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Jeff Luedloff
03-13-2010, 8:35 AM
Egg stands 6.5in tall, hollowed to 3/16 wall thickness, made from spalted fire place wood and ebonized walnut for base (poor man ebony). Egg was donated to a charity auction.


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Eric Kosanovich
03-13-2010, 8:40 AM
Vary nice!!
charlie knighton
03-13-2010, 8:44 AM
very nice....
John Keeton
03-13-2010, 8:50 AM
Nice work, and a very nice piece of wood! Kudos for the charity donation.
Allen Neighbors
03-13-2010, 8:55 AM
Nice! Would like to know how much it brings in for the charity at the auction!!
Bernie Weishapl
03-13-2010, 10:20 AM
Nice looking egg and stand. Hope it does well at the auction.
Steve Schlumpf
03-13-2010, 10:41 AM
Jeff - really cool idea and a nice variation to a traditional hollow form! Hope it does well at the auction! Would be interested to know what the winning bid was - just out of curiosity.
David E Keller
03-13-2010, 11:26 AM
That looks great. I'd hate to meet up with the chicken that layed that thing.:eek:
Ray Bell
03-13-2010, 11:54 AM
SPLATED egg! brings up memories of Humpty Dumpty, and messy windshields.
Sorry, just couldn't help myself, nice job, and generous contribution.
Roland Martin
03-13-2010, 2:11 PM
Very nicely done and the donation very selfless. Should bring them a decent price, but you can't go wrong no matter what.
Eric Kosanovich
03-13-2010, 6:49 PM
How do you hollow an egg?

Thanks
Eric
Gary Chester
03-13-2010, 10:56 PM
Nice egg.

Somewhere the is an unhappy ostrich...
Baxter Smith
03-13-2010, 11:13 PM
Nice egg! Hollowform? Bet I could turn a cracked one!
Jeff Luedloff
03-14-2010, 10:59 AM
Thank you all your for comments, I have not heard how much it sold for yet the auction was last night.

I hollowed the egg up from the bottom and glued the base on, next idea will be to use threading tools so i may screw on the base and see if it will sell as a pet urn.
Michael Short
03-14-2010, 11:14 AM
Very nice Jeff. Do they come from spalted chickens ? :)

We missed you at the meeting Thursday. Later.
John W Dixon
03-14-2010, 3:51 PM
What is ebonized walnut? Is that a finish or something you do to the walnut?
Beautiful job by the way!

John
Jeff Luedloff
03-14-2010, 4:15 PM
What is ebonized walnut? Is that a finish or something you do to the walnut?
Beautiful job by the way!

John

Yes John there are different ways to ebonized wood (a finish to blacken the wood) some mixes use rusted nails, steel wool, and mineral oil. I used Indian Ink & Mineral Oil seal it with seal coat, then lacquer it.
Karl Card
03-14-2010, 7:57 PM
very nice egg.. if i had tried something like this it would have hatched, everywhere...
Jeff Luedloff
03-21-2010, 11:14 AM
It sold for $87.50 at the charity auction. I guess it did ok, they are already asking for another turning for next year. Thank you all for your comments.
David E Keller
03-21-2010, 12:36 PM
That's great. It's good for name recognition and a tax deduction to boot... Just get a receipt.