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pookie

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 4984
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 09 7:46 pm Post subject:
they are really lovely

Faithmead

Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 1228
Location: Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire border

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 11:22 am Post subject:
Clever-clogs. Prickly pear gets my vote too.

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 12:08 pm Post subject:
What a talent. If I wore a hat I would doff it.

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 12:39 pm Post subject:
Very, very beautiful!

Bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 2157
Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 12:52 pm Post subject:
I really find this duplication bit diffficult. Here's my effort. Now let's see what the customers think. All I can see aare the differences

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 1:51 pm Post subject:
I think the fact that they are slightly different is nice. It accentuates their unique handmadeness, and could represent the fact that couple while not exactly the same can still compliment and complete each other.

SarahB

Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 869
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 2:41 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

I think the fact that they are slightly different is nice. It accentuates their unique handmadeness, and could represent the fact that couple while not exactly the same can still compliment and complete each other.

Nicely put.
I liked the cherry, just to be different.

Bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 2157
Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 3:56 pm Post subject:
and here's the other pair in prickly pear. A better match this time. must practice copy turning. Pete

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 4:44 pm Post subject:
They are very impressive, and a lovely idea.

TheGrange

Joined: 12 Apr 2009
Posts: 874

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 7:30 pm Post subject:

Bodrighy wrote:

I really find this duplication bit diffficult. Here's my effort. Now let's see what the customers think. All I can see aare the differences

IMO for a wedding the fact these are similar enough but slightly different reflects on his and hers but being one of the same ... i think they're beautiful

catbaffler

Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Posts: 937
Location: Barry

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 7:51 pm Post subject:
They're so beautiful and I'd echo the view that, like the married couple, they don't need to be absolutely identical - better that each has its own character.

Bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 2157
Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 8:18 pm Post subject:
Well I emailed pictures of both pairs and he came back that as they couldn't decide they'd buy both sets and use the one they didn't choose as a wedding present for their sister. Who am I to complain Pete

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 8:43 pm Post subject:
A brilliant result for a job well done!

Mogwyth

Joined: 09 Feb 2009
Posts: 40
Location: Pwllheli North Wales

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Unsolicited commission

Bodrighy wrote:

This is made from prickly pear and is 6 1/2" tall

I would like to know what this is because it definitely is not prickly pear wood, the prickly pear is a species of Opuntia cacti and a)I doubt you would get wood big enough from them to create anything that big and b) cacti wood tends not to be very dense often holey and mostly not very suitable for turning.

Why I know about cacti:

https://picasaweb.google.co.uk/bill.hildyard/Greenhouse#
https://www.haworthia.org.uk/

And from one woodturner to another nice job

Bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 2157
Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 09 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: Unsolicited commission

Mogwyth wrote:

Bodrighy wrote:

This is made from prickly pear and is 6 1/2" tall

I* queried it at first and then a woodworker in the states gave me a link.

Check this out.

Apparently it also gets this big in some parts of the States as well.
The wood itself gives off a dust when turned, no shavings and it has a really strange texture a bit like Banksia nuts.

And thanks

Pete

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