June Challenge - An Animal. Post your entries here

[nev]

An Animal.

Can be a toy, an ornament, a item of jewellery, anything really.

Usual rules:
Open to anyone and everyone.
To be made on the lathe using wood turning tools.
no minimum or maximum size.
It may be made from one piece or made of multiple parts (preferably all turned).
other materials may be used to join/ connect/ embellish/ animate/ etc.
Decoration, colouring, texturing is allowed, but again remember its about the turning :wink:

Please post 3 or 4 images of your work along with a brief note about how you made it, what tools and finish you used, what wood (if known) and the objects dimensions etc.

1 showing a general view
1 showing a side on view
1 showing a rear or underside view
1 optional photo showing any other feature you think might be of interest

Image size please use image size 640 x 480 0.3 mp, same previous months

Please upload your pics and description between ..

10pm on the 26th
and
10pm on the 28th

After this time the thread will be locked for Judging
Results will be given on or around 30th

This months judge will be Richard

Any entry's that are outside the rules and requirements will not be judged
The Judges decision is final ( Any negative comments re judging must be via PM only and not on the open forum )
NO Critique or comments on any work until After the Judging and results please.


Roundup

 

[gregmcateer]

Sorry to say, still not back in the shop - On extension duties still - in fact took a tumble off the internal 'scaffold' today - no real harm done - a few grazes and bruises, (plus pride!)

Good luck to all who enter - I love to see the work produced.

Cheers

Greg

 

[dennisk]

Turtle in Russian olive,this was a bowl blank that went a bit wonky and there was enough left for a turtle. Turned on a screw originally so left it there to turn the bottom and drill the holes(once again the excellent indexing on the Titan). Before I drilled the holes I took it off the lathe and with my oscillating belt sander cut in the neck area, then remounted and drilled the neck hole and then set up the drill to drill leg holes and hole for the tail working with neck hole being 0 degrees.Then basically took it off of the screw and onto the jaws to turn the top, er shell. 3 3/4" by 1 1/2"
3/8" bowl gouge for most of it and pointed scraper to cut in the shell overhang and the chuck recess. The legs and head and tail were turned from small pieces of black walnut mounted in spigot jaws with a spindle gouge.
I wanted to do a Hosaluk type fish but, decided to do something different, it was fun and grandaughter likes it.

 

[Sheptonphil]

A challenge to take me away from the norm and another chance to try a new technique so this month I chose to do some segmented turning.

I loosely based my effort this month on Feathers McGraw, the Penguin from Wallace and Grommit's The Wrong Trousers

I started with a length of American Walnut approx 8 inches long and 3" square. I pushed it through the table saw and removed 7/8 inch from one side. I then ran a piece of Sycamore for the chest at the same setting and glued and cramped them together and left overnight. Next day I put the new block through the saw at right angles to the previous cut taking 3/4 inch off each side and ran another piece of walnut through twice to give me two 3/4" slices which were glued in place of the sides removed. These two pieces would make the wings later. This was mounted between centres the next day and the shape of the penguin turned to reveal the chest and wing detail. A dovetail was made at the foot end and mounted in a chuck to finish the head. Sanded to 600 and finished with Renaisance Wax, a hole was drilled to take the beak and indents for the eyes. I made the beak from a rosewood pen blank and made a spigot to push into the head. The feet were turned from the remains of the rosewood then flattened off on sandpaper. It is 41/4 high and 2" diameter.

 

[heatherw]

At fIRST I thought animal.....ug. but then i got into it. However I've had very little free time this month and this mouse is not the definitive version. I've also got a prototype worm, a maggot and a bird on the lathe. Let's see if this super slow computer can get the photos up in time.

It's made of sycamore as the neighbour very convenietly had a tree fall down this winter. He's cut it up into very short logs, though, so there's not much you can do with it. I turned it in the spigot jaws sanded down to 400 grit and finished it with sanding sealer and wax. the ears are synthetic leather left over from upholstering and the tail is part of a necklace.