A lot of excitment can happen

 I think its over a year since I posted anything, if that is slack there is no  other excuse than I have been busy.

This urchin is made from a lump of knotty rimu that had a few splits in it, the width is 240mm and 100mm high.

The carving was intense and took well over a week then the painting, now it graces the poster for our pop up art gallery.

An other challenge was this 3 in one piece, turned on the lathe in one piece

so there was many changes in how it was held whilst I worked on each bowl, the wood is eucalyptus that I was given just after the tree came down.

The design in the middle is my own but also well known as a Celtic knot, the overall width is the maximum I could turn on the lathe over the lathe bed, such a fun piece to make and see finished.

I saw another piece on The World of Woodturners by Bruce Jones that had me eager to have a go, yes all these have started by what I have seen on WoW.

I had almost finished this when I returned it to the lathe for a last bit of work it was at a fragile state, the kokopelli took to flying and crash landed smashing the lower part, a new and better stage was made so the dance and music will go on.

About 300mm high the top hollow form is eucalyptus and the stage is acacia.