Jim Richardson

This series of objects combines plain turning and ornamental turning. I wanted to make the focus of each object a thin hollow body of beautiful wood, either left plain or fluted. The stems, pedestals, and tops are all African blackwood, ornamented with fluting and patterned cuts. The finials are also of blackwood, or in one case, of a Betel palm nut. Fluting and stem cuts were done on an ornamental lathe, while the forms themselves were hollowed out on a plain lathe. The wavy cuts on some of the tops and pedestals were done on a straight-line engine turning machine.

Objects:

	Fluted Form (8 ¾” high,2 1/2” diameter) Bloodwood and African blackwood 32 flutes on bloodwood body and blackwood stem. Spiral cut blackwood finial. Pedestal cuts made on a straight-line engine.
	Spherical Form (12 ¾” high, 4 ¾”diameter) Spalted English beech and African blackwood The stem is composed of over 250 individual cuts.
	Fluted Form (8 ¾” high, 3” diameter) Spalted Maple and African Blackwood Fluted body and stem, spiral cut finial. Wavy cut pedestal and top.
	Hollow Form (5 3/4” high,3 3/4" diameter) Claro Walnut, African Blackood, Betel Nut finial.

updated  11/28/2007