blasphemous bowl

[Sean Hughto]

Paint on cherry - that's gotta be woodworker's blasphemy right?

About 12" x 6"
milk paint (federal blue and salem red) with blo

My family thought it was cool. I just wanted to try something different and had the open bags of paint getting stale. I've seem many antique bowls that were painted, so I thought I'd try it out. I think I'm gonna do some more. Might be a reason not to turn my nose up at poplar and such any more. ;-)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6039006153_62de658d32_b.jpg

[Steve Vaughan]

Ain't nuttin' wrong with that! Really nice looking and the more it's used, the better!

[Bernie Weishapl]

I like it Sean and don't see a thing wrong. Well done.

[Roger Chandler]

[QUOTE=Sean Hughto;1758545]Paint on cherry - that's gotta be woodworker's blasphemy right?

Pure sacrilege for sure! But kinda neat anyway ..................what do you think of putting on a darker stain on the painted areas and let the natural wood show through as light and dark? Very nice turning Sean.

[James Combs]

Looks great to me and I normally prefer ala natural.

[Mark Hubl]

Looks good to me. One of the fellows in our club milk paints some of his. They are good sellers for him.

[George Morris]

I like it! Great work!

[John Keeton]

When I first saw the opening lines, I hoped you had not painted the whole thing!!! Sean, I like what you have done here. The painted areas, combined with the great form and hefty walls of this piece make for a really nice work!

[Sean Hughto]

Wow, thanks, everyone. The folks here at SMC are always supportive!

I'm definitely intrigued by the possibilities with milk paint for me. I like the stuff.

[Baxter Smith]

Nice effect Sean. I wonder if you could burn a line with a wire to delineate/separate the colors a little more cleanly. Perhaps that would take away from the look you were trying for though.

[Sean Hughto]

I could have achieved a neater line in a variety of ways - masking, burning, etc. Believe it or not, I choose to brush things on loosely because I wanted a hanpainted look. I thought too tight a line would not fit with the roughness of other aspects of the bowl including the burnishing through of the paint and such. In short, I dunno if works, but the lack of "cleanliness" was intended.

[Jim Burr]

All of this works Sean! I really lke the heft of the bowl. The colors below the burn line are a little muddled, but it has an antique effect...old farm house feel to it. Since I have no idea what any of that means and I couldn't do it...it's really sweet!

[Bob Bergstrom]

Might take a chain and put some dents and use marks into the milk paint. Then wire brush some of the paint off to give it that old and used look. Just an option and thought.

[Michelle Rich]

Bowls were painted yrs ago..it's a different look ..I agree with Bob, getting wear & tear on it will give it a more antique look.

[Josh Bowman]

I was kind of the same way about wood and paint, but recently my wife wanted a small tall table. So I went at it with some poplar and found the black paint actually made the grain pop out. So I like the contrasts of your bowl very much.

[Prashun Patel]

It's perfect, Sean. Those colors work well, especially when antiqued and burnished thru. What is the inside finished with?

[Jeff Nicol]

It is a good way to hide some imperfections or "BOO BOO'S" if one has any of those happen to them.......never to me of course......O.K. I told a little white lie, but do I still get ice cream for a treat? I love Ice cream and that bowl would hold a very large helping of it!

Nice job, and you are correct it was a mainstay of many old bowls,

Jeff