This vase is unusual in the fact that each ring has one more wedge than the one below. The bottom ring consist of 8 wedges, the next 9 and so on until the top ring of 48. Doing the calculations yields 1184 then adding the solid base makes 1185 pieces in the vase.
How it is done.
I have a set of wedges that can exactly make wedges containing 8, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 30, 32, 36, 40, 45, or 48. These wedges are used to cut angles on the wood sections allowing wedges to fit to make a perfect ring of 360 degrees. For example the 360/8 yields 45 degrees wedges.
The rings from these wedges are shown in the vase as a single wood(oak). To get the odd ring wedges you can take for example the 8 wedges and only make 7 wedges, then add 2 wedges of a different wedge set and get nine wedges. The trick is that degrees of all the wedges must total 360. These are shown in the darker wood. The cherry wood is the attempt to show how the base ring is changed to get the correct segment count for the ring. The vase is about 15" high and 12" at the widest.
This will go to an auction LOML adds dried flowers.
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