This 12-inch tall wood ‘multicolor’ sculpture of ascending wood varieties was created on a lathe using a technique known as therming. Not everything created on a lathe has to be round. Therming uses a rotary drum on the lathe with offset (but parallel) centerlines that enables multiple spindles to be turned to the same shape at the same time. Three spindles including cherry, maple and poplar, were turned to shape, finished and mounted on a center column to create this sculpture. Finish is Watco oil, buffed on the Beall system. The center column is finished in satin black to contrast with the wood. An insert image on the bottom of the main image shows the spindles nearing completion on the therming rig.
