Simple stuff, cherry and Bradford Pear

[Brian Kopp]

Everyone’s work here is so impressive. I just started wood turning in October and I’m doing relatively simple stuff like kitchen utensils.

My first ever commission, which came out of the blue from a friend of a friend - laminated cherry kitchen utensil canister, 6 1/2” wide, 7 1/2” tall, with Bradford pear utensils:

And a total stranger commissioned three of these two axis elevated handle kitchen dry good scoops (on the left):


What a pleasant surprise, and a big confidence builder, to still think of yourself as a new wood turner yet having people request stuff you never considered selling.

 

[Dean Center]

Congratulations, Brian. It's great to have your work appreciated.

Those of us who have been at this a while are usually shocked when we look back at our early work. The American Woodturner even had a piece showing side-by-side comparisons of recent and early work of well respected turners, including Kalia Kliban, and it was amazing to see where they started.

You'll do your progress as a turner a huge benefit if you step back and look at these pieces, as objectively as you can manage. How's the length, the width, the thickness, and the relationship between them? What curve or shape do you like and which is less good? What features transition well and which don't?