"Bolo Tie" Ornament

Cocobolo and Blackwood "Bolo Tie" ornament.

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Frank Van Atta

Registered: December 2009
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Posts: 308

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Date: Sun December 20, 2009
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Keywords: bolo ornament cocobolo blackwood

Comments

Brendan McAreavy

Why am I thinking "Jupiter and the big storm in the southern hemisphere"?

This is excellent. I love the orientation of the grain and how it matches up and the double tie is a unique feature. Brilliant!

#1 Sun December 20, 2009 2:54pm

Don Leydens

Don Leydens

Very unique Frank. Love it.
Don L.

#2 Sun December 20, 2009 3:28pm

Bill Beck

Very unique. I like it

#3 Sun December 20, 2009 3:39pm

JimQuarles

Different, and very nice. I enjoy it because I wear Bola ties all the time. You should have entered the C&T.

#4 Sun December 20, 2009 5:46pm

Makepeace

Leo Makepeace

Very nice Frank, how do you come up with a design like this ?????? Very Artfull

Ruining lots of good wood to get a few average bits.

#5 Sun December 20, 2009 5:55pm

Frank Van Atta

Very nice Frank, how do you come up with a design like this ??????

Sometimes they just come to me. More often than not I take a piece of wood and try to visualize what shape would work best with the grain/figure and utilize as much of the wood as possible. If I have an idea of what I want to make - vase, bowl, box, ornament, marble stand, whatever - then I Google images of similar items until I see some that strike my fancy. I usually print off the best - to my eye - images and then play around with them and pencil and paper until I come up with a design I like. Sometimes I'm just cruisin' through images and have an aha! moment when I think, "Gee, something like that would look good in wood." Then I quick make a sketch or print off a picture before I forget.

And sometimes I'm working with a piece of wood and just get lucky.

#6 Sun December 20, 2009 6:19pm