John Wessels Pictures for AW Article ...
Carl here are pictures of John Wessels pieces for the AW article.
I have loaded the pictures in the format you require for publication and have annotated them with the text that John sent me.
I have placed them here on my 'odds and ends' blog for the meantime as John does not want the pictures publicised before the AWSA Conference in April as he will be exhibiting the pieces there and obviously would like them to be a surprise at the event.
This is not my regular woodturning blog and has no links to it from any of my own sites so people would only come across it by the most unlikely chance.
I'll transfer the post to my regular woodturning post after the AWSA Conference.
Here is the info John provided me with,
"I am a retired airline pilot. I also did a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and worked for five years in this field. I flew for South African Airways for 30 years. My wife Jane and myself live on a farm on the coast near a village called Wilderness.
Last year I turned 'Birth' and 'Lizard' for the 2006 AWSA Congress. The idea of pewter came from a local craft market where pewter was put on to candle holders. When I was ten years old, I did pewter lessons with my mother, and this all started me thinking.
'Schalk's Challenge' is a theme set each year by Schalk van Niekerk. This year, 2007, pieces entered for 'Schalk's Challenge' must comprise at least a faceplate turned component and two identical spindle turned pieces.
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Birth, 2006
200 mm dia x 55 mm H
"This piece won John the award for 'best on show' at the 2006 AWSA Conference"
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Lizard, 2006
530 mm dia x 10 mm thickBlue gum burl and pewter lizard
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Close-up of 'Lizard'
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Closer-up of 'Lizard'
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Apples – a Baker’s Dozen, 2007
120mm x 480 mm
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Apples
50 – 60 mm H x 60 – 75 mm dia
Apples: 2 x Red Ivory, Cocobolo, Coolibah Burl, Stinkwook Burl, Wild Olive, Terbalnche. Big Leaf Maple Burl, Macassar Evony, Pepper Tree Burl, African Blackwood, Spalted Ironwood, and an unknown burl from my mother’s garden.
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Twin, 2007
55mm x 200 mm
African Blackwood railtie and Coolibah Burl with Pewter.
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Twin, 2007
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Twin, 2007
Underside
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Twin, 2007
Underside
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Twin, 2007
Underside
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Friends, 2007
320mm x 60 m (salt & pepper)
60mm x 255 mm (blowl)
Curly Maple, Red Ivory, African Blackwood (Ash, Walnut and Wenge veneer)
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Friends, 2007
Close up
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Friends, 2007
Close up
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Friends, 2007
Close up
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Brother and Sister, 2007
105mm x 65 mm (Brother)
60mm x 100 mm (Sister)African Blackwood railtie and Wild Olive with pewter.
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Brother and Sister, 2007
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Black Magic, 2007
45mm x 165mm
Ebony with pewter
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Vineyard, 2007
70mm x 235 mm
Blue gum burl and Hard Pear with pewter