Wood turning at the art center...

[Morrow7x]

I had not been to the local art center, but I saw that the local woodworking and wood turning clubs were 'featured' this month. Honestly, intarsia and the usual turned plates and vases, while nice, still didn't do anything to get over there. Then I saw photos of the basket-style bowls from one turner, and had to check it out!

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I don't know anything about lathe work other than the bare essentials (and that may be an exaggeration), anybody hazard a guess on how the lines are formed?



There were also a couple interesting pieces with turquoise inlay that intrigued me, mainly the burl ones...

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Fun way to kill a little time before the dogs' next walk... ;-)

[Claude]

Pyrography would be my first guess. Second guess would be segmented bowls (small segments of wood glued together, then turned). Second photo looks to me to be too small of pieces to be glued together...

Claude

[dave.keele]

This is called "basket illusion", referring to the first 3 images. I've made several of these. They are made using a wood lathe. The horizontal lines (on the hollow forms) and the circular lines (on the plater) is made while the wood is still on the lathe using a beading tool. The spaces between the beads are friction-burned using a piece of formica or similar product. A wood burner is then used to make lines perpendicular to the beads, dividing the beads into small sections. The sections are then colored to form the patterns you see. A Youtube search will show how this is done.

[Claude]

Thanks, Dave - I had not seen that done yet. I made up a spreadsheet for my son's father-in-law for calculating the length, width, and angles for segments to glue up, then turn to make the segmented bowls, but didn't know about the above.

[Morrow7x]

This is called "basket illusion", referring to the first 3 images. I've made several of these. They are made using a wood lathe. The horizontal lines (on the hollow forms) and the circular lines (on the plater) is made while the wood is still on the lathe using a beading tool. The spaces between the beads are friction-burned using a piece of formica or similar product. A wood burner is then used to make lines perpendicular to the beads, dividing the beads into small sections. The sections are then colored to form the patterns you see. A Youtube search will show how this is done.

Those are fantastic!

I'll watch a video when I get a chance, it's all Greek to me... ;-)

[T J]

Very cool! It’s inspiring and humbling seeing how creative and talented some people are.

[sappy]

It always amazes me what I learn on this forum! Never seen that done before, hope I some day get to see one in person.

[Arthur C.]

Those are fantastic!

I'll watch a video when I get a chance, it's all Greek to me... ;-)

It just occurred to me...I wonder what Greek's say when something is unintelligible to them? Maybe "It's all English to me"?

[Morrow7x]

It always amazes me what I learn on this forum! Never seen that done before, hope I some day get to see one in person.

You don't want to touch an expensive piece on the shelf. But....ya gotta give it a little tap with the back of your fingernail. Ya just can't help it! ;-)

[Morrow7x]

Got around to watching a video. Interesting process. More straightforward than I expected, for some reason I thought the tools would be more specialized. The woodburning would be nerve-racking for me. I didn't notice, and just now thought about it, I suppose the woodburner has a depth stop of some sort?

Neat stuff!

[Dark Lightning]

Nice! There's a guy (Julian) over at LumberJocks.com who does these segmented bowls. Absolute artistry. There are others, but his name came to mind first. Sam Shakouri is another, now that I think about it. Open segmented bowls. Given my lathe skills, I'll never do it.

[dave.keele]

I suppose the woodburner has a depth stop of some sort?

No depth-stop on the wood burner. Here's a pic of the burner "sled" I made that allows me to burn straight lines while the piece is still on the lathe. I also made the handpiece and tip. I've since upgraded the handpiece to one made from an old Detail Master handpiece, which is made of aluminum.

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(FYI.... these are not segmented bowls)