last class

woodturning
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

my last intro to woodturning class came and went this past sun. we only had until noon to work, then clean, so i was frantically finishing the lidded goblet thing, not that i cared that much for it, but it was something that incorporated different techniques. i wanted to see if i could do it. i think i should have made the ring diameter smaller, carved out more of the inside and did a more thorough job sanding, but considering the limited time, i had to rush it a bit.

the cylindrical container i made the week before. it was nicely shaped until i tried to do the last bit of sanding of the top and bottom with sand paper mounted to a hand drill. i think i made it a little worse trying to take a shortcut, so now i'll have to go back and manually sand it.

the teacher from the segmented bowl and closed form vessel class came to convince us to take his class. other people in the class were encouraging me to take more classes, saying i am a natural. i do like that my skills are coming along, and enjoying making things, but i'll have to see if time permits.