So, yeah. This walnut wad is a little bigger than my lathe likes, but shooting chips that hit ceiling is always fun.
This will be the bottom half of an urn for one of my closest friends. The top half is a squid. This part is intended to become the “ink” that projects the little guy to the heavens.
Just realized that I have no images of this project on this site. Since I am now forwarding TheAlternativeObject.com to this domain, I will need to get more of these and other furniture projects here and in a proper portfolio.
This piece of Holly is sooooo precious. Fits the subject. Now just to walk the fine line of not exploding it on the lathe.
Getting there.
Almost there, phase one.
Butterflies to be sure this stick doesn’t split itself in two during seasonal movement.
Curves all set. Prepping electrical channels and recesses.
Through Mortise, Stopped Mortises, Respective Housings, and Massive Rebate For Rest
Think I nailed it?
And the design:
End grain shaving from internal joinery plus some shots of
test run of mantle.
Main Pieces
Joinery Detail