Pads Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Wot u mean ,,,your always giving me stick , thought I'd bark back for once !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 JJ, it all looks absolutely beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 JJ to GG!! Thank you. I love doing it and that helps[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherman Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I know others have said it but your work is absolutely fantastic. You are a craftsman and an artist and it gives great pleasure in just looking at the photographs. It would be great to see a few more if you have the time to post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 Fisherman, you are very kind and thank you! I have been called an artist for a boat load of years, but it has normally been because of the pint glass in my hand[:$] It is somewhat of a surprise that the meaning seems to have changed fairly reciently? I still managed to keep the glass in hand, but not when I have sharp instruments, or high speed bits of wood at hand too![:-))]I will continue to post photos of what I do, but a look at my web site and photobucket page in my signature has most of what I do. It is a lovely hobby when you can pick up a log that could very easily finish up on the fire and discover just what it hides? The candle stick at the very beginning of this post proves that to me. The proverbial uguly duckling that bit of Russian olive from our garden!Another lovely thing of turning, as I have said before, is that when you are forming something you can see the shape of the spinning wood[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/DSC07246.jpg[/IMG]But you don't just don't really see what you have until you stop the lathe[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/DSC07245.jpg[/IMG]And it is one of the best parts of what I do. This vase is a piece of spalted beech (spalting is when the fungus starts to attack and break down fallen logs) and although I knew there would be a pattern there is no way of knowing what it is till you see the stationary piece.I have been turning now for about 16 years and every piece is fresh. How many people can say that, apart from turners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 Back in the workshop again. This time for a Lazy Susan. Anyone know what the name is in French?Also, anyone know what these are called in french http://www.axminster.co.uk/triangle-lazy-susan-bearing-prod20991/?searchfor=lazy%20susan%20bearingJust done another bit and finished it a couple of daze back. 17"diameter top Good fun making this one, especially turning 36 ash balls 5/8" diameter!Nearly made me dafter than I am already, but it don't arf look nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Yes, Jonz, don't it (look nice I mean)[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemonimo Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Absolutely lovely Jonz... well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Jonz, just reading through this post...amazing !!! beautiful...!!! tell you what, my job takes me to many places around the world (Russia, Europe, Middle-East, North Africa, South-Africa)...Is there any kind of wood you would like to work on? I would be happy to bring a (smallish) log back for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Thank you Gemonimo. As I have said before, I love doing what I do.Thank you too Eric, as above. That is very kind of you. Most of the wood that I use is local stuff. One of the woods that I would love to get hold of is olive. Should not be too dificult here, but lots of other turners are looking for it too! We are going to one of the olive oil producers soon and I will ask there what the possibility is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 I bin back in my workshop again today to finish a couple of bits. This is one of them, I didn't make the clock bit The Small spindles are 1/8" diameter and aren't as difficult as they seem to turn. Before I sealed and laquered it I did a dry assemblyNow it has been sanding sealed which gives it a finish like silk and then melamine laquer and buffed and assembled. It can either stand on its ownor hang on the wallGood ere init Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Just beautiful....really is. What an artist ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Wow JJ ..very clever No wonder you never email me any more to busy playing with bits of wood ..... 8>( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 [quote user="Pads"]Wow JJ ..very clever [/quote]See what can be achieved when not wasting ones time on here (note to self) [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Jonz, I see you are getting more adventurous with your designs and your skills are improving all the time.This is such a nice piece; good to look at and very functional.That's the essense of good design, of course: beauty AND funtionality. I don't like the one without the other!Well done, Jonz [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Thank you for all of your lovely comments[blink]I had forgotten to say what size the clock insert is. It's 2 3/4" diameter and the whole thing is 14" long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 The woodwork forum I am on certainly keeps me thinking! They are running a monthly challenge where you have to make a specific item each month. This is the second year of it and it has been a challenge in lots of ways! This month the item is a suspended/supported ball. Almost anything goes as long as it's all turned wood and the ball doesn't touch the base! Good game, good game!I couldn't get into my workshop during the cold snap so had to get going and I finished up with this. The ball is cedar, chain French cherry and the base/crescent beech, form the fire wood pile! with the tiny balls done in ash, it's s a bit stronger..Good fun and it looks nice on our mantle!! For the quick ones, yes there are 3 rings in the chain as I decided that it could then be either in the middle or near the bottom of the crescent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 On the topic of woodwork anybody heard form Chris Head recently ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 I've not heard of Chris for several years now? I was thinking of him a few days ago when I was sorting through some bits and bobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Very nice Big J .... now you just have to work out wot its for !! ;))Really its very clever ... xNow can you make me one of these http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/bst080606/product-detailJMBmKRUAIuWT/China-Barrel-Shape-Wooden-Puzzles-BT0307-.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Wots it for?? Good grief woman, it's for lookin at! It's a moon ball, I thought that was obvious[:P]I already have one of those barrels. Had it fer years. Why would I want another one?[blink][kiss][kiss]The snow's gone off yer 'ill now!![:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 To put yer beer in dear John..... To put yer beer in.....Just in time for my next visit then ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi Ok Really Really nice piece....just thinking out loud .. when you see some thing like this it could be for sale in Argos for £2 .99 with made by Jonzjob China stamped on the base or .............................for sale in Sotheby`s a genuine Jonzjob ... reserve price $3,000,000 !!! crazy world we live in . still like it Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Sold to that man for the knockdown price of $2.999.999 [:-))]Cheap or what [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 [quote user="idun"]Can't resist, this lady's not for turning! ............sorry[Www] No I don't turn, a friend of ours used to in France and make all sort of wonderful things. We are back in England and I had been considering a 'finishing wood' course, so I hope that I'll find one somewhere to do one this autumn, the lovely photos of your work have reminded me.[/quote]Idun, did you ever get to your finishing course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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