"Group of Colored"

[Joe Landon]

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Just playing around with color.

[Jim Underwood]

Wow...somebody has been busy. And having fun from the looks of it.

What range of sizes are these Joe?

[Bill Bolen]

Beautiful "playing around". I love all that swirling color!

[Roger Chandler]

Is that collection called "somewhere over the rainbow?" :D Nice forms, all of them, Joe!

[Jim Burr]

Not a bum in the lot...cool job Joe!!

[David DeCristoforo]

Woah... and just how long did you "play around"? Beautiful group of forms and great colors!

[Tim Rinehart]

Very nice...I must say, bringing them together has a strong visual impact than I love seeing vs singles...love it!

[Scott Lux]

They look great. But I think I may be crazy, because they look very small. Like 1"-2" small. Am I crazy?

[John Keeton]

A rainbow of color, and a plethora of sizes!! Really a neat collage, Joe.

[Michael Mason]

Very Nice! There is probably not a short answer but from someone who have never dyed wood, what do you use and what is the process?

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful work on each one of them Joe! Love the variety of forms and your glass-like finish is amazing!! Thanks for sharing!

[Rick Markham]

Those are all great! I wish I could "play around" as productively as you do :)

[Michael E. Thompson]

These are great. Love the colors, forms and wood.

[Josh Bowman]

I really love the colors.

[Jon Behnke]

Awesome! They look like Easter eggs!

[Kathy Marshall]

Those are all beauties Joe! Love the mix of colors and sizes and the excellent finishes, makes it nearly impossible to pick a favorite.

[James Roberts]

That's what I'm talking about! Don't know why but first time I looked at the group I thought "bowling balls". No matter, I absolutely love the variety in color and shape. Great grouping!

[Baxter Smith]

Marbles was my first thought but I can also see the Easter eggs and bowling balls. Beautiful to say the least!

[Steve Vaughan]

Like a box of gems! Very nice and beautiful colors!

[Dale Bright]

Joe, absolutely fantastic work, the forms are excellent and the coloring and finsh on all are superb. As somone else said, you have been very busy.

Dale

[Curt Fuller]

Joe, each of those is really nice. But they're even better as a group.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are beauties Joe. Really like the group.

[Peter Blair]

Wow!!! Is all I can think of. I am fooling around with color but by the look of these I have a VERY long way to go.

[jeremy levine]

I love it, it's worth being on display in a window

[Bruce Lundgren]

WOW! Being relatively new to turning, I hope someday to be able to create "art" that beautiful. The photo enlarged and framed would look great on a wall. Thanks for sharing.

[thomas prusak]

Reminds me of the rental ball rack at a bowling alley:)

[Alan Trout]

That is a fun picture and a lot of work.

Well Done.

Alan

[Jon Nuckles]

You do amazing work, Joe. I have tried on a couple of occasions to follow your dye regimen and haven't achieved any results close to yours, but you have inspired me to go back and try again. Thanks for the inspiration!

[Peter Blair]

Say Joe, would you share your dying process with us?

I'd love to be able to attain the brilliance of your work!

[Rich Aldrich]

Nice work. At first glance, they looked like a bunch of bowling balls due to the colors.

[John W Dixon]

Beautiful collection of pieces.

[Joe Landon]

Thanks for all the comments, I appreciate them all. These are all mini weedpots and were all made last weekend. They go pretty fast once you set everything up. I wrote a blog on my dyeing process on another woodworking site. I am not allowed provide a link but you can search "Trifern" and "2 dye 4" and it will take you to the how to blog on Lumberjocks.

[John Keeton]

Joe, I have created a .pdf file from your blog post and, if you have no objection, I could upload it into this thread. Let me know.

[Joe Landon]

That would be great. Thanks John.

[John Keeton]

Thanks, Joe - hopefully your tutorial here will be of help to some folks. You sure have the process down pat!

Here is Joe's process -