A couple more bird house ornaments

[jttheclockman]

Made these recently.

 

[DJBPenmaker]

Those are really really nice. Are they meant purely as an ornament or do they have another use?

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[MDWine]

Really nice, lights my fire!
I gotta get into the shop and try these.
I like the bottom finials.

Well done!

 

[Super Dave]

Well done, great attention to detail.

Dave

 

[Akula]

So nice. I made quite a few of them many years back then for some unknown reason I just didn't make them any longer. I must have got busy or something, well, seeing your work makes me want to do them again. Thank you.

 

[Jim15]

Wow! Those are great.

 

[mark james]

Great job John! Nice to see you turning again.

 

[jttheclockman]

Great job John! Nice to see you turning again.

Thanks all. Yes Mark I am finally getting caught up on other projects and I only have one more show so my shop time and pen turning time will increase. It will be good to turn a pen or two again. Have a lot of ideas I want to try. I did a few more of these ornaments because my inventory was so low from the past 3 years and they do sell well. Next year I have a few more ideas to try with them. I like making them because you can get a little creative with these too.

Someone asked about their function and basically it is just a small ornament. Some people hang them on the Christmas tree and others buy the stands I offer as seen there and display them all year round. Fun to make. Thanks again.

 

[D.Oliver]

Very nice, John.

 

[MDWine]

After seeing yours, John, I am inspired.
Next week I hope to get into the shop and begin learning to do these.
I was looking at your "hanger" when I remembered one of our demonstrators making his own. He turned two spheres, made a sort of finial, and used his own brass wire to make the hanger. I especially like these, they look like half an ornament. You can see a pic of that here: (https://www.flickr.com/photos/capwoodturners/30956736071/in/datetaken/)

The demo turner is David Reed Smith. He showed a process where he turns that wooden "cap" that you place on top of a round ornament . Very interesting process, excellent turner too!

 

[jttheclockman]

After seeing yours, John, I am inspired.
Next week I hope to get into the shop and begin learning to do these.
I was looking at your "hanger" when I remembered one of our demonstrators making his own. He turned two spheres, made a sort of finial, and used his own brass wire to make the hanger. I especially like these, they look like half an ornament. You can see a pic of that here: (https://www.flickr.com/photos/capwoodturners/30956736071/in/datetaken/)

The demo turner is David Reed Smith. He showed a process where he turns that wooden "cap" that you place on top of a round ornament . Very interesting process, excellent turner too!

Yes those are very nice and the ideas are endless. Just let the imagination run wild. If i were making that special one or two ornament then I would do my own base but for selling these people will not pay for the base too. I sell the stands for $3 and it gets good sales. No I did not make them. Taking some brass wire or even copper wire would not be hard to twist and then shape. Some people even turn a stand completely from wood. I will be doing some different things over the summer so will see. I have many of those sea shells that people make ornaments from and that is on my list also. I started 3 years ago and never got to finish a couple I started.

Just another little tease the billiardball clocks that I make will take me to another idea with these ornaments and who knows may see a billiardball base. Sooooo many ideas.

Just another one of those fun projects.

 

[stuckinohio]

Beautiful work.

 

[Bob Wemm]

Hey JT, how did you train the birds to pose for the photos????
Love 'em.

Bob

 

[jttheclockman]

Hey JT, how did you train the birds to pose for the photos????
Love 'em.

Bob

I knocked them in the head. They were in their stunned mode. But no birds were harmed in making these.