Thom Sturgill
06-18-2010, 12:52 PM
Here's my entries -
The gouge handle is obviously utilitarian even though embellished. The embellishment (hand carved with knives, by the way) is functional as a grip. The tool is also part of a separate tool gloat. The wood is a scrap of mahogany scrounged from a furniture factory and then passed on to our club when the original woodworker had a stroke :(. The finish is Minwax stain to highlight the carving and then one quick coat of Formby's Tung Oil Finish to seal it.
The art object is a bowl and *could* be functional, but is designed for appearance not utility. The inside is painted blue acrylic and then silver leaf was applied. The bowl is a another scrap of mahogany from the furniture factory.
The inlay is ground blue Lapis in epoxy. This stuff is harder than my tools:eek:. I had to regrind everything that touched it. The finish is lacquer. Only hand buffed at this point.
It is being sent to a niece as a wedding gift.
Comments and critique are, of course, welcome.
The gouge handle is obviously utilitarian even though embellished. The embellishment (hand carved with knives, by the way) is functional as a grip. The tool is also part of a separate tool gloat. The wood is a scrap of mahogany scrounged from a furniture factory and then passed on to our club when the original woodworker had a stroke :(. The finish is Minwax stain to highlight the carving and then one quick coat of Formby's Tung Oil Finish to seal it.
The art object is a bowl and *could* be functional, but is designed for appearance not utility. The inside is painted blue acrylic and then silver leaf was applied. The bowl is a another scrap of mahogany from the furniture factory.
The inlay is ground blue Lapis in epoxy. This stuff is harder than my tools:eek:. I had to regrind everything that touched it. The finish is lacquer. Only hand buffed at this point.
It is being sent to a niece as a wedding gift.
Comments and critique are, of course, welcome.