Lobelia

Very nice, there's a ton of detail work in there. What was you carving/sanding method to get the detail of the leaves where one comes out from underneath the previous ones?

You must have a lot of hours on this piece. It is a beautyful.
Norm

Beautiful and beautifully done!

Great work!

Stunning work Mike! Very well done.

Mike, this piece is stunning!

POD 08-09-08
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Thanks all for the kind words and thanks for the POD Kurt, didn't really expect that.

Dave, this was mostly done with power carvers with some work with hand tools. I have to admit that I'm a dentist and used some old dental power tools for this as well, but not the high speed variety that a lot of turners use for pierced work.

Michael:

An absolutely outstanding piece! Any hints as to how you laid-out the Fibonacci spirals? BTW - above 13 or so, the "Golden Mean" ratio is approximated by successive Fibo-numbers (i.e. 21/13; 34/21, 55/34, etc.). Many plants follow this sequence due to pre-programmed cell-division planes and daughter-cell proportions in their apical meristems. Many cacti have their tubercle patterns in this Fibonacci spiral (orthostichies vs. parastichies), as do some gastropod molluscs in their shell spirals. I also enjoy imparting nature motifs into my turnings.... Cheers, Rob Wallace

Fantastic. I want to reach out and touch it. 10. Greg Thomas

Hi Mike-Holy Cow!-this thing is So Cool! I love the form and the carving looks right on. That is amazing-Robin