quand dix scies dansent: 2011

29 avril 2011

April 2011 - Lined alcove with shelves

In a beautiful mid-Victorian flat, furnished with a selection of solid oak modern pieces.

The alcove shows a roughly stripped scots pine frame, and the natural stone wall painted in white and 5 shelves (18mm), stained spruce.

The new alcove frame, stripped and oiled, shows an all American white oak lining and shelves (27mm), finished with a neutral wax.

16 avril 2011

April 2011 - Double interior shutters

- - - - - - shoot the shutter! - - - - - - -

                                                               - - - - - - - - on m'a volé mes volets! - - - -

                              - - - - - wOrk in prOgress - - - - - - -travail en cours - - - - -

- cadres en cp de bouleau 24mm -- panneaux 12mm -- hauteur 1810mm, largeur 1070mm -- finition initialement choisie modifiée en fin de fabrication -- cire blanchie préférée pour sa transparence -

- birchply frames 24mm - pannels 12mm -- height 1810mm, width 1070mm - initially white paint finish -- changed for liming wax -

Postigos interiores hechos de contrachapado de abedul, cuadros 24mm, tableros 12mm, altura total 1810mm, ancho total 1070mm, tratamiento cera blanca

pose en cours / fitting on site in progress

14 avril 2011

The flow of a line

"It never ceases to amaze me how, over thousands of years, generations of potters, metalworkers, and glassblowers all over the world have gravitated towards similar bowl forms." said Richard Raffan in one the few woodturning books he wrote. They are good references.

My bowls - sycamore, oak, ash, jarrah, ash.

Over the past year, Ralph Curry has been teaching me woodturning. It's a practise I could not imagine learning in nicer conditions. Ralph built his lathe - this one and others - years ago and turned bowls for daily use that found home everywhere in the country.
In my point of view he achieves the simplicity of curve, and THIS IS SOMETHING, pfffew!!!

A ma bonne étoile qui m'a menée à cet homme, cet endroit, ce tour