Lipstick on a Pig

BEAUTIFUL…................. Where do you get all your great looking woods? All of your bowls are such great artist pieces. I also like the name you gave to this piece. Very fitting.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Very nice! Is the Briwax considered food-safe, or is this a display piece?

Rikkor, Briwax can not have any water. It is a display piece.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Thanks. You can display it proudly.

trifern: You are getting a lot of great mileage out of your dye and liming wax technique.
Keep it up!

-- Randy, Rustic Artisan (sixth generation) - "I am a seeker, not a follower."

...sounds like politics as usual to me. Great work.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

that is the greatest name, one way to mix woodworking and politics.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

Beautiful!!! I like the name of this one. Is it a gift for Obama?

-- Dennis Zongker

Very nice piece, I missed your other posts of leather dyed pieces and had to go check them out, all of them are amazing.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

I don’t know what’s better… these colored bowls, or the names you’ve been coming up with!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

LOL! Lipstick on a Pig! Too cool! Beautiful piece!

Looking forward to trying some of these dyed pieces… the hard part will be coming up with the names! ;)

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

Very nice! So how did you get it on the pig? I think the color of lipstick you’re referring to is “Pink Jungle”. Ever see the movie? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pink_Jungle

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Leatyher dye ! who would have thought . Really fantsatic idea. I get all my good ideas here with my fellow jocks well done nicely turned and dyed.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

That is awesome! You should send that one to Sara Palin. LOL.

Okay, I lost the site where you give the process for this. Can you help recall where it is?

Thanks,
-Jon

-- http://inhisgrip1.blogspot.com/

Great Job Joe. Wonderful color and texture. Like our art teacher always said, “you want to make people want to touch the piece or rub it.” It looks like that to me, like you want to touch it. Nice.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

HAHAHAHAHAA…..The name is fantastic , Joe ! The color and turning are awesome too . Great job once again ! To think that I burned the Catalpa tree that we cut down a few years back is really starting to bother me after seeing all of your great bowls : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Interesting name Joe, very topical. Great job on the bowl. Is this wood in it’s natural state very plain?.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

This is another wonderful piece, Joe. I probably say that about each one you post but they all are gorgeous. To tell the truth I don’t know where you are finding enough catalpa to make all these. I have two catalpa trees in my backyard that are about 10 years old and they are only about 3 inches in diameter at the base. I can just imagine how old the trees were that produced stock of this size.

Keep the posts coming. Maybe by the time my trees are old enough to harvest I will have a lathe and be able try something like this. :)

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Thanks for all the kind remarks. I really appreciate them all.

Jon, here is the link for my blog on liming.

Grumpy, I will take a photograph of the next catalpa piece prior to dyeing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Joe, in addition to the great turning you do, I look forward to the interesting names you give your pieces. This one is great in both respects. Keep them coming.

By the way, where do you get your catalpa?

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Joe, what a great piece and a great name too. I agree with Charlie…I like the names you come up with…and your work continues to be fantastic.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas