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From Cindy Drozda's, and others, videos the saying is "raise the handle, roll the handle, and swing the handle". This works fine on the right half (tailstock end) of the bead. When I try to swing the the handle on the left half (headstock end) of the bead the handle runs into me. I am using a...

I was looking at the AAW videos and found one to be interesting. I clicked on "Rolling a Bead Using a Skew" by Richard Findley. However, what I saw was not a skew but what looked like a parting tool. Am I misunderstanding a different terminology in Great Britain? It was a good video, just...

This is an ash hollow form which has been beaded, sandblasted, dyed, waxed and lacquered. It's about 9 inches tall.

This is poplar or aspen, if you prefer and measures about 8 1/2 inches tall. Beaded, dyed, waxed and lacquered.

This is the inside view of the abalone bead inset. This ash lidded bowl is 5 1/2" w x 3" h with 2" walnut finial

There are a number of different ways to look at the evolution of this piece. One is that it is a continuation of a series of different completely beaded forms (e.g . 5238 and 5307) on which I decided to stop the beading short of the top because tight curves are not really conducive to...

This is another beaded piece, very similar to a recent post (5305). This one has been left natural to take away the issue of color, and smaller less intimidating beads have been used. In this respect it is similar to ones I posted about a year ago except the form is different.

This ash bottle is about 11 1/2 inches tall. It was lightly sandblasted, dyed and treated with black wax.

This ash bowl is about 10 inches in diameter and about 2 1/2 inches tall. Definitely not for your dinner salad. Beads (approx 5/8 inch) inside and out. Lightly sandblasted, dyed with orange aniline dye and treated with black patinating wax.

This hollow ash vessel measures about 11 1/4 inches tall.

This is decorative beaded ash bowl which measures about 9 3/4 by 3 1/4. It has been beaded, and dyed and the outside treated with black patinating wax while the inside was painted flat black.

This is an ash vase which measures 10 3/8 inches by 6 inches. It was beaded and then dyed yellow with aniline dye and treated with black patinating wax.

This is a beaded ash vase which was dyed yellow and treated with black patinating wax. 10 1/2 inches tall.

This is a beaded ash vase which is about 10 1/2 inches tall by about 6 inches in diameter.

This is another in what is beoming a series of beaded ash vessels. It was dyed with orange aniline dye and then treated with black patinating wax to accent the grain. It measures 10 1/2 inches tall by 6 inches in diameter.

This is an ash vase which has been dyed with aniline dyes. It measures about 10 1/2 inches tall by 6 inches in diameter.

This is a beaded silver maple vase. It measures 5 3/4 inches in diameter by 10 inches tall.

This is our submission to the Connextions Exhibit. The turning was done by me on Cape Cod and the beads were done by Jeri Warhaftig from NJ. The bowl is 11 1/2" in diameter and about 4 1/4" tall. The beads were hand made, then coated with a white enamel and sand-blasted. It...