new spalted beech forms (pic heavy)

[George Watkins]

hello folks here's some of my new work
all spalted beech except for one piece which is rippled spalted ash
all finished with woodoc 10

4.5" x 4.5"

7.5" wide by 7.5" tall

7"wide by 5" tall

Rippled/spalted ash 5.5" wide by 3.5" tall

5" wide by 4" tall

7" wide by 3.5" tall

6" wide by 6.5" tall

7 1/4" tall by 5" wide

7"tall by 4.5" wide

3 3/4" wide by 3.5" tall

3 3/4" wide by 3 1/4" tall

group pics

 

[rizaydog]

Awesome hollow forms. Great work. I like the detail around the opening. Very nice. What type of hollowing tools do you use?

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you

I use a mixture of tools depending on the shape and size of the opening- my main tools are home made one's similar to David ellsworths, the mini rolly munroe and a trent bosch swan neck- all used free hand- no jigs/rigs

 

[RogerH]

Absolutely works of art, every one of them. Amazingly beautiful !!! You are an unbelievably skilled turner of hollow forms. And all done freehand.

If I may ask, how long have you been turning works of art like these?

Just stunning. Looks like stuff you'd see in an art museum.

 

[D.Oliver]

Every one of these is awesome, but that rippled one really caught my attention.

 

[lorbay]

They are very nice.

Lin.

 

[bensoelberg]

Another round of awesome forms George! My already high level of respect for you just jumped up a significant notch, now that I know you do these freehand.

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you for all of your kind comments

Roger: I have been turning since i was 19 and i'm now 33-I started to do hollow forms about a year after i started turning but it has only been in the last couple of years that i have been happy with the majority of my forms.

 

[Rchan63]

Very nice I really like the hollow forms. One day I will give it a go but not today.

 

[bobjackson]

Beautiful work George. You're an artist.

 

[Jim15]

Awesome work.

 

[JimB]

Those are amazing. Are the bottoms flat or do you have a foot on them?

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Wish I had started at that age...I may now be as good as you (I am 54)!!! well done! Excellent shapes and just enough added texture to enhance these beauties.

 

[jhprice]

Just when I was thinking that I was "getting it." Kind of like when David Ellsworth set his work next to mine at the instant gallery in Pasadena. Keeps me humble. I have miles to go before I sleep. Excellent work there.

 

[robutacion]

G'day George,

Mate, you are certainly doing great work and I'm amazed of the quality and natural beauty of that spalted beech of yours.

You obviously have a good supply of it and that is good but, one other thing that I have been noticed in all the pieces you have been making out of that spalted beech is that, the wood is nearly flawless, rarely seen a crack or a flaw...!

Someone mention about your work as been identical to what he sees in the art galleries, well, your work is "gallery" quality and deserves to displayed on some of them with a sale tag of matching "significance"...!:wink::biggrin:

Cheers
George

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you for your kind comments

JimB: the bottoms do have a flat area for the piece to sit on- except for the ash piece which has a foot.

George: I buy all of my beech freshly felled from a woodland which is about 5 miles from my home- the woodland is around 400 acres and is mainly beech and oak with some ash too. they thin the trees or take out disease or tree's which they feel may fall over and be a hazard- the wood normally goes for paper. I buy it in large sections and lay it up to spalt, there is some splitting on the end grain but because the log was so big to begin with I can trim that away and still have enough good wood for my forms

 

[keithlong]

Very Nice work, I love the spalted Beech. Gonna have to run me down some of that. As a matter of fact I know where some is. Gonna have to get out the saw. Thanks for sharing. That is one thing on my todo list. Gonna have to try to do a little hollowing.

 

[nava1uni]

Your work is exquisite. Beyond words.

 

[Lenny]

I always love seeing your work! Beautiful forms!

 

[hilltopper46]

Wonderful, wonderful turnings. I would be interested in knowing a little about how you achieve the detail around the openings, if you care to share. Is that done freehand as well?

Thanks for posting these.

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you

Tony: the carving is done freehand- simply prepare the area to carve cutting it as cleanly as possible then using either a "v" or "u" profile gouge carve slowly and carfully around the neck