critique my transition
critique my transition
While waiting on my larger stem material to get here, I decided to play a little with another shape. Since I've had trouble getting my transitions down I thought I would have you guy's critique this before I go further. Unfortunately it has a couple pits that I will have to fill, I don't want to rusticate this one.
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Re: critique my transition
The bottom looks good. The top and sides need to be a bit more defined.
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scotties22 wrote:The bottom looks good. The top and sides need to be a bit more defined.
After I posted this, I studied it for awhile and did exactly what you said before you posted.
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Basically on ANY shape, but it shows up most on these cherrywood types (and acorns - stuff where the shank is not at the bottom of the bowl), you want to carry whatever line you established with the bowl shape right through to the bottom - if it's straight, make it all straight, if there's a curve, make it a single uniform geometric curve - I've added one here just so you can see your deviation *at this angle* - of course, it has to be right at every angle, that's what's so hard!
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Sas has the right idea, but didn't quite take it far enough to achieve true balance and elegance.
Add this to what he said, and you'll be all the way there:
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Add this to what he said, and you'll be all the way there:
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Thanks SasSasquatch wrote:Basically on ANY shape, but it shows up most on these cherrywood types (and acorns - stuff where the shank is not at the bottom of the bowl), you want to carry whatever line you established with the bowl shape right through to the bottom - if it's straight, make it all straight, if there's a curve, make it a single uniform geometric curve - I've added one here just so you can see your deviation *at this angle* - of course, it has to be right at every angle, that's what's so hard!
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I like it George, but only if you make the stem for me. I am super impressed with your stems, absolutely gorgeous. Maybe someday I can do one 1/4 as good as yours.LatakiaLover wrote:Sas has the right idea, but didn't quite take it far enough to achieve true balance and elegance.
Add this to what he said, and you'll be all the way there:
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Commando raid and a beating, George.
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" Never show an idiot an unfinished pipe!"- same guy
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Or George could show me how to do one proper.DocAitch wrote:Commando raid and a beating, George.
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UFOs must be real. There's no other explanation for cats.
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I looked up this carver on Pipedia. He was a contemporary and we are the same age, but I never heard of him. Guess that I was too insular. I met a few carvers back then including Ann Julie, but never got out of Baltimore.
I have to say that I wouldn’t have liked his stuff then and still don’t like it now.
Ah well, check out my signature.
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I have to say that I wouldn’t have liked his stuff then and still don’t like it now.
Ah well, check out my signature.
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-Charles Hollyday, pipe maker, reluctant mentor, and curmudgeon
" Never show an idiot an unfinished pipe!"- same guy
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" Never show an idiot an unfinished pipe!"- same guy
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Why does this remind me of the old kool-aid pitchers?
LatakiaLover wrote:40 years ago, there was a carver who actually did stuff like that:
https://pipedia.org/wiki/Micoli
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Looks like a fat guy that's shat his wingsuit, to me.
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Hell, now I can't un-see it.
UFOs must be real. There's no other explanation for cats.
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Bwaahahahahahahah!LatakiaLover wrote:
Well played, George and Todd.
"Hettinger, if you stamp 'hand made' on a dog turd, some one will buy it."
-Charles Hollyday, pipe maker, reluctant mentor, and curmudgeon
" Never show an idiot an unfinished pipe!"- same guy
-Charles Hollyday, pipe maker, reluctant mentor, and curmudgeon
" Never show an idiot an unfinished pipe!"- same guy
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The day George found out about Photoshop was the beginning of the end of pipemakersforum.com.
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On a constructive note (ahem..heehee), I like this pipe. The only other thing I see is that it appears you have a slight reverse taper on the shank and stem. One rule of reverse tapers is that it must look intentional/deliberate, otherwise it just looks like a mistake. A subtle taper would look better on this shape.