April 2022 Turning Challenge Turn an Easter Egg

[Bill Boehme]

Last year the first monthly turning challenge was to turn an egg laid by any member of the Aves class from hummingbirds to ostriches. For this month’s challenge we revisit the egg, but this time it’s, all "yolking" aside, a mammal egg … not a platypus nor echidna egg, but eggs of the elusive and rare Easter Bunny. This time we’re upping the difficulty. Your Easter Egg must also be a box so that like a real Easter Egg it can hold a special treat (chocolate or other sweet). So, let’s get “cracking” and allow your imagination to run as wild as a hare. Have fun and make lots of shavings.

And now, the legal stuff:

• Only one entry per person and unlike prior challenges you must submit TWO photos of your Easter Egg … one “unhatched” and the other ”hatched” (open).
• Another change from previous challenges: if you turned an Easter Bunny Egg box as early as March 1, 2022 in anticipation of Easter not being canceled by the pandemic, it is eligible for the April Turning Challenge.
• Entries must be posted in this thread.
• The deadline for posting entries is midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on April 23, 2022.
• As always, this is a turning contest, not an old moldy photo contest, so in fairness to everybody, make sure your work is something you‘ve turned after March 1, 2022.
• Voting will take place from April 24, 2022, through midnight UTC on April 30, 2022.
• The winner might have to pass a lie detector test before collecting the prizes. Good luck, have fun, make shavings!!

When voting begins you are allowed one vote and once you have voted you won't be able to go back and change your vote. After you have voted you will be able to track the vote totals. The voting is secret (just like a real election) so nobody other than you can see who you voted for (not even the moderators/administrators). The voting will end at midnight UTC on April 30, 2022. In case of a tie vote, the forum moderators will gather in a virtual smoke-filled room to sort out the winner.

 

[Bruce Kerns]

Easter egg box
Maple, 6 x 3 1/2 inches, beaded, acrylic paint.

 

[Pamela Bozkurt]

Easter egg box
Maple, 6 x 3 1/2 inches, beaded, acrylic paint.

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Wow! You already won!

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

Easter Egg Salt shaker with Celtic cross detail and 1 1/4"-10 threaded cap. 2" dimeter X 2 1/4" tall Cherry with Walnut accents. Made on 4/4/2022 so I will survive the "Lie Detector" test.

 

[John Legg]

Easter egg box
Maple, 6 x 3 1/2 inches, beaded, acrylic paint.

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Well I was BRIEFLY considering trying to turn an egg but how in the world could I compete with this. I’ve never even tried to turn an egg.

Congrats on your upcoming win!

 

[Ron Patterson]

Lidded egg-shaped box made of Cherry with an Ebony finial. The red and blue coloring was done with Fabre Castell India ink markers. Pyrography was used to define and adorn the colored/textured rings. 4.75" tall by 2.5" diameter. Finished with Deft Gloss spray lacquer. Thanks!

 

[Jordan Howard]

Walnut and ash with carnauba and mineral oil largest outside diameter: 2.8” ; height 4” ; largest inside diameter 2.45” ; internal height about 3.9”. Turned 4-19-2022

 

[Bruce Quigley]

Jellybean-filled dogwood egg-shaped box - 3" tall and1 3/4" wide. Colored with Derwent Intense colored pencils. Finished with spray lacquer.

 

[Bernie Hrytzak]

Maple, 2 1/2" x 6" acrylic finish with glass beads. Inside is variegated gold leaf. Decorative blue pendant on top.

 

[Bill Boehme]

The April Challenge is now closed and voting will begin as soon as I get the poll set up.