Making a Stick Vase


Part 1

This video takes us through the first steps of making a stick bowl or vase.  In this case we are making a vase.

We start out in the forest where woods such as spalted maple, red pine, black cherry and ash are found.  We move through the drying stages to the initial processing of the wood so that it can be laminated.

These videos are instructional and can be used to construct a vase.



Addenda to Part 1

In the video above Jim refers to a separate video dealing with determining the length of the segments of the original branch using CorelDRAW.  

This video discusses in detail how Jim uses CorelDRAW to arrive at the sizes for the sticks cut from the original branch.




Part 2

This video completes the preparation of the sticks and ends with a lamination that can be used for the concentric ring process.




Part 3

This video deals with the design of the vase and the laying out of the rings on the wood surface.
Full Length Video

This video covers everything in the first 3 parts and takes the process to the final turning of the vase.  At that point the turning and finishing is similar to completing other turnings.

This video is just over 1 hour in length.
Metamorphosis

This is the piece that was made in the video above, "The Art of the Stick". The photograph was taken by Pete Paterson.

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