This is a fantastic piece Baxter. The color & spalting is gorgeous. Very nice work.
This is a fantastic piece Baxter. The color & spalting is gorgeous. Very nice work.
Baxter, wow does that wood have some character!! Extremely nice piece. I would consider Leo's suggestion on the NE treatment, and blend it in with the rest.
This one is really well done!
Very nice piece Baxter. I'm with Robert in that if you hadn't said anything about the flat spots I wouldn't have noticed them. I also use the archival pen before I apply a finish.
Tony
Tony
"Soldier On"
Very nice.Got more of that stuff?
Donny
Baxter - really nice! Sure is some pretty wood! Really like the natural edge form!
I've done the same thing with my chainsaw - having cut a blank long before I knew what I was going to turn. No big deal - but you can do as Leo suggests if it bothers you.
I have a series of archival pens (India ink) that I picked up at Michael's Craft store. I sign the wood while still bare and can apply finish within a few seconds. I have also signed after the finish had been applied but made sure to apply a couple of additional coats of finish to protect the signature.
Steve
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That's really a nice looking bowl. The wood is amazing and it looks as good from the bottom as the top. As Leo suggested, you could darken the edge by burning it a little so it all matched. Or you could sand the entire edge down past the natural dark edge, removing the flat surfaces as you go, until it looked consistent. For signing, I've used everything from a fine tip Sharpie to burning with a cheapo woodburner ground to a fine tip to a dremel engraver. I like the dremel engraver best but it's hard to write very small.
Baxter that piece of wood is amazing and you did a great job with it.
It is unfortunate about the flat spots but it is not immediately noticeable.
Sweet piece.
Toney
Very cool, Baxter! It's realy unique and wonderful.
Love the piece Baxter! Great wood too!
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Mike
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Baxter,
Great looking spalted wood, and I always like N.E. bowls. Great work. It is hard to see the flat spots, but if you are not happy with it, then as Leo and Steve suggested should work fine.
I have tried all sorts of ways to sign my name from Archival pens and of late have purchased a very fine tip for my Cub Writer and it seems to work OK, but I might try the Cindy Drozda method. It seems the most personal to me having ones actual signature on the piece.
Regards, Ken
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I use a archival pen (Wal-mark) same as Bernie & Steve before AO & buffing.
Great looking piece... I like the way the edge flows up and down. I agree with the suggestions to modify the flat areas if they bother you. I didn't notice them at first.
I usually sign with a fine tipped sharpie.
I have been using metal stamps,signing my work JF 10
Not very artistic but it gets the job done.
I like that maple bowl,I just got some new spalted maple today.
Thanks for the suggestion and link Gary. Looks like a definite possibility!
Bernie, never even considered archival ink.
Thanks Leo for the suggestion about flattening, sanding, and burning. I like the woodburned look signings that I have done the best. They are just slow and not always real smooth when I hit some grain. Probably if I had a different tip it might make things a little smoother. Never even considered I might still be using a piece from a Christmas craft set 45 years later.
The flat spots don't bother me and with the spalting in them they are hardly noticeable. I just know they are there! Even if I carved, sanded and burned well, I would still know they weren't quite right!
Tried the sharpie David and the AO just about made it vanish.
Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions. They are greatly appreciated!
Beautiful!! Couldn't be better!!