Wood and Pewter

[Paul Hannaby]

Here's a bowl I recently finished. The wood is myrtle and as you can see it has a petwer rim and foot. I cast the pewter bits myself and turn them with standard woodturning tools. As you can see from the wide rim this is a quite chunky bowl but not everything has to be thin enough to see through! The bowl is approx 5" diameter.

Comments welcome.

 

[CHJ]

Great piece of wood Paul, and the bowl shape is sympathetic to the natural figuring.
Solid looking proportions and rich colour contrast against the pewter.

Not so sure about the height of the foot, a little tall for me but that may just be the perspective of the image angle.

 

[nicguthrie]

Very nice indeed. I don't think I've ever seen myrtle before, lovely colours and nice figuring.

I'm a big fan of mixing materials like this, wood and metal, or plastic or whatever else the artist fancies (I've never seen wood and stone work out well, but that's beside the point) and this is a lovely piece. Chas may have a point, there does seem something a little "off" about the scale of the foot - looks a bit narrow/tall to me, but who is to say that's not intentional? It's art after all

How did you cast and connect the pewter? Did you turn it attached to the bowl to get a final match on the curves etc? I'd have thought the pewter dust might mark or stain the grain on the wood close by?

I'd be interested in knowing a bit more about the process, I may never actually get to try it myself, but I'd love to if I had the chance

Nic.

 

[WoodySteve]

=D> great work

 

[Dalboy]

How did you cast and connect the pewter? Did you turn it attached to the bowl to get a final match on the curves etc? I'd have thought the pewter dust might mark or stain the grain on the wood close by?

I'd be interested in knowing a bit more about the process, I may never actually get to try it myself, but I'd love to if I had the chance

Nic.

+1 for the technique on pewter to wood

Great looking piece great choice of wood and metal mix, the verdict is still out whether I like the foot or not I will just have to keep looking at it until I can make up my mind

 

[Jethro]

I like that a lot,I think it needs a wide rim emphasize the pewter.
I saw your demo on pewter at GAW in January, found it fainating

 

[Roger C]

Paul well done on the shape and the foot I think is just right. The pewter wood combo super.

 

[Paul Hannaby]

Thanks for the comments. Yes the foot is taller than I usually do but I thought I would give it a try. Perhaps subconsciously I was putting more emphasis into the foot as it was a different material.

In answer to the question about the process - the rim is cast separately and then attached to the part turned bowl by means of a mortice/tenon arrangement. I cut a tenon in the wood and a corresponding groove in the pewter so the two remain locked together. The pewter and bowl are then turned together to get the final shape.

The foot was cast and turned separately and then attached to the finished bowl but it would be possible to turn the foot after attachment if necessary.

 

[Bodrighy]

Very neat Paul. Do you buy your pewter or raid charity shops like Me?

Pete

 

[winemaker]

very nice =D> =D>

 

[dickm]

Like it a lot. As others say, not sure about the foot, but the rim just sets it off beautifully.
Any idea of what sort of humidity range would be tolerable for the combination, without any problems of movement?
When you say "mortice/tenon", do you mean a complete ring round the bowl/rim, or several independent tenons?

 

[KimG]

Really like this piece, the colour combination is very classy, nice to see a chunky bowl well turned too. Good one Paul!

 

[EnErY]

A Real Nice Piece There Paul a true professional
Regards
Bill

 

[Paul Hannaby]

The mortice / tenon is effectively a circular joint, cut on the lathe.
No idea on humidity ranges I'm afraid but none of the ones I've made this way seem to have moved in normal indoor conditions.