Remnant(pierced bowl)

[Johnny Taylor]

Another skeleton pierced turning. In the death of a star it sheds off the outer layers of itself in a supernova creating a nebula of filaments of gas and dust, in this case leaving a dark remnant behind.This started off as a 10" x 2" Ash blank, it was turned to a 2mm round bottomed bowl weighing 88 grams,after piercing it weighed just 28 grams. Finally after painting and lacquering it was back at a weighty 31.4 grams!(sorry for the metric-ness lol)

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Comments and critiques appreciated.

[John W Dixon]

Wow that is really cool, nice job!

[Jim Burr]

Just amazing Johnny!! You sure do have a steady hand!

[Doug W Swanson]

That turned out very nice! It looks so fragile that I'd be afraid to handle it!

[Dick Wilson]

Johnny, Beautiful piece. The piercing is extremely well done. I am particularly fascinated by the color change. I presume you use an airbrush. I have been doing some experimentation shooting paint with a Pausche and Createx and have found shooting paint is a universe apart from shooting dye.. What paint do you use? Any helpful tips on paint.....viscosity, brand, psi, etc????? Thanks

[bob svoboda]

Now that is a piece of art! Nicely done.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Johnny - love the imagination! Very nice use of color! The top down view does remind one of a nebula! Cool stuff!

Did a quick conversion and 31.4 g = 1.10760 oz..... so that sure is a lightweight!

[Dan Forman]

Won't hold much, but a brilliant piece! You've got some imagination.

Dan

[Johnny Taylor]

Thanks for the nice comments :)


......What paint do you use? Any helpful tips on paint.....viscosity, brand, psi, etc?????

Dick, I use high quality artists acrylics thinned down with water (they seem a lot better than those branded as 'craft' paints). Now this is a bit tricky to get right as there is a very fine line between too thick for the airbrush and too thin for the colour build sufficiently, I can't say I ever measure anything, you just get a feel for whats right, experimenting on finished timber will soon give you the idea :) As for psi I find 40 to work well with acrylics. HTH


Did a quick conversion and 31.4 g = 1.10760 oz.....

Thanks for the conversion Steve, sorry again for throwing my crazy European metric weights at you all, LOL!!

[David E Keller]

Nice looking piece and technically quite impressive. It's hard to believe that thing is 10% paint by weight! Thanks for sharing.

[Johnny Taylor]

It's hard to believe that thing is 10% paint by weight!

Thanks David, I hadn't thought of it like that, 90% wood, 10% acrylic!

[John Keeton]

Another great piece, Johnny!! I love the imagery on this one.

The only paint I have sprayed with my airbrush was some black, and to me, I think the paint is much easier to control than is dye. I intend to do some more experimentation with it at some point. Your pieces are inspirational!

[Johnny Taylor]

Thanks John, the paints are definitely worth pursuing,overlaying the colours is much easier than with dyes. I do like spirit based dyes too, some really good effects can be achieved using their tendency to 'melt' one another.

[Jerry Rhoads]

Wonderfull piece Johnny, absolutley wonderfull!

Jerry