This time with a bit of color - and, finally a better picture

[John Spitters]

Just playing around, this is only the second time that I tried coloring a piece.
Curly spalted maple with red dye, and black dye for base and finial.
3 1/2"w x 14"h
Please excuse the picture as I just quickly took a pic in the fading evening light, and it's hard to see the details also the color really does not show well, but I just wanted to quickly share what I created, also still need to add a few more coats of w.o.p. I should also add that the perspective of the photo does not give the right impression as to how tall the piece is.
I'll post better pics once fully finished.

John

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty. I really like the coloring, finial and pedestal. Really well done.

[David E Keller]

Looks good to me! I like the delicate pedestal, and the coloring looks great!

[Kathy Marshall]

Very nice! I really like the coloring and the spalt lines are cool!

[Donny Lawson]

Beautiful color and spalting effect.

[Josh Bowman]

It all looks great to me. Spot on to my eye.

[Michelle Rich]

great color

[John Keeton]

John, I sure would like to see some better pics - very nice color and looks like you did a great job on this.

[Chris Burgess]

Sweeeet. I really like that. Nice work

[Randy Gleckler]

That is amazing, Nice work, love the color and the elegance of the overall look. Nice work

[Jim Burr]

What a great chunk of wood to dye! Great curl and some spalying or contrast...base/stem and finial are really cool!

[Tim Rinehart]

Great coloring job...yea, some better pics would be welcome, but it's clear you did a fine job.
Proportions are well executed too!
Very nice work.

[Bill Bolen]

Sweet piece! I love the way your base and finial flow into and out of the main body.

[John Spitters]

Thanks all for the "possitive remaks"

Just really playing around with the color, and I had no idea if the end product was to turn out ok or not.
I'll get some better pics up as soon as I am able to. I'm taking my pics outside for better light but that won't happen today as it's miserable weather out ( dark and raining ) I also need to get myself a tripod for the camera maybe I'll do that today. Some day I need to put together a proper setup for taking pics, for now what I do is set up a white sheet of craft paper on a table outside under my deck, so I really need to improve this setup.
John

[Bill Walsh]

Nice job John, people always seem drawn to delicate forms like this. The red against the black is a good choice in color.

[John Spitters]

This is a form that I turned a few weeks back but with my camera skills I was unable to get a good pic.
But thanks to our guilds photographer I have a better pic to post now.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY need to get a proper set up for taking pictures.

John

[Dan Forman]

With that kind of work, you really really really do! Very nice indeed.

Dan

[Dennis Ford]

Beautiful piece, I really like how the wood grain shows through the red dye. The form is well proportioned and is very graceful.

[Michelle Rich]

my, my. quite a stunner.

[Rick Markham]

Gorgeous! I agree a photo setup is in order!

[John Keeton]

A marked difference, John!! Just jump in and do the photo tent thing - it is inexpensive and quick!

[Hayes Rutherford]

Now you've gone and done it. That piece is very cool. You need the latest Nikon, multiple lenses, photo tent, lights,,,,,

[Bernie Weishapl]

John that is a beauty. The color lets the wood show thru and really sets if off.

[Roger Chandler]

PURDY! Nice form.....love the spault lines!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work John! Love all that curl!

[Jim Burr]

Before I go googoo gaga over the whole thing...how about a little story about it! Ok...now I'll go gogo gaga!!!

[John Spitters]

Here's the original posting
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?173585-This-time-with-a-bit-of-color
As you can see from this past post there is a definite improvement on the photo quality.

John

[Jim Underwood]

Much better, as befits such fine work...

You're giving David C.* a run for his money, dontcha think?

Keep posting, I'm enjoying seeing your stuff.

*DeCristoforo- I can never get that name right...

[Jon McElwain]

The spalting plus the dye is a combination that I do not think I have seen before. Works really well - the spalting even matches the base and final! Great looking piece!

[Jamie Donaldson]

That's a good looking piece of work, but your guild photographer could improve his lighting scheme by unbalancing the lights, moving one side light further away and creating a more obvious height difference to eliminate the 2 headlight highlights. He did eliminate most of the barrel distortion obvious in the earlier image by using a longer focal length lens and better working distance. My tutorial for the Phrugal Photo Studio set-up is available here on site somewhere, and maybe Steve can link the source again?

[Steve Schlumpf]

Jamie, here's the link: Jamie Donaldson's Phrugal Photo Studio (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?57168-Article-Jamie-Donaldson-s-Phrugal-Photo-Studio)

[Baxter Smith]

Very pretty work!

[Bill Bolen]

Beautiful piece. Glad you were able to finally show her off!

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Yipes!! What a difference in photography. However, same gorgeous piece.
faust