weathered oak hollow form

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George Watkins

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hello folks
here's a new piece that i've let age outside for a while- i enjoy how the oak changes in the sun and rain, then I stop the process and bring it inside.

7" wide x 5.5" tall
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George, that is a well executed hollow form, the staples are something different, it's a beautiful piece. How long did you leave it to the elements?
 
Such a beautiful piece, George. The staples and associated stains are fantastic, but I keep coming back to the form... Fantastic!
 
that is a rather interesting way of thinking outside the box! very creative! How thin are your side walls? I would love to see a view from the top!
 
Form, style whatever ... I think this is quite an interesting hollow form.

At first glance I thought the staples were an engraving in Medievil lettering, or, Asian characters. The staples definitely are 'different."
 
Thank you for all of your kind comments

seamus7227: next time I get my camera out I'll try to remember to get a picture from above- the walls are about an 1/8" to 3/16" ......but the only way to be sure is to cut it in half!!

this is my heart work (rather than head) I have always been fascinated by allowing nature to take over and my work in general doesn't try to over control nature- I prefer my forms to move after turning and I don't like a high polish.
with this form I wasn't thinking what anyone else might say i purely made it for myself and what I like
 
I can't take my eyes off it. I think it is fantastic and I've never seen anything quite like it before.
I really enjoy seeing the boxes and forms you have made.:biggrin:
 
Thank you skiprat- i think the pen work you do with s/steel etc is outstanding

I forgot to say how i ended up putting a perfectly good hollow form outside!!! when i break a piece or the form is rubbish- i sometimes put those piece's in my garden for animals to live in etc and i noticed how the diffrent woods cracked and dis coloured over time- eventually they rot away which i love as it completes the circle
 
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