Maple Leaf

[holmqer]

Maple Leaf pierced and airbrushed from a maple bowl. Made as a part of a piercing and airbrushing demo I gave at a club in Santa Ynez. Inspired by a similar piece by Lynda Zibbideo. Finished with waterborne lacquer.

 

[rizaydog]

Wow! That is amazing. Nice work.

 

[BigE]

Very nice! Did you use a pattern, or is that freehand?

 

[bobjackson]

+ 1 on WOW. Great work.

 

[holmqer]

Thanks everyone!

BigE - The maple leaf I sketched myself on paper till I got one that I liked then re-sized on a copier to match the bowl I started with. The pattern of holes is all freehand.

 

[Bob Wemm]

That is really good and very different. I like the effect, it's a bit on the stunning side.

Thanks for showing Eric.

Bob.

 

[76winger]

I'm amazed to see work like this. It's really beautiful, but I've not yet figure out how you make all the holes. Dremel tool? Dentist's drill? Amazing work!

 

[holmqer]

I'm amazed to see work like this. It's really beautiful, but I've not yet figure out how you make all the holes. Dremel tool? Dentist's drill? Amazing work!

I use a dental drill. Dremel is much slower and has too much vibration to do stuff like this in a reasonable time frame. My hands go numb too fast when using Dremel.

 

[Dick Mahany]

Beautiful

That is a sweet piece. I like everything about it . You did well!

The piercing and coloring on your piece are extremely well done and it looks very delicate. Must have taken a lot of patience !! What type of piercing tool did you use?

 

[Fishinbo]

Amazing and delicate job on the maple leaf. Awesome pattern and piercing job on the dental drill, the effect is stunning.

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[Hendu3270]

I'm amazed to see work like this. It's really beautiful, but I've not yet figure out how you make all the holes. Dremel tool? Dentist's drill? Amazing work!

I use a dental drill. Dremel is much slower and has too much vibration to do stuff like this in a reasonable time frame. My hands go numb too fast when using Dremel.

So when using a dental drill, the vibration doesn't do that to your hands? I've tried using my dremmel to carve on a turning and know exactly what you're talking about. It killed my hand!! No problems with the dental drill?

 

[holmqer]

I'm amazed to see work like this. It's really beautiful, but I've not yet figure out how you make all the holes. Dremel tool? Dentist's drill? Amazing work!

I use a dental drill. Dremel is much slower and has too much vibration to do stuff like this in a reasonable time frame. My hands go numb too fast when using Dremel.

So when using a dental drill, the vibration doesn't do that to your hands? I've tried using my dremmel to carve on a turning and know exactly what you're talking about. It killed my hand!! No problems with the dental drill?

Holding my NSK Presto, I can't tell if it is on by feel, and it is not much bigger than a Sharpie. Have handed it "on" to hundreds of folks at shows and none of them could tell it was on from feel. It does makes that same whistling noise you hear in a dentist office.

 

[holmqer]

That is a sweet piece. I like everything about it . You did well!

The piercing and coloring on your piece are extremely well done and it looks very delicate. Must have taken a lot of patience !! What type of piercing tool did you use?

I use an NSK Presto which is an air powered dental tool. 320,000 RPM

 

[Hendu3270]

I'm amazed to see work like this. It's really beautiful, but I've not yet figure out how you make all the holes. Dremel tool? Dentist's drill? Amazing work!

I use a dental drill. Dremel is much slower and has too much vibration to do stuff like this in a reasonable time frame. My hands go numb too fast when using Dremel.

So when using a dental drill, the vibration doesn't do that to your hands? I've tried using my dremmel to carve on a turning and know exactly what you're talking about. It killed my hand!! No problems with the dental drill?

Holding my NSK Presto, I can't tell if it is on by feel, and it is not much bigger than a Sharpie. Have handed it "on" to hundreds of folks at shows and none of them could tell it was on from feel. It does makes that same whistling noise you hear in a dentist office.

That's awesome. Thanks for the info.