drferry
Member
Although I started out turning pens and still love doing that, one thing led to another and I settled on candlesticks. This one is Abigail, which you can see along with many others at my web site andurildesigns.com.
Abigail has a "dizzy" base of curly maple, African blackwood, chakte viga, and camatillo atop a maple burl platform. The central twist is a double rope of Honduran rosewood burl. The crown is composed of 12 staves of maple burl with camatillo and chakte viga plugs, and a cap of more of the same kinds of wood. She is 17" tall and 6.5" across the base, and has 234 pieces.
I use an old Revo mill from Legacy Mills that is no longer manufactured to make the twists.
I get an immense amount of pleasure making these things, which I'm sure is common to all of us on this site. Thanks for letting me share.
David R Ferry
Yucaipa, CA
Abigail has a "dizzy" base of curly maple, African blackwood, chakte viga, and camatillo atop a maple burl platform. The central twist is a double rope of Honduran rosewood burl. The crown is composed of 12 staves of maple burl with camatillo and chakte viga plugs, and a cap of more of the same kinds of wood. She is 17" tall and 6.5" across the base, and has 234 pieces.
I use an old Revo mill from Legacy Mills that is no longer manufactured to make the twists.
I get an immense amount of pleasure making these things, which I'm sure is common to all of us on this site. Thanks for letting me share.
David R Ferry
Yucaipa, CA