Hollow Forms “Oh My” Series
This is an on-going series of lathe-turned hollow vessels created from decaying logs where the center section of the tree has been totally rotted through. Finding a use for these hollow logs became a challenge to me to create something unique and quite different from what I or any other woodturner I knew had ever attempted. My first attempts were around 1993 with the first fully completed piece a year later.
Starting with large logs that sometimes weighed as much as thirty pounds, the finished piece weighing often ounces with a wall thickness of about 1/8 of an inch (3-4 mm) or less. When first viewed by a small circle of friends their direct quotes were all, literally, “Oh my God!” – hence the name “Oh My” Series. Sometimes even a hair’s breadth change in the turner’s concentration and breathing can turn a potential masterpiece into thousands of flying shards in a fraction of a second.
Hollow Vessel English Yew & Cocobolo insert 7 “D x 7” T Available Hollow Vessel English Yew & Cocobolo insert 7 “D x 7” T Available Hollow Vessel (Inventory 11.4) Walnut & African Blackwood insert 7 “D x 9.5” T Available Tri foot Hollow Vessel (Inventory #15.9)
Spalted Maple w/darken edge 9.5″ D x 7.5″ T
Available Tri foot Hollow Vessel (Inventory #15.9)
Spalted Maple w/darken edge 9.5″ D x 7.5″ T
Available Oh-My Series Apple Wood 8.5 in. D x 7.75 in. T Peter Shefler private collection Hollow Vessel 3 in. D x 2.75 in. T Winged Hollow Form w/ tri-foot base Hollow Vessel w/Tri-foot base Hollow Vessel w/bark inclusions “Oh My” Series “Side B” “Oh My” Series “Side A”
Spalted Maple w/African Blackwood Insert
Peter Shefler private collection.
Box Elder 10.5 in. D x 5.75 in T
Available Inventory # 19.10
Box Elder w/Bark inclusions 6 in D x 2.75 in T
Available
Box Elder 4.125 in. D x 3 in. T
Available Inventory # 19-8
Box Elder Hollow Vessel 10.5″ D x 8.125″ T
Available
Box Elder Hollow Vessel 10.5″ D x 8.125″ T
Available