Holiday Ornament Photo Tutorial (Completed)

[Shane]

Some more ornaments that I turned last Sunday. I'm having a blast making them, quick and easy, and I think they will look great hanging on the tree.

The first 3 ... The middle is my favorite. The one on the left is the one I posted a while back.

and four more.

All are Box Elder burl and Cocobolo with CA finish.

As promised I am putting together a photo tutorial on these for those that have asked.
Heres the link. http://www.shanewhitlock.com/photo/v/wood/ornaments/tut/
Please take a look at it and let me know if I am missing anything, or if there's something else you would like to see. Just click on the thumbnails for a larger image and a description of what the pics are about.

I still need to turn the finials and will post the pics for those as soon as I get a chance to turn them.

This is what I got done tonight. The globe is turned and the finish is drying. I will edit this post and change the picture when I get it all done.

(pic of globe without the finish)

Comments/Critiques always welcome,

Edited:
I got the finials turned tonight after work so the tutorial is now complete.

Here's the finish ornament.

Thanks for reading

 

[stevers]

I thought those photos looked awfully good. Like the web site too. The tutorial is very nice. Good job. Oh, and the ornaments look great too.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Thanks for the tut. I'm going to try some.

 

[alamocdc]

Very nice photographic essay, Shane. And the ornaments look great! [^] Thanks!

 

[Fred]

Very nice tutorial and the pictures really are very well done. Ya done good! []

I like your website too. I really enjoyed looking at the pictures, especially of the lightening strikes. I do believe that lightening is one of the hardest tings to photograph. You seem to have a knack for catching the strikes very well. [][]

 

[NavyDiver]

Nice job with the tutorial. Your photos are excellent!

 

[RasMan]

Wow, thanks for the tutorial. I am going to have to try these. Your photos are great!

 

[richstick1]

Shane - awesome work and a great tutorial! Can you share what rough and finished dimensions you are typically working with here? Appears to be a piece of about 2.5" square stock for the body?

 

[MarkHix]

Great ornaments and tutorial. I am going to give it a try.

 

[fstepanski]

Very nice Ornaments Shane, tutorial is great as well... I smell a weekend project coming on []

 

[Shane]

Thanks for all the comments everyone. I appreciate them. []

Originally posted by Richstick
<br />Can you share what rough and finished dimensions you are typically working with here? Appears to be a piece of about 2.5" square stock for the body?

Thanks Rich, Yes the wood is about 2.5 inches square and around 7 inches long. I just chopped it off of a chunk of burl. The blank was probably large enough for two ornaments if I would of cut it in half and glued the halves to some scrap wood.
The globe is around 1 3/4" by 3" tall.

 

[HawksFeather]

Nice tutorial - easy to follow and understand. I like your work.

Jerry