Osage Orange Spider

There's a local art center that is having a show and the theme is "3 Legs or More", open to any medium. Don't really know what made me think of a spider when I thought of "3 Legs or More", but this is what I came up with. It's mostly Osage Orange with some small pieces of redheart. It's all turned pieces (40 pieces) with a little bit of carving on the mouth and the front claws. It stands about a foot tall and is about 14" diameter. The body is just an egg, the head is a hollow form with the opening carved out for the mouth and the inside painted with india ink, there's a redheart tongue in the mouth, the rest is just spindles. It's all joined by tenons. If you notice, She's even wearing a couple bracelets.

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cfuller

Registered: November 2004
Location: North Ogden, Utah
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Date: Sun February 24, 2008
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Keywords: osage orange spider

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Bertminator

COOL....Very original.

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#1 Sun February 24, 2008 6:09am

Leo Frilot

WONDERFUL, very good attention to detail, especially the bracelets.

#2 Sun February 24, 2008 11:17am

Mike Baber

This is so cool and it turned out really great, I hope you do well in the show. Everyone should enjoy this piece especially when they find out it was all hand turned... well done! Thumbs Up!

Wizzy

#3 Sun February 24, 2008 5:49pm

Larry Charlot

excellent work, you should be proud

#4 Sun February 24, 2008 6:25pm

JimQuarles

That deserves a "WOW!" Great job. Good luck at the show.

#5 Mon February 25, 2008 12:30am

MikeInMo

I really like that. The bracelets are a nice touch.

#6 Fri February 29, 2008 1:54am