mac;
I think the question of when to stop has plagued me in both of my last two
"hobbies". Specifically when to stop sanding! I used to do custom auto body
work and inevitably couldn't stop sanding just a little more on that little
flaw, till I had to redo the entire body panel. Now with the woodworking, I
find myself never being quite satisfied with a project finish, till I have
to redo the whole section!!


"mac davis" wrote in message
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This piece is nothing special, just wanted to illustrate a point..

I think that in turning, as well as other art forms, knowing when to stop
is as
important as knowing how to make or do the work..

Could I have made the piece really, really round?
Sure.. but besides being smaller and maybe bottom heavy, I think it would
be
less interesting....

I noticed several years and a wife ago that it's very true with painters..
My ex-wife would do what I thought was a nice painting and then try to
make it
better by adding more detail, color, shadow, whatever... Usually it hurt
more
than helped...

I'm not trying to be Arch or Charlie here, just curious if anyone else had
opinions about "when to stop" or "when it's finished"..


mac

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