These are the first ornaments I have been serious about making.
They are to be gifts to business friends.
As always, comments and critiques invited.
I really could have provided a lot more information, so here goes;
I started out making the regular round bulbs, but wanted to make something distinctive, something that would hopefully be identifiable as "mine," so, since I do a lot of hollow forms, I decided to try making some ornaments in the shapes I like to make in the larger sizes.
THEN I started on the icicles and caps. I had one finial from a while ago that I REALLY liked, so I set that on a sill next to my lathe and used it as a basis for the icicles. None are identical, but I think the elements are consistent so I'm calling that combination "my" finial/icicle. I'll be making some adjustments and intentional variations, but I have finally seen the light in terms of having a style instead of constantly trying to be constantly unique. You can probably guess which ones I did first and which ones were near the end.