A slight departure from the norm perhaps

[hughie]

I  have been playing around with this concept for a few months now. never quite got it right. Camphor Laurel 20cm by 16cm Danish Oil and Nitrocellulose then buffed.
I am not totally sold on the shape, it actually looks better up side down

[fuzzyturns]

I am not sure which part of this isn't finding your approval, to me it looks gorgeous any which way I look at it. May I ask: how do you make the grooves? A power carver or manual carving? And then loads of sanding I suspect?

[edbanger]

Hughie

I like what your doing here it looks like you will be coming up with something else that's a Hughie

Great work

Merry Christmas

Ed

[ChrisF]

Like that a lot.  Lovely basic shape with really dynamic texturing/shaping.  Almost reminiscent of a tornado or water spout......great movement.

[hughie]

I am not sure which part of this isn't finding your approval, to me it looks gorgeous any which way I look at it. May I ask: how do you make the grooves? A power carver or manual carving? And then loads of sanding I suspect?

I lay them out by hand and carve the same way.

[GBF]

I like this a lot.
Very well done

Regards George

[georg]

              Great Form....... Stunning Carving....... Beautiful finish that brings the piece to life.
              Cannot fault this piece in anyway Hughie ,....... Spot on.
              Kind Regards
              Tony & Di

[Les Symonds]

I like this one very much, Hughie. Perhaps it's the free-nature of the spirals that appeals to me more than your normal geometric approach and yep, I too like it upside down.

Les

[hughie]

I like this one very much, Hughie. Perhaps it's the free-nature of the spirals that appeals to me more than your normal geometric approach and yep, I too like it upside down.

Les

Thanks for the positive comments as this one is rather a prototype

Les I have another on the lathe more of a vase type and should lend more to this type of embellishment.

[Eric Harvey]

great design,have seen similar in a book somewhere,can`t remember which one,will have to go through my library.

[Bryan Milham]

Hughie, at first I thought it was one of your spiral work vases with a spiral missing, then I realised that the spirals are irregular, giving it a very organic appearance, almost as if an octopus had wrapped it's arms around to form the shape, which the high gloss reinforces giving a wet appearance.

I like this, yes, it's outside your normal forms shape but it has a living feeing about it.