Thread: A No-Wedding Gift

The strikingly beautiful daughter of some friends of ours had announced her engagement with much enthusiasm about a year ago. We met the lucky guy at a party last winter. Perhaps it was partly my thinly veiled envy but I told Scarlett on the way home that I was less than impressed with the young lady's choice for a husband. For lack of any better description, to me the guy seeme like a total putz. As my vote carried no weight in the decison, our friends scheduled the wedding for August 15th.

Well, I was right! The bride to be found her dear fiancee was shopping the gay singles ads on pornographic swingers websites. She made this discovery a week before the big day (which is infinitely better than finding out a week after the big day.) The nuptials were called off. After meeting the guy I suspected she accepted his proposal only to get a gift from me. To show my support, I made her a gift anyway. It is made from Canadian big leaf maple burl, Macassar ebony and turquoise:



I hope she likes it. I'm sure it beats being a beard for some creepy putz.

How could she NOT like it, Brad? It's GORGEOUS. I wish I was not getting married, too...

That's a beautiful gift. Now, if you could manage a photo of the girl that would be most appreciated!

Originally Posted by ben.mid

That's a beautiful gift. Now, if you could manage a photo of the girl that would be most appreciated!

As requested. The recipient of my gift is the taller of these two lovely sisters:

Ha! Thanks! They're both lovely. I really hope she enjoy's the gift you made for her.

Beautiful thing, I'm guessing jewelry dish of some sort?

Red

Brad man, you do some gorgeous woodwork. She's gonna love it. Wish I could finish wood like you. Maybe someday after as much practise huh?

Originally Posted by Big Red

Beautiful thing, I'm guessing jewelry dish of some sort?

Red

Red,

One of the best things about being an artist as opposed to a craftsman is that my work doesn't have to serve any purpose at all. I have a catch-all name for everything that has no specific purpose but is not quite a sculpture. I would call this a "candy dish".

This is a fragment of a much larger bowl. I freaked a bunch of people out when I entered my "bowl fragment" phase. I was in the shop where I teach and I turned a very nice bowl on the lathe. Then I took it to the band saw and cut it up. People were shouting at me. They were saying they would be thrilled if they could make such a nice bowl. One guy said he would have bought the bowl for his wife. I had to show them my design drawings to prove I hadn't tripped off the line and gone on a destructive rampage. This piece is a fragment of the same bowl that spawned the two fragments I used in this "candy dish" which now lives in Belgium. It was the 50th anniversary gift for the parents of a friend who is my biggest patron:
It is called Flight.

At first glance I thought it was an old Pentium planted inside a bowl.

Originally Posted by icedog

Red,

One of the best things about being an artist as opposed to a craftsman is that my work doesn't have to serve any purpose at all. I have a catch-all name for everything that has no specific purpose but is not quite a sculpture. I would call this a "candy dish".

This is a fragment of a much larger bowl. I freaked a bunch of people out when I entered my "bowl fragment" phase. I was in the shop where I teach and I turned a very nice bowl on the lathe. Then I took it to the band saw and cut it up. People were shouting at me. They were saying they would be thrilled if they could make such a nice bowl. One guy said he would have bought the bowl for his wife. I had to show them my design drawings to prove I hadn't tripped off the line and gone on a destructive rampage. This piece is a fragment of the same bowl that spawned the two fragments I used in this "candy dish" which now lives in Belgium. It was the 50th anniversary gift for the parents of a friend who is my biggest patron:
It is called Flight.

I, for one, like it. It's an awesome idea and looks great. I think candy dish sums it up quite well in fact.