Fluted Vessel

6 x 8 american elm textured and hand fluted hollow form. I recently attended a 3 day workshop at Trent Bosch's workshop in Colorado. One of my goals was to "find my own voice". I have never attempted any sort of carving so this is a new technique for me. The fluted bottom has a hammered texture. The top sapwood portion is smooth and provides additional contrast to the darker color of the textured flutes.

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jprosise

Registered: September 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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Date: Sun April 15, 2007
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Comments

Larry Charlot

Wow, very different. Looks like some type of sea urchin shell

#1 Sun April 15, 2007 1:49pm

kidcolombia

Great shape; spectcular carving. Looks like you really got a lot out of thqt workshop. Congrats!

Jim

#2 Sun April 15, 2007 2:03pm

N_Addy

Nice! I like the combination of positive and negative texturing. Very striking!

#3 Sun April 15, 2007 11:49pm

jgo317

A friend of mine that does photography was checking out your site. He wanted to know if you do your own or have it done professionally. He was impressed. So am I, but I'm more impressed by the turnings.

#4 Mon April 16, 2007 4:34pm

jprosise

I do take my own photos. I hate doing it. I hate it almost as much as updating my website (that is why it hasnt been updated for 6 months or so). I dont put alot of effort into the pictures. They are taken with a 4.0 megapixel Kodak camera. I stick them inside a small photo "tent", shine one halogen light through the roof, snap the picture and away we go.

#5 Tue April 17, 2007 12:26am

Bill Bolen

Superb! Love the form. The carving really adds to this piece.

#6 Tue April 17, 2007 2:38am