The first completed pieces for 2013

The " chiton" piece is finished at last. It came out rather well I think. the piece is about 150 mm high in this orientation. Stained with two different colours - a first for me.
The process for this piece will be laid out on my website soon. Watch out for that on Andrew's Website

Made from an unknown wood it's about 120 mm dia. Stained in the same manner as the piece above.

A piece that has been shown on this blog whilst in progress. I started life as a hollow form with a flat on the side hence the need for inprovisation
It's made from Johannesburg Gold and stained. It's about 150 mm dia though oval.

A piece finished without any embellishment. Made from Johannesburg Gold - it's about 180 mm tall. It really shows some interesting grain patterns.

Another teaser...

I have done some updates to my website recently. Please consider visiting www.abwoodturning.co.za
I hope to have articles showing the progress of each piece when they are completed.

I am progressing slowly with this piece but I hope to complete by the end of this month.
As communicated in the past the inspiration is from a sea creature classified as a shell called a Chiton.

Further development of the theme

Some texture has been added now with Dremel. the first layer of stain has also been applied - more will follow. Hopefully this will come together well...... Watch this space!

Snippets of new ideas

I am back from holiday and feeling refreshed. I did take some work with as usual, here are some tasters......

A work in progress and a bit of a departure for me - learning to use shapes in a non-obvious way.

Playing with making spoons and scoops - some turning was involved. There are a couple of others in the works.