Dragon egg

[fuzzyturns]

A while ago I made a hollow form from a piece of cedar, stained green, with black and gold carved band running around the waist. It sold on its first outing at the Craft and Design experience, so I decided to make another.
The second one was made from ash, a bit smaller, and not having any cracks to play with, and I used orange colours instead of greens. Here's the result. I quite like the "dragon" idea, so I called this one "Dragon Egg", and I am pleased to say that it, too, sold on its first showing to the public last Saturday at the Chatsworth Country Fair.
I think I'll make a few more of these. As usual, all C&C welcome.

For comparison, I've also included a picture of the original piece (which was called "Here be dragons").

[Bryan Milham]

Fuzzy,

what can we say, they sell as fast as you can make them, you've caught the public imagination with something new, well done.

[Les Symonds]

Well done Fuzzy, keep making 'em and keep jacking the price up.
By the way, what size are they?
Les

[fuzzyturns]

Sizes are about 8" diameter and 6.5" tall for the green form and about 6" diameter and 4.5" tall for the orange one. Yes, it looks like I've hit a patch of paydirt, so I'll carry on.

[edbanger]

I can see why they sell, they look great

I wonder if they would have sold at countryfile Oh I don't think so as nothing did 

Hope your doing OK Wolfgang

All the best

Ed

[Derek]

Very nice indeed. Well turned and decorated I must confess to liking the green colour out of the two

[Les Symonds]

...I must confess to liking the green colour out of the two

...that thought also struck me, but I couldn't rationalise it. Having given it more thought, I came to realise that I it's probably because of my built in caution of stained-colours that resemble wood colours, I always find them a bit contrived. The green, however, doesn't confuse the eye; it's clearly not pretending to be a wood colour, it's just a beautiful green.
Les
p.s. ... I defy anyone to make any sense of what I just said