Our town's art's council wanted to display our club's turnings, and we had a nice reception last Friday night to kick off the 2 week exhibit. Seeing an opportunity to support the local arts, I entered a variety of turnings for display. You have seen some of these but not others.
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When I arrived at the reception, the director took me over to the eucalyptus burl hollow form (4th from the left ) and explained that she dropped the finial and broke it during set up. I was disappointed, to say the least. About an hour after the reception started, one of the customers backed into the podium on which my buckeye burl HF was sitting (3rd from the left). She knocked it off onto the floor and broke the finial and base. Unbelievable! Two pieces were broken. The only good to come out of it was that ONLY the finials were broken. Both "globes" remained intact. There is no way to recoup the loss. I can turn new finials but wouldn't be able to replace the unique wood for the hollow forms. I haven't decided how I am going to repair the base for the buckeye burl piece. The other 4 pieces are still on display and will hopefully be intact when I pick them up next week.
Here are the broken pieces:
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