Steve Worcester
Admin Emeritus
The contest this quarter was ring turning, based on Tim Yoder's article in the Fall Journal.
Rules of the contest can be found here
The judge for this contest (appropriately enough) was Tim Yoder and here are his comments
I am honored for this opportunity to judge this quarter’s challenge. It was fun to see other turners approach to relief turning. There is a lot more to explore with this technique and I hope to see more ideas in the future.
1st place Truffuls’ leaf
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This turning has the entire package. Melissa showed no fear by taking on a complicated design.
The leaf looks very realistic and the carved stem adds the finishing touch.
The wood has interesting grain and spalting which adds to the overall look.
What a great idea using a leaf from the same species as the tree.
While Melissa says that the wood was punky, she did a fantastic job of sanding and finishing the piece.
On your next relief project trim the inner tenon to the same diameter of your outermost leaf tip.
That way you won’t need the box for support to cut the disk on the band saw. Also to minimize sanding, grind a negative rake on your round nosed scraper.
It will cut a little less aggressively but with a light touch you will have little to no sanding left in the coves.
2nd place Bernie Hrytzak’s butterfly
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Elegant is the first word that comes to mind with this butterfly.
Bernie captured the essence of the Lepidoptera (ok… I Googled that)
which is vital since everyone already knows what a butterfly looks like.
The curves are symmetrical and very realistic.
I can see you turning a collection of several butterfly shapes.
For your next butterfly it would be cool to see you use a wood with more chaos in the grain, such as Birdseye burl, to give the wings a neat effect.
3rd place Dreher’s giraffe
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Talk about thinking outside the box! That is what is so fun about turning.
Dreher took the idea of relief turning and came up with a completely different approach.
I am still trying to imagine how Dreher visualized the shape while turning.
I see a lot of potential with this project and I hope to see the final giraffe sometime.
Thanks again for letting me participate in this challenge,
Tim Yoder
Rules of the contest can be found here
The judge for this contest (appropriately enough) was Tim Yoder and here are his comments
I am honored for this opportunity to judge this quarter’s challenge. It was fun to see other turners approach to relief turning. There is a lot more to explore with this technique and I hope to see more ideas in the future.
1st place Truffuls’ leaf
Photo1 Photo2
This turning has the entire package. Melissa showed no fear by taking on a complicated design.
The leaf looks very realistic and the carved stem adds the finishing touch.
The wood has interesting grain and spalting which adds to the overall look.
What a great idea using a leaf from the same species as the tree.
While Melissa says that the wood was punky, she did a fantastic job of sanding and finishing the piece.
On your next relief project trim the inner tenon to the same diameter of your outermost leaf tip.
That way you won’t need the box for support to cut the disk on the band saw. Also to minimize sanding, grind a negative rake on your round nosed scraper.
It will cut a little less aggressively but with a light touch you will have little to no sanding left in the coves.
2nd place Bernie Hrytzak’s butterfly
Photo1 Photo2
Elegant is the first word that comes to mind with this butterfly.
Bernie captured the essence of the Lepidoptera (ok… I Googled that)
which is vital since everyone already knows what a butterfly looks like.
The curves are symmetrical and very realistic.
I can see you turning a collection of several butterfly shapes.
For your next butterfly it would be cool to see you use a wood with more chaos in the grain, such as Birdseye burl, to give the wings a neat effect.
3rd place Dreher’s giraffe
Photo1 Photo2
Talk about thinking outside the box! That is what is so fun about turning.
Dreher took the idea of relief turning and came up with a completely different approach.
I am still trying to imagine how Dreher visualized the shape while turning.
I see a lot of potential with this project and I hope to see the final giraffe sometime.
Thanks again for letting me participate in this challenge,
Tim Yoder