Elemental Conflict

[holmqer]

Elemental Conflict. Sycamore bowl pierced and airbrushed. The competing elements of fire and water are in balance. The piercing was my public demo at the New England Woodworking Show. Finished with waterborne lacquer. Roughly 9" (22cm) across.

 

[jimbolaya]

WOW! That is a stunningly beautiful bowl.
Jim

 

[Jim15]

That is outstanding.

 

[Rockytime]

Beautiful work. How was the piercing done?

 

[holmqer]

Beautiful work. How was the piercing done?

The piercing was done with a pneumatic dental handpiece. These are roughly 320,000 RPM rotary tools.

 

[Charlie_W]

Beautiful piece Eric!
Binh Pho would give you a thumbs up!
The turning, design, piercing, and airbrushing all come together here!

 

[magpens]

Exquisite !!!

 

[Sataro]

Wow!!! That is an amazing piece of work! Beautiful!

 

[Edgar]

Awesome!

 

[Bob Wemm]

Absolutely stunning.

 

[jttheclockman]

Hello Eric

This is truely a stunning piece. Well thought out and designed. The elements all blend together. I always enjoy work that is above the norm and this is such a piece. Excellent. Thanks for showing.

 

[JimB]

That is an amazing piece of art!

 

[holmqer]

Thanks everyone, this piece was quite different for me. I rarely use opaque colors, and never on the inside of a bowl so the black between the flames and waves was a big change in style. I had made water bowls and fire bowls but never combined the two design elements before.

Doing the piercing as my public demo, I had to be careful to time it right to finish at the end of day 3 of the Woodworking Show as they were doing the drawing for the bandsaw. Fortunately there were enough people asking questions that I spent more time talking about the process and tools than I spent actually piercing.

 

[Jgrden]

'Shoot A Mile" that is beautiful. How many hours was put into that? How'd you make those holes? I hope not one at a time !?!?!?!?

 

[holmqer]

'Shoot A Mile" that is beautiful. How many hours was put into that? How'd you make those holes? I hope not one at a time !?!?!?!?

They are made one at a time with a dental handpiece. Freehand layout of the bubbles within the lines drawn for the flames and waves.

 

[Divingdad]

Nice to see how it came out. My wife and I were one of the people who stopped to talk with you at the show. Great job.

Dave
Harwinton, CT

 

[flyitfast]

If envy is bad then I'm really baaaaad! That is really inspirational.....
Gordon

 

[qquake]

Unbelievably gorgeous!

 

[campzeke]

WOW! Nothing else to say. Just WOW!