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I’m beginning to bring two of my passions together: woodturning and woodcarving. This isn’t a terribly exciting carving pattern, but forming twelve v-grooves this deep was a challenge nonetheless.
I really like the contrast of natural wood against ebonized wood. I have ebonized many different species of wood with a vinegar/steel wool mixture with great success. This bowl is American Elm… which apparently has no tannin (which ordinarily drives the ebonizing reaction), so my typical mixture left the wood a sickly green. I eventually landed on a black dye, but the quality of black and consistency of color are a bit disappointing to me. The other slight disappointment is that the dye soaked through a few microscopic cracks, migrating to the inner bowl surface and leaving black blemishes which cannot be removed with any amount of sanding.
The overall bowl is 7” diameter and 3 ½” tall. The inner bowl is 3 ¼” diameter. The finish is lacquer.
-- tracyturnerstudio.com
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Blake
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#1 posted 922 days ago
This is SO cool! I like the fact that the cracks are black. Great shape.
-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us
reggiek
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#2 posted 922 days ago
Beautiful bowl, and a great finish. Sounds like a lot of fun to make.
I too have been playing with carving and sculpting turned bowls. It is nice to add another dimension to the classic lathe turnings. Turners have been pushing the envelope these days…and it is alot of fun to do the same. I have played with off center, inside out, diamond, segmented, metal, inlay turning….etc..etc… I am currently trying a sculpted vase with textured inlays…..it is difficult detail work and hopefully it will turn out the way I see it in my mind – either way it is a lot of fun.
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whitedog
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#3 posted 922 days ago
Very nice. Looks like you are having fun with that spinning machine. I like the contrast with black and natural wood.
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Triumph1
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#4 posted 922 days ago
I am with Blake on this one…great shape. Love mixing different passions together!
-- Jeff , Illinois Please...can I stay in the basement a little longer, please!
DocT
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#5 posted 922 days ago
Thanks guys!
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RogerBean
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#6 posted 922 days ago
Very, very nice. I’m most often not a big fan of contrasting wood items, but this works wonderfully. Nice shape, proportions, and textures. Well done.
Roger
-- "Everybody makes mistakes. A craftsman always fixes them." (Monty Kennedy, "The Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks", 1952)
peteg
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#7 posted 922 days ago
nice combination of two skills
-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got
hairy
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#8 posted 922 days ago
That’s pretty cool, Doc! I like it.
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DocT
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#9 posted 922 days ago
Thanks again!
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Kindlingmaker
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#10 posted 921 days ago
The art in your woodworking shows well! A beautiful piece!
-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings
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#11 posted 906 days ago
I too love the contrast between the black and natural wood color. outstanding job.
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