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Here's my latest artistic bowl inspired by Cindy Drozda and others here at our local Turn-Fest 2009. It is made from Budgeroo (Lysicarpus angustifolius) and slightly spalted Bonewood (Acradenia euodiiformis). The inlay rim is made from segmenting smaller pieces together as I don't have much. The bonewood legs also presented problems from small borers , so I just left the holes as is and although I'm not happy, at least it does look natural. The faults and large borer holes in the Budgeroo are filled with sawdust and CA.

The leg joiner pins are from 2mm stainless steel nails cut down. It was all sanded to 1200 and finished with Shellawax then Shellawax Glow. I ended up also buffing the outside with Hut wax on my Swansdown mop to bring back a few dull spots that developed during handling.

Cheers
 

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davinci27

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Wow that is outstanding!! I really love the design accents that you put into it. You've given me alot of things to think about.
 
MDWine

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Nicely done... I am a big fan of those finials.
How big is the bowl? I've heard that the Shellawas is difficult to work with on larger pieces? Just curious...

You seem to have figured it out! ;^)

Nice!
 
Dai Sensei

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Thanks for the comments

MDWine said:
Nicely done... I am a big fan of those finials.
How big is the bowl? I've heard that the Shellawas is difficult to work with on larger pieces? Just curious...

You seem to have figured it out! ;^)

Nice!
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The bowl is 6" dia by 3.5" high. The finial is 4" high and the legs 5.5" long.

Yes, I find Shellawax and Glow is for the smaller bowls, but this is what I consider to be on the limit. Larger bowls I go for the Shellawax Cream - all by Ubeaut here in Aus :cool:
 
patharris

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Beautiful Piece

Very well done and a bequtiful piece to look at. Thanks for sharing it.
Does the pins that hold the legs go all the way through to the inside?
Pat Harris
South Carolina,USA


Dai Sensei said:
Here's my latest artistic bowl inspired by Cindy Drozda and others here at our local Turn-Fest 2009. It is made from Budgeroo (Lysicarpus angustifolius) and slightly spalted Bonewood (Acradenia euodiiformis). The inlay rim is made from segmenting smaller pieces together as I don't have much. The bonewood legs also presented problems from small borers , so I just left the holes as is and although I'm not happy, at least it does look natural. The faults and large borer holes in the Budgeroo are filled with sawdust and CA.

The leg joiner pins are from 2mm stainless steel nails cut down. It was all sanded to 1200 and finished with Shellawax then Shellawax Glow. I ended up also buffing the outside with Hut wax on my Swansdown mop to bring back a few dull spots that developed during handling.

Cheers
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