Hasta La Ideas

File under the time-worn craft category: New Zealand-based woodturner Sören Berger knows his way around a lathe, and—inasmuch as his son Rikki knows his way around a camera—he’s pleased to offer “a small glimpse into making one of my [lamp] shades.”

It’s cool to see the shavings stream from the bit like tickertape, but it seems like an awful lot of scrap for want of a hollow cylinder, beautiful though it may be…

As for Berger’s story? For starters, he’s spent just under three and a half decades in the business and, as a proponent of the ancient art, he’s embraced modern tools and technologies that facilitate the craft.

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