With a nod to Tony and Di's excellent set of textured pieces....here's a little commission that I've been working on recently. The customer for whom I made the huge yew n/e bowl, asked me if I could do something for him with 4 pieces of oak. They had originally been a part of a beam from his nain's (that's 'granny's' to non-Welsh speakers) barn and he thought that he'd use it to make a lintel or a mantle shelf in his own house. however, he was cutting firewood with his chain saw when he suddenly realised that he'd cut the beam into 4 short pieces.....bu***r!
So here's the brief....."Make as many small bowls as you can, but make 'em so that I can tell that they've been made out of my old beam. I want to see evidence of the hand of man, every bit as much as the hand of nature".
How un-inspiring is that?
...but after a little while, they tookm on the shape of 4 pots....
...and after hollowing, micro-waving and treating with Cuprinol 'Worm Killer', they were given a few coats of Danish Oil and buffed....just enough to give a sheen, but not to over-do it. There was plenty of evidence of former life left on them. Worm tracks, adze marks and lime-wash paint....and the insides were all left tool-marked.
There was one tall pot, which will stand alone, and a graded set of three. Here's the tall pot...
...and the set of three.
C&C always welcome....Les
