Re: A bench.

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A bench.

Chris Head 28/10/2007, 15:14

Don't think I've posted this before?

It was a tryout for some techniques that had been bugging me, the style will be part of a garden dining set (or interior setting I guess) I'm working on for next year.

The weight is in the region of 170 kilos of Oak & took three of us to move it.

It's combines chainsaw and joinery work & has two coats of a good quality lasure on it; although the owner has darkened it down now. Sad [:(]

Re: A bench.

powerdesal 28/10/2007, 15:25
Interesting style Chris, not really my cup of tea but certainly striking.

I see this one as more "you" ( you've seen it before).

Steve
now ex-Sharjah + 50 (in France)
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Re: A bench.

Chris Head 28/10/2007, 15:33
Yeah I remember that one Steve, it's not really my thing, can't really put my finger on it but it's almost as if something natural has been overworked, it feels as if it's trying to be something it's not if you get my drift? Thank god we all have different tastes eh?

Re: A bench.

sweet 17 28/10/2007, 15:43

powerdesal wrote:
Interesting style Chris, not really my cup of tea but certainly striking.

I see this one as more "you" ( you've seen it before).

Steve

Is that one you made earlier? If I gave you the wood, would you make me one too? Wink [;-)]

Re: A bench.

Gastines 28/10/2007, 16:38

Brilliant. I used to have a few bits of Mouseman furniture,long gone I'm afraid to say but I hope you put your mark on your products?

Mind you it did bring The Wizard of Oz and his Munchkins to mind.

That reminds me.... When I told my sister-in-law that I'd just read that the last of the Munchkins has just died, she replied" Does Ken Dodd know?"

Regards.

Re: A bench.

Chris Head 29/10/2007, 4:52

God that's going back some Gastines; I sort of recall the Munchkins, just! Yes it's signed.

Re: A bench.

Pierre ZFP 29/10/2007, 10:08
I like both those styles, is the super smooth finish the result of hours and hours of sanding? Also, is the one in the picture above (not Chris's, the other one) made from the root part of a tree?

Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me 3 times and you can see a statistical tendency

Re: A bench.

powerdesal 29/10/2007, 13:51
I wish I could claim it as a piece of my work. It was a photo taken in Thailand, near Chiang Mai. I have no idea if its from the root, I do know it was very expensive, even for Thailand.

Steve
now ex-Sharjah + 50 (in France)
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Re: A bench.

Chris Head 29/10/2007, 17:21
There's alorra of hours in that bench Steve, so it should be a decent price, I dont think it's a root piece.

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