Timberly Blog artistic woodturning

2011-11-16T01:40:00.001-08:00

I have just listed a new web site on the web www.timberlywoodturning.co.nz have a look and tell me what you think

NEW! BURNMASTER EAGLE, 2-PENS,10-TIPS & BAG

2011-11-16T01:38:00.000-08:00

NEW! BURNMASTER EAGLE, 2-PENS,10-TIPS & BAG

2011-07-24T00:07:00.000-07:00

In Time for my woodturning demonstartions and on my way up to Norway for the Woodturning cruise This was just published in the english Wood turner

New Web site

2011-07-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

Along with Our gallery site www.timberly@xtra.co.nz
We know have a site for all those goodies that you toolaholics are searching for http://www.timberlywoodturning.co.nz/index.php
Dremel Burs
Burnmaster Poyrogrpohy Machines and more

Latest Turning

2010-09-17T02:39:00.000-07:00

2010-06-26T17:28:00.000-07:00

2010-06-26T17:25:00.000-07:00

http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2010/06/26/features/features04.txt
I have been asked to supply a few boxes for the Dunn gallery for their up and coming Box Exhibition

2009-11-30T01:01:00.002-08:00

Made from a Yew Root with Pewter inlay 8 inches high with Cocobola Finial

2009-11-30T01:01:00.001-08:00

2009-11-30T00:58:00.000-08:00

Coral Mallee
10 inches dia turned carved and textured

2009-10-02T00:45:00.000-07:00

An Article that just appeared in The AAw woodturning magazine thanks to the editor

2009-10-02T00:35:00.000-07:00

This article was just published in Creative wood spring addition I can highly recomend these toys from King Arthur's tools
Click on Article to enlarge

Home Run

2009-08-28T00:56:00.000-07:00

Description: Home Run

Measuring 1.4m long 700mm high this is my entry for Off The wall in Kawerau Wood Skills my interpretation of the rules as my piece hangs off the wall.
I have had this piece of Horopito http://www.lovelyhealth.com/horopito.htm
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/horopito-pepper-tree/1
For a few years as it was only 40mm thick I was hesitant to cut it up into smaller pieces for platters or clocks.
The inspiration for this piece came about on a cold winter’s night the kids and I were playing silly beggars in the lounge while mum was ironing. Picking up a silk sheet Mum had just ironed(yes not the done thing), we held it taught between two of us and proceeded to throw a baseball ball into the sheet .You had to be there but the shapes and wrinkles caused by the ball made a night of laughter
The only thing turned is the Olive ball the rest was carving with King Arthurs tools, dremel’s die grinders, orbital sanders, and hand sanding and sanding and just when I thought I had finished a bit more sanding.
The finish is I estimate about 30 coats of lacquer sanded to 4000 grit between coats
The finished effect is one of looking into a pond or like a silk sheet.
I could know commit a burglary without any fare of getting finger printed as I have no tread left on my fingers .They maybe able to get my Dna from the blood however
Well we shall see how we go the piece gets taken on a drive to the event tomorrow
I suspect though that the competition will be very stiff if Robbie’s piece is anything to go by. Being by Public vote will make it interesting

2009-07-17T03:11:00.000-07:00

2009-07-17T03:09:00.000-07:00

Fruit de Mer

Its time to let this one out of the bag
Thanks to Kurt Bird who came up with the name.
I think this is black walnut but if I am wrong please correct me.
This was one of those pieces of wood that kicks around from spot to spot in the shed as you are aware that it is nice pieces but hesitate to use until the light bulb comes on.
At Christmas I took the family over to our holiday home. Each night before dinner id go down to the beach and have an entre of rock oysters well maybe a few more than an entre some nights I could hardy eat my dinner .
While sitting on a rock waiting for my kids to bring the next oyster (yep I have them well trained, bonding time) they don’t like them much but they like getting them for dad. The only problem with them supplying them is they always have a bit of shell in the oyster.
So hear I was sitting on my rock and I saw the largest oyster yet, I had to get this one myself .Oddly enough inside the shell this pacific oyster had a small pearl inside More like a lump attached to the shimmering shell.
When I arrived home at xmas with obvious Dts for woodturning I went into my shop and tripped over this bit of wood yet again. The light bulb went on big time
I mounted this piece on a faceplate to start and turned a spigot but then mounted on my trusty Mdf fly wheel so I could turn out the waste on 3 centres
The next step was a teaser to turn the v groves of the outer clam after the 2 out side ones 1 gave up and proceeded to carve with different bits from my new King Arthur tool range.
Then sanded and sanded and sanded ,the out side was sanded to 600 grit then painfully textured with a fine dremel bit being carful not to end up with any lines in the texture . You could say this has pixels to the inch as they are so concentrated
The pearl is made from Olive bleached then airbrushed with a pearl translucent paint ,then again with a reflective medium .The inner clam has been sprayed with 20 or more coats of lacquer to give depth to the grain
The mallee burl was airbrushed with 5 or 6 different colours to take on a simmering effect like coral in clear water
I hope you like this piece because I sure do
Comments appreciated good or bad
Size 350mm long 14 inches

2009-06-30T22:21:00.000-07:00

Manta ray and leather

2009-06-30T22:18:00.000-07:00

Pohutukawa gaggle

2009-05-15T00:50:00.000-07:00

Pohutukawa hollow forms turned wet so as they have crinkled and distorted

Black Maire Box

2009-05-15T00:48:00.000-07:00

Black Maire Box with antique button inserted in the lid

Woodturning design feature showcase

2009-05-01T00:36:00.000-07:00

Woodturning design Magazine feature summer article is yours trulyhttp://www.woodturningdesign.com/

2009-04-17T00:30:00.000-07:00

Big Leaf
This ancient kauri bowl was a bit of an undertaking as it is 14inches across, turning a thing of this size and trying to keep the form allowing for the carving was a teaser.
I had to ring Andrew and order an extra long tool rest as well as I had 12 inches of overhang on my bowl gouge, not a thing I want to do often
The leaf templates I made by picking leaves off my favourite exotic tree A magnolia Grand flora .I just love the way the leaves turn up in the wind exposing the brown under side .The flowers give off a beautiful smell almost overpowering. I have planted 30 or more of these trees around my property.
I turned this piece the day I cut it up in the swamp down the road .at ¼ of an inch thick it was finished sanding and then I turned a jamb chuck and left it to dry for a couple of weeks with the tailstock pulled up on my spare lathe .
I drilled a hole down the centre of the jamb chuck and had a fan blowing up the spindle to help dry the timber from the inside .I placed a bucket over the fan cut a hole in the bucket and ran a hose to the spindle .
Every couple of days I would turn some off the jamb chuck so it had a loose fit as the timber shrunk A good inch around the circumference smaller after two weeks
Most of the external carving was done while the bowl was still between centres
Air brushing and prisma colour markers were then used to achieve the shimmer that the leaves have in real life
My wife says the carving detail is not crisp enough, But hey my view is this is my stile (ruff and ready)
I am really enjoying my carving journey at the moment

Comments welcomed

2009-04-10T01:35:00.000-07:00

These stacking boxes are a challenge to see how many I can get to fit inside each other These started from a 90mm x90mm cub the goblet with captive ring is 8mm high

2009-04-10T01:29:00.000-07:00

2009-04-10T01:28:00.000-07:00

Rocking bowl series ,I turn these of cuts of burls so when touched they rock and wobble around ,this one if you give it a spin has a grand movement

Flying High

2009-04-10T01:25:00.000-07:00

Muilty Axis turning and a bit of carving ,Jus having fun trying new things

Triangles 2

2009-02-21T20:44:00.000-08:00

600mm dia made from New Zealand Rimu

Trumpet Burl

2009-02-21T20:40:00.001-08:00

Burl tree 2 is finally finished
I am calling this one
The Trumpet Tree

The Art of Turned bowls

2009-02-09T17:18:00.000-08:00

If you happen to get a chance to get one of Richard Raffans latest I recommend it ,My work features in six places in the book

2009-02-09T17:14:00.000-08:00

A long way to go ,i estimate another 10 hours but am happy with the progress

Burl tree 2 on the way

2009-02-09T17:08:00.000-08:00

I have started another burl tree this one is bigger and has More burl bowls

2009-01-11T23:16:00.000-08:00

Swamp Totara
copper leaf and then sponge effect to rim 180mm dia

2008-12-20T17:02:00.000-08:00

Unicorn Puiri
8 inches high plus the finial ,turned very thin so the weight of the Puriri does not effect the tactile feel .Finished with lacquer 10 COATS .Bull oak finial
Comments welcomed at timberly@xtra.co.nz
Cheers

2008-11-30T00:17:00.000-08:00

http://www.drechslermagazin.net/index.html
The burl tree receives the cover on a German magazine

2008-11-28T18:23:00.000-08:00

Puriri Crotch Adventure
My wife seems to think I need help, isn’t every woodturner addicted to wood?
The fact is I probably shouldn’t go out with my woodie mates and get more wood as I will never get to the bottom of the heap, even if I did manage to turn 10 items a day for the rest of my life there would still be enough to make my box .The shame is they are going to burn it.
This piece of Puriri crotch was retrieved a couple of weeks ago on another addicts outing.
This Puriri would be in the 350 year old bracket at least and was blown over a few months back.
A 2 inch slab was cut so we can dress it up and count the growth rings .
I did a demo at a local rotary club and a lady approached me and said did I want some Puiri She had a large tree on her family’s farm that had blown over and it seemed a shame to have it cut into firewood.
How many times have we been told that such in such has a huge tree, to find it is no bigger than a garden bush?
Well this time we hit the jack pot, it has taken 4 of us 2 solid days to deal to this monster and there is still a sizeable amount left on sight. In the end we were getting picky as there was so much.
This is the first time that I have cut up a Puriri tree and there wasn’t an infestation of Puriri moths inside http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aenetus_virescens
This piece measures 15 inches long by 12 wide 3/8s thick
The hollow form was turned as part of the piece, I had to make the tool in the attachments so I could undercut the form yes Ed it looks like a skew but with a genital curve and sharpened quite steeply on both sides’ Sorby would have a heart attack if he saw what I do with some of their old chisels.
I keep these to butcher as I need them
The rings around the piece make it look like the hollow form splashed down into the crotch (the truth is it was hard to sand in there so I made some rings
I have left the ring on the bottom so as it dries I can decide were to carve the feet
The leaves were carved using real leaves as patterns, the hole to the hollow form I tried to recreate a Puriri moths exit hole .Unfortunately the sap will brown off some
As the piece dries it will have a few splits but that will add to the character .Finished with oil for know until dry then I will spray with lacquer
Comments welcome

2008-11-24T00:44:00.000-08:00

Spalted Tawa 280mm Finished with lacquer for sales inquires contact timberly@xtra.co.nz

2008-11-23T00:05:00.000-08:00

Mantaray splash
In my Mantaray series this piece is 300 square .I wonted to achieve the look of a drop of oil /water dropping into a pond .The water was stained and then had 25 coats of lacquer to give depth to the liquid effect .Turned and carved from a square piece of jarrah burl .This piece is for sale in my Gallery for $925Nz
Cheers

2008-11-22T18:07:00.000-08:00

These necklaces have been selling like hot cakes 75mm dia with bone insert covered by epoxy

2008-11-22T18:04:00.000-08:00

Made From Ancient kauri this 400mm dia bowl is finished with lacquer .The balls were turned ,burnt then buffed to a nice sheen
my web site www.timberly.co.nz has just had new items listed in the gallery

Platters as a gift

2008-10-16T03:13:00.001-07:00

Platters can be made to order in Rimu,Ancient kauri and a range of native timbers

2008-10-16T03:05:00.000-07:00

This picture shows the bottom of a 380mm Platter
Price $185.00 plus Postage .They make a great wedding gift as they can be taken in your suitcase packed between your clothes .Or I can post anywhere in the world so that the platter arrives as yo land in another country.
Contact me at timberly@xtra.co.nz or you can have a look at more examples at www.timberly.co.nz
Cheers

2008-10-16T03:00:00.000-07:00

Adding value to your work,
Giving them an edge over your competitors
Paua inserts
On my utility bowls I have come up with an idea to set my work apart from others selling theirs in craft shops.
Firstly on the rim of a bowl or a platter I insert a disc of paua/Abolone .Most of what I supply is to tourist shops so people are wanting a bit of kiwiana .
Craft shop/gallery owners have started to order pieces by referring to the paua inlay pieces .They don’t seem to care what the wood is, just that they want paua applied.
I only supply NewZealand natives however
The facts are I sell 10 with paua to one without .Even though the bowl or platter is identical in shape and form and more expensive. Also one 20 cent disc of paua adds at least $10 to the wholesale price.(Added value)
I have also started to add a paua disc in the foot .A pleasant surprise when a customer turns the piece over (more added value).
Ill try and explain why I do this to the bottom.
One I like to finish the foot apart from the chuck bite, so all I have to do is vacuum chuck and turn a concave cove around the circumference
2 I leave a centre in the recess I have made for the paua which means the tailstock can be brought up to centre the work . This saves time and if the bottom isn’t to thin the tailstock is all that is required to hold the bowl against the backing faceplate if you don’t have a Vacuum set up .
I do a dozen or so bowls and finish the bite all in one go a production line always saves time.
You will also notice that I have textured up against the foot in that hard to sand area. More added value
You can see the difference against the platter with and without shown
I buy my discs from Southern Shell (I shouldn’t tell you this as after this article I am sure you will all be placing inserts of some kind in the rim or bottom.
http://www.paua.com/ they will laser cut any Shape you require .
One of our club members has had clock hands cut .They look Stunning
Other ideas are to insert coins from your country in the bottom, or brass discs that you can in grave and sign
Terry

Spirals

2008-10-07T02:06:00.000-07:00

This piece is still one of my favourites
Made from silky Oak with 3 coats of black Lacquer and 30 of clear the effect of a pool of water was achieved
comments welcome

Fly in for Tea

2008-09-21T00:42:00.000-07:00

Fly in for Tea
This piece recently won 3rd prize in The kawerau woodskills catergory in artistic
120mm Square
More pictures can be seen at www.timberly.co.nz under sculptural

Buckeled Cherrie

2008-09-21T00:38:00.000-07:00

Description: Read description of Sunday Cherie ,This one I stained black and sanded back Buckled Cherrie
Made from Flowering Cherrie (Kanza)
10 inches high
A few months back I had a telephone call asking if I would like some flowering Cherie.
My reply was can I come know. Being a Sunday morning I took my chainsaw along just in case .I arrived to find two trees that had been trimmed over the years to form a large burl like mass on the top.
Asking the owner if I could borrow his ladder I was able to lop bits off in woodturning size chunks .A bit of a mission as the trees were not only close to the house but a boat the owner had been working on for the last 10 years was 2 feet from the trees .Hence why he wanted them removed.
I had loaded all the bits on my trailer when who should arrive but a woodturning mate that only lived 2 houses down the road .He had been woken by the noise of the saw after having a hard night out .He was coming to give the noise maker a tune up, his comment started off as what the hell do you think you are doing this time in the morning, in mid sentence I lifted my helmet.
Waking up to the fact it was me a b…. hell it could only be you Scott you so in so could be herd half way down the road
On the way past his letter box I left a couple pieces of wood as a piece maker.
At our club the story has been told a few times by my friend each time increasing in humour.
I went home and spent the rest of day roughing out semi enclosed hollow forms .
They were all turned cross grain or I should say grain that went all over the place.
Thinking they would stay uniform in shape I turned them thin.
I was wrong they all look like dried prunes,
Amazingly enough everyone that has seen them likes the organic appeal
I hope the judges of a competition I have just entered like them http://www.manukau.govt.nz/default.aspx?id=8271
This is a Juried competition my first such event
Competing against all art media we shall see how woodturning fares
Gordon and Dick have also entered so maybe one of us will at least get selected for the competition

Comments welcomed

Pohutakawa Platter

2008-09-05T00:11:00.000-07:00

Pohutakawa Platter
22inches Dia its not often you get a piece of Pohutakawa without defects, cracks, bark intrusions or dozy spots
I wet turned this to about an inch thick a year ago.
Hopefully I have done the flowers justice as the tree when in bloom is the most amazing site, a crimson haze projects from the tree the colour is so over powering.
What gave me the idea to place flowers on the piece is the day I turned this platter a package arrived from Singapore airlines and on the box was what looked like a close image of the Pohutakawa flower.
I scanned the box and then photo copied onto tracing paper and used as a pattern
The finish is lacquer, it’s not before time I think I have finally (touch wood) nailed the spraying so I am 99% happy with the
Finish, 6 coats were applied sanding with 800 grit between each coat
This piece of wood was as hard as nails and was full of silicone as it came from a tree that had fallen at the beach.

The roots of the Pohutakawa tree can grow over surfaces while it searches for soil and moisture. The Pohutakawa tree can grow up to 20m high and 35m wide. The leaves are dark green and shiny on top and a silvery gray underneath. In New Zealand the Pohutakawa tree grows bright red flowers every December so it is sometimes called the New Zealand Christmas tree. The Pohutakawa tree can live for thousands of years and are usually found near water.
http://www.timberly.co.nz/links.htm I have added a link on my web site to a description of the Pohutakawa .There is also information on a lot of our natives that might be of interest to wood hunters
Comments welcomed
Cheers

2008-09-05T00:06:00.000-07:00

Rose wood waves 2
Some time ago I posted a progress of this piece.
Took a while but it is finally finished
This time 35 bowls were turned in a piece of Rosewood.
I have entered this into the Kawerau Woodskills competition under Traditional woodturning .I maybe pushing it a bit but it is traditional to me any way
The frame is made from mahogany and stained
I could maybe go one more row of bowls but as you can see in the attachment I had to cut the corners off the waste timber to get enough swing.
When I had my 1000 made I ordered the rail to be 2 inches lower than standard, I wonder if Rob could make me one with no rail and a swivel head know that would enable me to do some big work
Finished with 12 coats of lacquer and buffed, the effect of looking into a pound and wondering were the bottom is was achieved.
Each bowl was turned and sanded down to 800grit with Danish oil before proceeding to the next The oil prevented the sanding disc heating up to much and the Velcro going west. The oil seemed to speed up the sanding as well.
394 roofing screws in total were put in and taken out in the process.
As you can imagine the balancing act took a while between each set up
The most lead used was 7kg/ 15 pounds when the corner bowls were turned.
I think I may have bent my tailstock shaft as it doesn’t line up with the head stock like it did .DAM not much but enough when I bring the 2 together the tailstock is lower by a couple of mm .I wonder if my warranty has run out !
I will add some more pictures of the how to on my web site in the next couple of days I am trying to figure out how to fit all the pictures in the gallery.
There is something about this piece that is masculine; I can see it hanging in a library or men’s club
I am quite chuffed with this piece
Comments welcome
Thanks again to Michael Werner who, got my off centre juices working
Also thanks to Gordon for taking the picture
Sorry I forgot to measure the piece before sending it away

Rosewood waves 2

2008-09-04T02:04:00.000-07:00

35 bowls were turned in this piece of rosewood ,finished with lacquer

The Burl Tree How

2008-08-31T01:35:00.000-07:00

I was asked by email how I turned the Burl tree .Here are two pictures that show the process.
The piece was mounted with the aid of hot melt glue to what I term the slide ..A bowl was turned then the piece remounted in the new position .The straps were added for extra safety as I had to wind up the speed to get a cut that saved on sanding .A unique piece of timber .I enjoyed making this .
Comments welcomed see my web site for a full explanation
http://www.timberly.co.nz/terry_articles.htm

Hull method of Holding and turning

2008-08-30T18:14:00.000-07:00

This is how I go about turning the hulls for my canoes and boats .
The Hull is first turned between centres ,2 centres if you want to form a keel .This is an act in itself if you want the keel line to be kept straight Then I mount the hull onto a slide with the aid of hot melt glue and turn the over lapping bowls .The set out is very important if crisp lines are to be maintained

Pine sailing detail

2008-08-30T17:31:00.000-07:00

PINE SAILING
Latest work made for the Kawerau wood skills competition next weekend
Category Pine
The Hull is 600mm long turned on two centres to form the hull shape and keel .Then turned on a slide with 13 centres to form the ribs with a Koru design then branded inside .Internally was sprayed with an airbrush so when you move around the piece the colours change.The sails and hull were sprayed with lacquer
The sails were turned to 2 mm as a big platter then cut up .Two platters were required so the grain became horizontal.
The mast was turned and then steam bent so the vessel looks like it is under sail .A rebate was first cut into the mast so the sail fitted into the slot .
The stand was turned from acrylic then cut in half to form the cradle
Comments welcome
More of my work can be seen at www.timberly.co.nz
To wind ward

Genoa and bow

Pine Sailing

2008-08-30T17:18:00.000-07:00

Team NewZealand

2008-08-30T03:35:00.000-07:00

Ok Girls and boys, you haven’t seen any posts for a while, you see I have been rather busy preparing for an exhibition called Crawled out of the woodwork and secondly work for the Kawerau wood skills festival.(plus my real job came calling )
If you go to http://www.timberly.co.nz/news.htm I have placed a link to the last 2 years of the Kawerau competition and also the Crawled out of the woodwork.
Every year at Kawerau they add a different category on top of the normal ones being
Pinus radiata Anything made from pine doesn’t have to be woodturned
Carving, traditional
Carving any kind
Traditional woodturning has to have less than 10% carving or embellishment
Artistic woodturning any turning with more than 10% carving or embellishment
This years extra was a category called Kiwiana anything NewZealand

I looked up the net and came up with items like a buzzy bee, kiwifruit, tiki, e.t.c
These didn’t help with an idea .On our coffee table we have a book called The history of the Americas cup bingo .I decided I would try and make a scaled model of black magic .Hopefully it will be seen as Kiwiana .This may well be the only woodturned item in this section .You have to be in to win as they say
The hull was turned between centres and then mounted using my backing board system and 15 bowls turned over lapping to form the ribs, a Koru pattern was then painstakingly burnt inside.
The keel was carved separately and a bulb shape turned and added.
The perplex stand was also turned
The hull has 2 coats of black lacquer then about 10 clear to give depth to the water like appearance.
The anti fowl area was then masked off and a white, then a grey tint sprayed on followed by 10 coats of clear lacquer. I didn’t like the end result of the atifowl so then sprayed with incandescent paint followed by another 5 of lacquer with an airbrush .It know has the appearance of just being lifted out of the water
The scale is 1/30
Comments welcomed

Waka

2008-08-29T15:07:00.000-07:00

Waka 3 measuring 600mm long this piece was turned between centers on 2 axis to form the hull and keel Remounted with hot melt glue then 12 bowls were turned overlapping to form the ribs of the canoe .About 4 kg of lead were required to balance the piece
Made from Kauri the internal texture was then applied with a pyrography machine in a koru pattern .
More images can been seen in new work on my web site www.timberly.co.nz
This piece has just been entered into the artistic category at the kawerau wood skills competition next weekend

http://www.timberly.co.nz/terry_newwork.htm cut and paste this link to see more images

2008-08-29T02:22:00.000-07:00

THE BURL TREE
I think the burl branch is red beech, but
I am not sure. The plan was simple -
make each of the eight burrs into a
small bowl and leave them still attached
to the tree. The operation was not so
simple.
The work is mounted onto what I call
the slide and this is moved around on
the MDF flywheel which is attached to
a 150mm face plate. I levelled and
secured the wood into the position I
required with the aid of wedges and hot
melt glue. The straps are an extra
precaution. The whole device is then
balanced with strategically placed
lumps of lead securely attached.
For each of the eight bowls the log was
re-attached and re-balanced. On
occasions I had difficulty getting the chisel down between two burls and
changes of shape were needed. When I came to do the burl on the bottom
end I didn’t have enough swing and had to cut 100mm off the other end.
The ninth bowl on the very top was turned last between centres. Some
carving was then needed to blend the cuts between bowls and restore
shape to the slimmed down branch. Airbrushing highlighted the texture
on the tree.
The burl which serves as the base was scribed around the base of the burl
tree. As this piece stands 600mm high it needed something to give it
stability.
Please note that attempting a piece like this can be rather daunting unless
you understand how to balance the work. My lathe weighs 650kg and is
bolted to the floor. This helps, but if any vibration is felt, you haven’t
spent enough time getting it balanced.
Oh, by the way, on the Monday I had to go and buy some more trailer
tie-downs as they were a bit short after this exercise. I am proud to say
this piece now sits alongside 250 others in a private collection in Hong.
Go To I think the burl branch is red beech, but
I am not sure. The plan was simple -
make each of the eight burrs into a
small bowl and leave them still attached
to the tree. The operation was not so
simple.
The work is mounted onto what I call
the slide and this is moved around on
the MDF flywheel which is attached to
a 150mm face plate. I levelled and
secured the wood into the position I
required with the aid of wedges and hot
melt glue. The straps are an extra
precaution. The whole device is then
balanced with strategically placed
lumps of lead securely attached.
For each of the eight bowls the log was
re-attached and re-balanced. On
occasions I had difficulty getting the chisel down between two burls and
changes of shape were needed. When I came to do the burl on the bottom
end I didn’t have enough swing and had to cut 100mm off the other end.
The ninth bowl on the very top was turned last between centres. Some
carving was then needed to blend the cuts between bowls and restore
shape to the slimmed down branch. Airbrushing highlighted the texture
on the tree.
The burl which serves as the base was scribed around the base of the burl
tree. As this piece stands 600mm high it needed something to give it
stability.
Please note that attempting a piece like this can be rather daunting unless
you understand how to balance the work. My lathe weighs 650kg and is
bolted to the floor. This helps, but if any vibration is felt, you haven’t
spent enough time getting it balanced.
Oh, by the way, on the Monday I had to go and buy some more trailer
tie-downs as they were a bit short after this exercise. I am proud to say
this piece now sits alongside 250 others in a private collection in Hong.
See http://www.timberly.co.nz/terry_articles.htm
For pictures of how I held this piece on the lathe

2008-08-29T02:09:00.000-07:00

ANCIENT KAURI STUMP

Gordon Pembridge (top) and I retrieving a bit of ancient kauri from Takanini .We ended up getting about 5 cubic meters from this lump .This was just one root of an Ancient kauri tree
See our web site www.timberly.co.nz for works made from this find .In this area the carbon dating stated that the kauri was 750 years old .
In this peat land being subdivided for residential sections there is believed to be two layers of kauri .The second 70 feet below the present level
Strange but both have the trees laying all the same way .
The contractors have to remove all the stumps as they end up coming to the surface over time as the peat compacts .They find them by xraying the ground .Then the fun begins some of these logs and stumps are so big that 2 and some times three 20 tonne diggers are used to hall them out .What is not taken away by woodturners ,furniture makers and carvers is ground up into chips .

2008-08-28T23:55:00.000-07:00

About Terry Introduction

I have always enjoyed working with wood, first as a builder and property developer, and then also as a woodturner. New Zealand has an enthusiastic woodturning community, perhaps because our native timber is plentiful and highly-figured, and our forests and shorelines inspirational.

Although I continue to turn embellished platters and other pieces for local galleries and to order, over the past several years I have increasingly focused on work that is less functional, exploring the artistic possibilities of form, carving, texture, and color. I enjoy creating pieces that require planning and unique ways of holding the wood, and that raise questions as to “how it was done.” My signature pieces involve two, three or four wings on a textured bowl or lidded box, but I continue to take my enjoyment of unique forms and surface treatments in other directions as well, creating pieces that reflect a broad range of approaches and techniques.

An important part of the turning experience, for me, is learning from and helping other turners. I have attended numerous “Turnarounds” (including Australia’s largest event each year since 2000), and many Collaboration events with artists in other media. I have been an active member of the South Auckland Woodurners Guild since 1996 (including several terms as President) where I am a frequent demonstrator at our weekly meetings. Demonstrating enables me to “give something back”, and I enjoy the lively give-and-take and the questions that always arise.

I have regularly entered most of the major national woodturning shows in New Zealand, as I enjoy the challenge and benefit from the judges’ feedback. Examples:

Royal Easter Show: awards each year since 2001 have included Firsts in bowls, lidded boxes, hollow forms, and sculptural/abstract. Supreme Exhibit in 2008, Best Overall Woodturner in 2006, and Best of Show in 2004

Franklin Arts Festival: awards each year since 2001 (except for 2006, when I was a judge) have included Firsts in hollow forms, decorated bowls and platters, miniatures, and lidded boxes. Best of Show in 2001 and 2004

Thames Society of the Arts (Best of Show, 2007); National Woodskills Festival (First in traditional woodturning 2007); Working with Wood (Best of Show 2005 and 2006); Northland Kauri Festival (Best of Best 2006); and a number of others.

Additional lists of achievements can be seen on my web site www.timberly.co.nz under achievements

My work has been commissioned and displayed by a number of corporations and public facilities including the Bruce Pullman Events Centre, the New Zealand Olive Growers Association, Cornwall Park Trust, and Vodafone. I have also exhibited and sold work through . The Primea Gallery la ,Morgan Street gallery Newmaret Nz ,Textures Gallery Newmarket NewZealand ,.Kiwi Artz Online gallery

2006, I was chosen as a weekly gallery selector for World of Woodturners website (WOW)

I n addition I have many pieces in collections around the world