Expressions
in Wood, Masterworks from The Wornick Collection
is in reality a
Catalogue of the Exhibition, of the same name, held at the Oakland Museum
of California and represents the collection owned by Ronald C. Wornick,
being a Catalogue its strength, apart from the actual pieces, is the quality
of the Photographs.
Many of the pieces
will be familiar to many of you, as they have appeared in most of the
Magazines covering Woodturning on numerous occasions, but what is amazing
is the size of them.
All too often a
half page photo in a Magazine gives no idea of the scale, but here the
Book opens with a picture of Ronald Wornick and his wife Anita seated
amongst just some of the collection and here you really do get a feel for
the size.
Surprisingly
Wornick is not just a collector he is also an accomplished Woodturner as well as
a maker of Furniture, his one example in this Catalogue, of a Vessel from
Spalted Maple and Reed is interesting for many reasons.
Over 42
Artists are represented in the collection and many of these are familiar names,
Mike Darlow, David Ellsworth, John Jordan, our own Bert Marsh and Mike Scott
likewise there are some notable absentees and some very good Turners that are
new names to me.
In all a
very good collection, well presented with a wide cross section of style, form
and technique, my particular favorites were a piece by Edward Boseley titled #2
Canyon Sunset, Christian Burchard's untitled Vessel and Beachcomber by Michael
Peterson.
Expressions
in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection.
ISBN 1 882140 13 3
The
Wornick Collection has a Web Site that is well worth a visit, Click on the
thumbnail to visit the Site >>>>
Carving
on Turning
by Chris Pye is one of those Books that you have to judge
by it's Cover, which happened to show the very design concept I wanted to
try on a Bowl I had recently Turned, and therefore put it on my wanted
list.
Although
a lot of the content in this Book does not, at this stage anyway, interest
me I did find sufficient to be of use on the particular design I had in
mind plus it opened up a few areas of Carving which I am currently
experimenting with and others that I will explore in the not to distant
future.
The
introductory first Chapter goes over some of the basics involved in the
Book and sets the pattern for what is to follow. Chapter two is headed
"Turning" but pleasingly enough Chris assumes that the reader
has grasped the basics of Turning.
Chris therefore explains how Carving and Woodturning can work together rather than
telling you how to Turn. Also included here are some basic aids and devises to
help make the whole process easier.
Carving is
the heading for Chapter 3 and this covers in more detail the necessary types of
Chisels and there uses, plus the all important Sharpening of Chisels, followed
by various other Tools for Filing, Marking and Holding.
Making
"Marks" is covered by two Chapters and shows how practically anything
can be used to embellish Wood using a variety of techniques that is only
restricted by ones imagination.
The rest of
the Book is given over to Projects, from simple Straight Line Patterns to Relief
Work, Lettering and Pierced Work in fact something for everyone, with degrees of
difficulty to enable the basic to the more capable Carver or Woodturner turn out
creditable pieces of Work.
A
worthwhile Book to have, even if it does mean you need a whole set of new Tools
to learn and master.
Carving
on Turning, Chris Pye.
Published by Guild of Master Craftsman
Publications Ltd. ISBN 0 946819 88 2
Chris
also has his own Web Site, Click on the thumbnail to visit his Site
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