Introducing The Newsroom Series

This is OFF THE RECORD.

The wood hollow form was turned in 2004 (Holly).

As the wood aged, it lost its character

so now it sports a whole new vibe.

7" tall with a diameter of 5.5" at the widest point.

Detail of OFF THE RECORD

This is YESTERDAY'S NEWS.

It measures 8.5" tall with an 8.5" diameter at the top

and was turned earlier this year from Bradford Pear.

And this is LATE BREAKING NEWS.

Thin wall Bradford Pear.

5" tall with a 5" diameter at the top.

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The Newsroom Series is a collaboration between my wife Julie and I.  

I did the woodturning forms and she added the exterior wrapping. 

The wrap is newspaper yarn 

made by a cooperative of women in India 

using narrow strips of newsprint that is tightly twisted.

Reclaimed - the bowl

Start with a thin wall maple bowl

turned green and allowed to dry naturally.

13" diameter x 5-1/2" deep

Julie added the silk yarn wrapping.

She used nearly two skeins.

Yarn source - Darn Good Yarn

Late Breaking News

Julie took one of my unfinished 

thin-wall box elder vessels

and turned it into this!

Late Breaking News has a chalk paint interior

and measures 5" across by 5" tall.

She found the newspaper yarn here.

Burning Bush

Cherry hollow form with segmented batik finish.

Detail of frayed finial.

Detail of top.

Another overall view of Burning Bush

(collaborative with my wife, Julie)

Click here to see Burning Bush in motion. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Larry

Beauty and the Beast

Julie and I have created collaborative entries for this contest.

The Beast and Belle in the garden

I turned the two Cherry closed hollow forms.

Julie then embellished my turnings ("dressed our entries")

using her segmented batik method.

Belle in the garden

Belle is 5" in diameter and stands 9-1/2" tall.

The Beast in the garden

The Beast measures 6-3/4" in diameter and stands 12" tall.

The Beast and Belle in the ballroom

Click this link to see a video of our entries dancing together

(and be sure to turn up your speaker volume).

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Belle's contest entry (with formal photos) can be found here.

The Beast's contest entry (with formal photos) can be found here.

Voting begins after the September 6, 2011 entrance deadline passes.

Larry

Synergy

Defined as two or more things functioning together

to produce a result not independently obtainable,

synergy arises when two persons with

different yet complementary skills cooperate.

Sweet gum turned green

then embellished with batiks

13" diameter

6" depth

Collaborative with Julie

(woodturner + quilter)

Bottom view of bowl.

All photos will enlarge if clicked and then clicked again.

You can see Julie's process photos here.