Our First Ornament Together

[Mrs. Charlie_W]

My numberone hubby turned a beautiful curly maple ornament with an ebony finial and had me do some wood burning on it. I was able to wood burn, wood punch and gild, and paint. I didn't have any stains or paints so we used a colored pencil to get some pencil shavings and mixed some food safe oil to make a wash effect. We had a fantastic time working together on this. Charlie_W is awesome!:angel:

 

[Marnat3]

That is a beautiful ornament.

 

[MikeL]

What a great looking ornament. It looks fantastic!

 

[ttm7]

purdy

 

[kingkeyman]

I love it!

 

[ctubbs]

No Words. For once they fail me.

 

[Edward Cypher]

Great team effort!!!

 

[Charlie_W]

My Wonderful Wifey did a terrific job on taking this ornament and kicking it up! I was really impressed with the finished piece.
For me, this was my first turned ornament and first finial too. The ornament is semi-hollowed, the tree is part of the ornament. The ebony finial, though hard, turned nicely with a sharp 3/8" spindle gouge..
The finish is 2 coats of Tung oil finish wiped on and after drying, I wiped on some paste wax and gave it a rub down with some Liberon 4/0 steel wool followed with a piece of cotton T shirt for a soft sheen.
Thanks so much for the encouraging comments!

 

[Cwalker935]

That is pure art. Very cool.

 

[turncrazy43]

That is one super ornament. A one of a kind. That must have taken a long time. Great job together and it must have been fun working on it for both of you. Thanks for sharing.
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[SDB777]

Very original design, there isn't much I can say about the project....since I don't make ornaments or pyro anything. Just wanted to let you know how great this is!!



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[Sataro]

Very pretty ornament!

 

[stonepecker]

THAT is a work of art. Very very nice.

Would love to see you put together a video for the library to use.

 

[LBurns5980]

Beautiful ornament and a display of wonderful craftsmanship.

 

[nava1uni]

Very nice