Groovy!

[Charlie_W]

Here is a vase I turned and embellished recently.
Turned from cherry, hollowed, textured with vertical striations capped by a Blackwood collar. 3" diameter, 6.5" tall
The vase was airbrushed with black stain inside and out, dry brushed with about 20 shades of acrylic paint and lightly dusted with satin lacquer spray.
The collar was ebonized with India ink for uniform coloring and finished with Renaissance wax.
Textured the bottom as well.
This was a fun project!

 

[Cwalker935]

Very cool

 

[Jim15]

Wow!! That's awesome.

 

[liljohn1368]

That is a nice vase.....

 

[magpens]

Lovely work !!!!

 

[Herb G]

Far out man!

 

[Jim Smith]

Beautiful work! I'm curious how you did the vertical striations? What tool(s) did you use and any special techniques. Very interesting look on a beautiful work of art.

Jim Smith

 

[Charlie_W]

Beautiful work! I'm curious how you did the vertical striations? What tool(s) did you use and any special techniques. Very interesting look on a beautiful work of art.

Jim Smith

Thanks Jim,
I used a router bit in a hand held flex shaft tool. You can also use a pneumatic die grinder if you have enough air to run it.

HUGE CAUTION!!!! Keep all thumbs, fingers and clothing away from this router bit which is running at 25,000 rpm.......I don't want to see any bloody pics.

 

[Charlie_W]

Thanks all for the compliments and likes!

IAP is a great sounding board to see how folks respond to something you create!
Many times, one can get excellent feedback and additional tips on how to make an item or technique even better!