Large pine cone- hollow form

[George Watkins]

Hello folks

here is one of my latest cast blanks- it has one large pine cone embedded within the resin with the base of the cone at the top of the form(I might try the next one the other way up)

its 3 1/2" tall by 2 7/8" wide

from this...

to this.

 

[D.Oliver]

That's awesome, George!

 

[ve3bax]

thats simply a beauty!

--Dave

 

[LarryDNJR]

You sir win the internet for the day!

Very beautiful!

Crazy amount of resin cost going into that?

 

[Jim Smith]

Truly beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

Jim Smith

 

[PaulDoug]

Whoooo! Now that there is awesome. Nice work. Looks like it is on fire!

I've been saving a big pine cone with an idea in my brain to cast it and make a turkey call out of it. Now you have really inspired me. Unfortunately, I don't hardly any casting experience and have so many other projects I haven't got to it. One of these days I will have to give it a try.

 

[Fishinbo]

Of supreme beauty! Keep them coming.

 

[Toni]

George WOW is all I can say!!! Amazing piece

 

[Bob Wemm]

Freaking AWESOME.
Well done,
________________
Bob.
The sun came up this morning. Great start to the day, now it's up to me to make it even better.

 

[CSue]

Stunning! and brilliant!

 

[SteveG]

George, your creativity, innovation and turning skills are greatly admired. You have sparked my desire to try similar works to your composite resin pieces. Great job, and thanks for showing!
Steve

 

[Tom T]

Incredible

 

[seamus7227]

DAAAAYUUUUUUM!~ that rocks!

 

[Old Lar]

Who'd a thunk it. That is awesome. I would never have thought of a idea like that!

 

[Lucky2]

Beautiful.
Len

 

[razor524]

Very beautiful! Great idea.

 

[Rob73]

Very nice.

 

[lsweeney]

I just love it, can't wait to try it. how about a tutorial?

 

[alamocdc]

Oh wow, George! My first thought was exactly what Bob said... freaking AWESOME!

 

[CharlesJohnson]

I had wondered how bigger pine cone pieces would turn out.Beautifull ,thats how.Thanks for showing us.

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you for all of your kind comments and "likes"

 

[wizard]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!...It truly boggles my mind as to how you hollowed that out without going through a wall. Would give anything to watch you make one. Regards, Doc

 

[johncrane]

Spot on George! things from nature work best and look best great job.

 

[MartinPens]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!...It truly boggles my mind as to how you hollowed that out without going through a wall. Would give anything to watch you make one. Regards, Doc

Gorgeous! I'm with Doc on this one.... To get through that and have it all in one piece is amazing.
This makes me want to pursue the Binks pot and the whole shebang. Well done.

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[George Watkins]

Thank you

hollow form turning is all down to practice and repetition- the hollowing hole on this piece was around 5/16" whilst I was hollowing (it's now 3/8" due to sanding) I didn't start out working thru these sized holes I worked up to it gradually.
The nice thing is now that anything bigger than 1/2" feels like luxury and I don't even think about it.

 

[nava1uni]

Extraordinary piece.

 

[Bowl Slinger]

That is absolutely gorgeous and unique, well done!

 

[Glen Schumann]

WOW!

 

[joefrog]

Love it! Gorgeous turn!

 

[SDB777]

Ummmmm.............errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, my gosh..................it's ahhhhhhhhhh, awesomenesseringly.



Question:
If you could get a lightbulb inside and sit in the dark room with it, would it be see through-ish?






Scott (can't wait for my cone to get outta da pot) B

 

[George Watkins]

thank you for your comments

yes Scott- I used light to help judge the wall thickness

 

[shull]

Cool!!!!

 

[Woodlvr]

Beautiful and what everyone has already said. I have a strong desire to make a box from a piece I received from Bruce, but my nerve is lacking. Also not sure the size of the small tool used to make these and if I could justify the cost. Awesome work as always, your surprises are just raising the bar higher and higher. Please keep on showing us you art work.

 

[Sully]

That is great!!! I think if I put that on my list to try later it'll be much later. Thanks for showing us your art.

Sully

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you for all of your kind comments

 

[clapiana]

Sweeeeeeet love the thought put into this piece. Reminds me of stingrays floating around

 

[firewhatfire]

I sure do enjoy looking at these. Maybe someday I can turn something that purty.

Phil

 

[clapiana]

george how thin did you get that?

can you show a pic of the tool you used to scrape the inside of it or does it cut that inside?

very good stuff

 

[George Watkins]

thank you

I used home made Ellsworth style tools (similar to the one's on my website) and the wall thickness was about 1/4" maybe 3/16"