My first hollow form

[Breck Whitworth]

This is my first ever hollow form it is (made from Sapele) 7" x 5"
I was shooting for a classic Greek form or as close as I could get. My new monster articulating system just came a few days ago and I was so ready to give it a try. I have only applied the sealer so far and tomorrow I will add the gloss finish to it.

 

[Charlie Knighton]

very nice, enjoy your new equipment, nice form

 

[Bill Boehme]

Very nice form and I especially like the detailed texture work. Was it done by burning?

 

[Odie]

Very nice form and I especially like the detailed texture work. Was it done by burning?

Bill.....Breck described a burning technique he learned from Molly Winton in another thread. Looks like he used it again on this one. It was done with a coiled wire burned from the side of the coil.........I may have to try that out sometime!

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[Bill Boehme]

Bill.....Breck described a burning technique he learned from Molly Winton in another thread. Looks like he used it again on this one. It was done with a coiled wire burned from the side of the coil.........I may have to try that out sometime!

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Thanks for informing me. I did notice the pattern, but assumed it was done the slow way -- one mark at a time. I couldn't tell much about details in the pattern at the bottom, but I thought that it was a really neat touch to separate it from its shelf. I see hollowforms during show-and-tell at our club meetings where the bottom sort of comes straight off the table without something to give it a little separation. While they look fine otherwise, I haven't had much to offer as a way to give the piece some "lift" when the person asked for suggestions on improving the foot.

 

[Gretch Flo]

Nice job Breck. I like the "simplistic" texturing. Just the right "touch". Too much is gaudy for me personally.

 

[Breck Whitworth]

Thank you for the wonderful comments, as I look at it I see things that would have made it a little better and hope to improve with practice. I really should have turned a small bead around the top, I think that would have helped some. Next time I will use a small ruler to check for flat spots.

 

[KellyDunn]

Breck, I am going to call this a vase form. Not a hollow vessel. That aside you have have done way super for your first. You nailed the cultural form you set out to do. Very sweet.

 

[Breck Whitworth]

Breck, I am going to call this a vase form. Not a hollow vessel. That aside you have have done way super for your first. You nailed the cultural form you set out to do. Very sweet.

Kelly I have seen many vases that were not hollowed out at all, but were just drilled, since the basic definition of a hollow form is: A hollow form has an opening that is significantly less than the maximum diameter. Generally the side will curve out and then back in, not be straight up and down. So I will respectfully disagree with your opinion on whether it is a hollow form since the opening is 1-1/2" wide and the total width is 5" and the wall thickness is 1/4" or less through out. Not that it really matters in the grand scheme of things. It does look like a Greek vase, but could never had been made without hollowing tools of some type.

 

[Scott Brandstetter]

Breck
Incedibly beautiful. Awesome job. Seeing projects like this keep me learning and turning hoping to gain the skills. Thanks for sharing.