Brian Brown
03-04-2012, 6:59 PM
At the beginning of the year, SWMBO came to me and said my hobby was occupying too much space in the garage. She showed me boxes of unfinished stuff I had started, and lost interest in, or didn't know how to complete. My new years turning resolution this year was to finish or toss a bunch of unfinished projects I had started; some of them 3 + years old. Some of these are very plain and simple, but I just wanted them off my brain and out of SWMBO's sight.
This one is a simple vase made from a piece of curly, almost quilted poplar. It was intended to have a 3/4' test tube inserted in the center for a flower. In the 3 years it took to finish, CSUSA discontinued the test tubes, so I need to find something else to put inside. It is finished with tung oil finish, and buffed.
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I really hate the bright reflections of the lights on pictures of really glossy turnings, and have been working on a way to eliminate them. I have used this technique for 25 years on two dimensional paintings with great success. I tried a modified version a few years ago on 3 dimensional stuff, with poor results. So I thought I would try again. The results are somewhat better this time, but still not great. I gotta keep working on it. I just don't have a lot of time. This works better on tall cylindrical items like this vase and the S & P shakers I put in a recent post. the more bulbous stuff not so good. Just too many angle changes. I suppose if I had paid more attention in physics class, I might be able to figure this out. But I didn't, and I can't .... yet. I'll keep working on it, but here are some samples of before and after.
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Let me know if you think this is worth investing more time or not
This one is a simple vase made from a piece of curly, almost quilted poplar. It was intended to have a 3/4' test tube inserted in the center for a flower. In the 3 years it took to finish, CSUSA discontinued the test tubes, so I need to find something else to put inside. It is finished with tung oil finish, and buffed.
226194226195
I really hate the bright reflections of the lights on pictures of really glossy turnings, and have been working on a way to eliminate them. I have used this technique for 25 years on two dimensional paintings with great success. I tried a modified version a few years ago on 3 dimensional stuff, with poor results. So I thought I would try again. The results are somewhat better this time, but still not great. I gotta keep working on it. I just don't have a lot of time. This works better on tall cylindrical items like this vase and the S & P shakers I put in a recent post. the more bulbous stuff not so good. Just too many angle changes. I suppose if I had paid more attention in physics class, I might be able to figure this out. But I didn't, and I can't .... yet. I'll keep working on it, but here are some samples of before and after.
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Let me know if you think this is worth investing more time or not