brought it out too. thanks for posting it!

-- Isaac, "It's no coincidence that Jesus was a lumberjock too"

Art for the sake of art. Very well done. I see, snake, slug. fish all these and more, a thing.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

If the end was hollowed it looks like a shofar (a ram’s-horn trumpet used by ancient Jews in religious ceremonies and as a battle signal, now sounded at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur). Phallic? Better go see a urologist…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Cool, but not. I like it alot, the uncool part is now I have to find a piece of wood and make a “thing”. ;) (I have some curly walnut root stock)

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

That grain display is wonderful. Nice job.

-- Maplewood, MN

next LJ contest category “a Thing”.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I too am interested in the 18,000 micro-mesh polishing that you’ve done. I am working on a tree root now that I could use that on. Very beautiful piece, but why keep it in your private collection, this should be seen by the world. It’s exciting and very appealing to the eye. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Very creative stuff Schwingding.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

I like the thing. Very interesting.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

It’s not phallic… but it certainly looks alive – definitely has a sense of movement and life within.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

reminds me of what I would imagine a eel may look like. very nice

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

I don’t know what it is, but I know it looks great. The grain pattern just demands that you look at it.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

thats jus to cool

-- "when you think youre going to slow, slow down just a little bit more" .... Pop's

It is one of those very rare Tiger Maple Eels that everyone is searching for . Great job , and I thought that my polishing to 2000 grit was something special…..Do you still have it ? Can you take a picture from the top and of the bottom as well and repost this project or send them to my email address ? ( below ) How big was the original piece of wood , or was it a root as some others had mentioned here ? Thank you for posting such an interesting piece of artwood : )

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

I love the grain… great job

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)