I Wanted To

 I wanted to do a segmented turned piece for a long time, at first I thought I would glue it all together then hollow it out but then why make it difficult when I could glue up 2 halves a top and a bottom I could turn out the inside of both and have it as a top and a bottom, opening, I had thought I would leave a hole in the top but then realised how good a finial would look on it, the row of pieces where the joint is was glued on thicker so I was able to form a rebate to hold the top in place.

The pattern in the top is something I had left over from something else I did, it has sat around for a long time just asking to be used, this come about because I had done another piece and used a similar pattern around the edge that had been very successful, that plate is 245mm across and 45mm high.

Both of these pieces have taught me a lot, one of the things I consistently learn is to just get started, with the plate I did some drawings and cut a few pieces trying to work out how to cut that edging, the next few days were busy with an exhibition but when I came back to it fresh it all fell into place, everything is glued together using PVA glue.

The finial is made using swamp matai that is likely to be thousands of years old, the white wood is tawa another NZ native the dark wood is some wood I have been given but I have no idea what it is, its size is 240mm across the widest point to the bottom of the finial it is 140mm and the finial is 100mm so this is a big piece of work, I added the handles because the lid is a tight fit and I needed something to hold as I remove the lid.

The finish is Osmo Oil