Category Archives: Hollow Forms

Beehive progess report

Posted on October 30, 2007 Filed Under Hollow Forms
I worked most of last weekend on honey-do’s but I did get to the Beehive.This week will be spent on the bee itself. Its always fun when you model something on a computer and then you see it evolve in real life. I now use the Donny Virtual Lathe to start and plan many of [...]
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Flame Out

Posted on October 15, 2007 Filed Under Hollow Forms
As you may recall my brother-in-law Greg visited the turned.out.right shop this month. One piece we collaborated on was this hollow form. I am pleased because I think it turned.out.right . It is made from Aspen (green) and blood wood. The cutout is an inclusion that was the result of damage that was evidently done [...]
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Banksia Bell

Posted on September 24, 2007 Filed Under Hollow Forms
Afro Samurai: Resurrection buy The Order movies Excalibur on dvd Its been a busy weekend, I also finished my mother’s birthday gift. Its a Banksia pod turned in the shape of a bell with an electronic candle on the inside. The top is my first try at gold leafing. Happy Birthday Mom!
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Aspen Lamp Complete

Posted on September 9, 2007 Filed Under Hollow Forms
Just in time for Halloween (kind of reminds me of a pumpkin). Mmmmm a turned pumpkin! As you will notice I added a lid to the lamp. I found that the light emanating from the top (see photo1) detracted from the lit grain below it. The top is also turned from the same piece of [...]
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Aspen Lamp

Posted on September 5, 2007 Filed Under Hollow Forms
Secrecy dvd I found a lamp in Home Depot that featured an open cylindrical shade and it inspired me to replace its shade with wood turned with very thin walls. The theory was to turn the walls so thin that the light would highlight the grain patterns. The wood I chose was Aspen because I [...]
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Hybrid wine glass

Posted on August 5, 2007 Filed Under Hollow Forms
I just read a technique in a forum where the turner cuts the stem from a cheap wine glass and turns a wood stem to replace it. I think I’ll try it! I’ll post when I get my first wine glass. Find it at : The Bodyguard ipod
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