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Andrew Potocnik (Australia) Thuya burr lidded form 12x15cm. SignedI didn’t have the fortune of meeting and gaining a personal insight into Ray and his work and what guided him as a wood turner, however I was aware of his work and his influence on other turners who now build on his legacy to create even greater developments in the craft of woodturning.Ray’s forms are iconic and being invited to participate in this project enabled me to work with a timber I’d never even heard of before, let alone work with.What a journey this piece of wood has made. Thuya burr, (tetraclinis articulate) which is sometimes called Thyine or citron wood from the atlas mountains of Morocco, made its way to the UK, then to my neck of the south east of Australia, reworked and packaged then posted back to Great Britain.Measuring just under 160mm diameter by 90mm high with a wall thickness 10mm and glued to a plywood carrier, it still had masking tape on the inside covering cracks that had received an initial sealing of CA glue and in some cases awaiting what I presume to be a resin filling.My intention in working on this piece was to retain as much of Ray’s initial turning whilst adding my perspective to his personal form, hence I partially filled cracks with Cyano Acrylate glue and coloured epoxy resin without touching inner parts of the form which still featured Ray’s tool marks and masking tape.Adding a cover to the form of figured Maple I brought back home from my 2004 ITE residency in Philadelphia, I then sought an Australian timber similar in colour to the Thuya bowl… All in all, this piece is a representation of how far the world of woodturning has grown in recent years. We now know people we’ve never met, we converse with people we really don’t know; however the bottom like is respect.Without meeting a person we can respect their work, and having never met Ray Key, I respect his work and hope that my contribution to his form would gain his approval.And when you lift the lid you’ll see Ray’s tool marks and masking tape…The Ray Key Collaboration Auction
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