Burned Bois d' Arc HF

[Cody Colston]

This vessel was inspired by Wally Dickerman's "Giraffe" turning on the cover of Woodturner's Catalog a couple months ago. I PM'd Wally and he gave me his blessing to use the design.

Mine is the inverse of Wally's as I burned the lines vs the spots. It was a lot of tedious work for me and I doubt I'll be making a production run of these. :D

It's 5 1/2" x 11'. The finial is ebonized with black, liquid shoe polish. Finish is three coats of Deft gloss spray lacquer.

Thanks for looking and thanks Wally for the inspiration.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

My...My....My.....My! Cody that is stunning! Just plain stunning!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow Cody that is a beauty. I really like the finial. Well done.

[ROY DICK]

Cody,
I am on the way to Tyler to hold this beautiful work of art in my grubby little paws.
Just outstanding. Thanks for sharing this.

Roy

[Mike Minto]

fantastiche! they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! wonderful piece! mike

[Wally Dickerman]

Hey Cody, great idea to reverse the design. Umm, you got away with less burning too didn't you. Well done.

Wally

[Richard Madison]

Pretty cool Cody. Is it ok if I copy, err, get inspired by it one of these days? Wally is a pretty good source of inspiration and very generous about it.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice Cody! Great color combination, wonderful balanced form and real nice detail work on your finial! Very impressive HF! Thanks for sharing!

[Chris Rae]

Wow!!! I'm impressed, that is really cool! Great job! I love everything about it.

[Cody Colston]

Pretty cool Cody. Is it ok if I copy, err, get inspired by it one of these days? Wally is a pretty good source of inspiration and very generous about it.

Richard, since I got the design from Wally, he's the one to ask. I have absolutely no objections to anyone copying anything I make.

[Bill Bolen]

Cody that is just a breath taker! Well done sir!...Bill...

[George Morris]

Cody that is a great design and beautiful work of art! G

[Jim Becker]

Really nice work, Cody!

[Curt Fuller]

Cody, that's really nice. I also like the Keith Burns slant to the finial.

[Pete Jordan]

Simply Awesome Cody!

[Harlan Coverdale]

Cody, that's really nice. I also like the Keith Burns slant to the finial.

Came here to say the same thing. I saw the Burns influence right off the bat. :) Looks real nice Cody.

[Barry Stratton]

Came here to say the same thing. I saw the Burns influence right off the bat. :) Looks real nice Cody.

I think you did a fantastic job incorporating Wally's vessel design and Keith's finial!

Very fine piece.

[Cody Colston]

Thanks everyone for all the kind comments. I don't post here often but I read SMC every day and there are some great folks here, some fine woodworkers and turners.

It's a privilege to get to learn so much from such a talented group. Thanks again.