This One's For You

 Maybe.

 Would this look good over a dining table in Sausalito, CA?

Before we get to that though.  I first built and put this together at 82 Ringold in SF in 1988.

Then took it apart, moved it the Mission District for some years, took it apart, moved it to the Dogpatch.

Moved it across the bay to Oakland 7 years ago.

I'm done with it.  Took it apart for the last time.

I actually built two of these, sold the other one, hell maybe twenty years ago.  Both cost $1700 to make, paid for themselves by job #2 so I'd like to say thank you to them.  Well done, you never let me down.

Back to wavy form.

Slowly forcing it into shape.

 

Sorta reminds me of a Bat Ray when they swim.

Alright, eye candy time.

Cone, Cylinder, Square

 

At this point I've run through the three grand forms.  Did some cone, cylinder and square ones.

I'm going to run through them again until the wood is gone and then move onto phase 2.

Square.

Lots of photos, few words.  

Square if you trace a line around the four outside points of these next two.

Without a lightbulb(s) in yet, I'm just using the sun.  Holding it with my hand to manipulate it to reveal itself best I could without an internal light source.

Hopefully you can see the block print is on the inside, only showing itself when light shines through.

Veneers were sliced with this beautiful saw.

Inside cuts made on this, a Chevalet.  

Above was how I sketched it but decided to add another element in the center.

That's it for now!

The Big Three

 I'll come back to the cylindrical forms, and I may remake this one.  I learned quite a bit from it and want to do a slightly different take on this.  If I have enough material at the end.

Conical,  Cylindrical and now moving onto Square forms.  Square as in right angle squares.

Two of these.

One on the bottom, one on top.

 

They were joined with this long very delicate strip.

I may have cracked the magnet code.  By putting tape on the magnets and forming little handles I can fulcrum them off in a pretty controlled manner.  The problem is the wood is so thin that it doesn't take much movement before it cracks.