Outside the Comfort Zone

JSPipes · Post by **JSPipes** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:15 am

I'm starting to experiment a little. I think seeing Jeff Gracik's pipes in person gave me some inspiration. So I thought I'd give some of those "creases" a go. Here's my latest run.

In this case, the crease serves to delineate between the straight grain on the side and the birdseye on the bottom.

pierredekat · Post by **pierredekat** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:24 am

I love the way that you have captured the grain here.

I never really appreciated how hard this was to do until I attempted a blowfish on my own. Suffice it to say that my first attempt at a blowfish is still unfinished and will probably become a shop pipe, once I whittle it down a little more.

But yeah, very nice.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:58 pm

Really nice bud! The line on the bottom would have been cleaner if you could have kept it strait, but that's a small critique on a great pipe.

flix · Post by **flix** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:49 pm

Great idea. Hope you don't mind if it gets "borrowed"!

JSPipes · Post by **JSPipes** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:11 am

flix wrote:Great idea. Hope you don't mind if it gets "borrowed"!

Feel free. And make sure to post a picture!

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:16 pm

I have several sketches of pipes I'd like to make with a similar design, but as your post title states, "out of the comfort zone", I just haven't gone there yet. Great job on this one. Looks good and seeing it "in person" as opposed to as a concept helps get my head around ways to proceed. Good stuff!!

TreverT · Post by **TreverT** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:40 pm

The difficult thing about pipes like that is keeping the stain even, without having bright edges and scratches all down in the crease. Pipes with lots of creases are a good way to make yourself insane..

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:52 pm

TreverT wrote:Pipes with lots of creases are a good way to make yourself insane..

As opposed to memorizing every horror movie made since 1945?

ArtGuy · Post by **ArtGuy** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:49 pm

Hey, I resemble that remark.

TreverT · Post by **TreverT** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:11 am

Nick wrote:
TreverT wrote:Pipes with lots of creases are a good way to make yourself insane..
As opposed to memorizing every horror movie made since 1945?

That doesn't take work, that just comes naturally.

And BTW, I actually start with Tod Browning's "Dracula" in 1931....