A mix of hollow forms

[George Watkins]

hello folks- i've been woodturning for nearly 13 years and after about 18 months of woodturning i knew i wanted to concentrate my efforts on hollow form work-
here's some of my more recent hollow forms

carved/painted beech


Common english oak


a selection of mini forms cocobolo/african blackwood/ropala lacewood


spalted beech

 

[keithkarl2007]

Glad you found your way over to the dark side George.

 

[Craftdiggity]

Wow, George, those Blackwood ones are awesome. Must have been fun hollowing those bad boys out. All of your work is beautiful.

 

[holmqer]

Fantastic work, I have just started with some small hollow forms

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you for your kind comments

 

[bitshird]

Beautiful work, what tools do you use, or did you make your own?

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you

I use a mixture of tools

here are my main tools
from left to right- hamlet big brother with little brother cutter, 1" tool, 45 degree tool 1/2" tool - these three are melvyn firmager designs and are very easy to use.


here is some home made tools- they are silver steel shafts with hss tips glued in using CA

 

[broitblat]

Beautiful work. I'd love to see a bigger picture of the painted beech.

-Barry

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you

here you go