Ash hollow forms

I received a call back in March or April from a local farming family to turn some keep-sake pieces from ash trees that grew in the front yard of their old house. The house has been torn down and the property sold and redeveloped. Here are three of the nine pieces I?ve turned so far including four salad bowls and five hollow forms. This has been a fun project.

The largest piece is 12?D x 7?H. with a desert ironwood collar. The piece on the left/front is 7.25"D x 4"H and the form on the right/front is 7.25"D x 4"H with a desert ironwood collar.

All comments welcome.

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paulporter

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Date: Tue August 1, 2006
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Comments

Dave Bowers

Those are some good looking forms.

#1 Tue August 1, 2006 4:35pm

TomTunget

Tom Tunget

Very good looking forms Paul. Your shapes definetly give the eyes something to caress!

#2 Tue August 1, 2006 6:18pm

GC in VA

I like how simple and elegant the form is and a beautiful finish Paul. What are you using for a finish?

#3 Tue August 1, 2006 7:06pm

JimQuarles

Beautiful as always, Paul. Is that a little "tiger stripe" in the right front one, or just from the camera?

#4 Tue August 1, 2006 7:33pm

big red

very nice, beautiful work on all of them

#5 Tue August 1, 2006 7:45pm

paulporter

Thanks for the comments.

GC in VA - I use Seal-a-Cell for the finish. A minimum of three coats.

JimQ - The "tiger stripe" is for real. It really showed up when finishing. I wish the camera would show it better.

#6 Tue August 1, 2006 11:14pm

Hooligan

Superb! The forms themselves are very unique, and the finish really sets it off. Awesome placement of the form within the given piece of lumber.

#7 Wed August 2, 2006 12:27am

Larry Charlot

awsome finish, and great form

#8 Wed August 2, 2006 1:29am

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Beautiful as usuall. Curious, why didn't you add a collar to the thrid one?

#9 Wed August 2, 2006 3:00am

Ugly Duck

Lee Goehring

Those will be some wonderful pieces for them to reminisce with. And they'll probably be around for a few generations to come as well.
Beautiful work, Paul.

#10 Wed August 2, 2006 3:21am

paulporter

Thanks for the comments.

Doug - I think it was a design thing that made me put a collar on that one. When I start a piece I usually have a pretty good idea what I'm going to do and this one had a collar on it. The edge of the collar is about 1/32" thick so it doesn't interupt the flow of the shape. (does that sound like "art speak" or what, yikes) Sad

#11 Wed August 2, 2006 5:36am

Jim Ketron

Nice Job!
Looks like the lower left one is from a crotch, beautiful figuring in it.
They all look great and they should be proud to display them in thee home!

#12 Wed August 2, 2006 9:55pm