Hickory Vessel 24:12

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Hickory Vessel 5 1/2" dia. 10 3/4" tall. Hollowed to approximately 1/8" thick.
Finished with 3 different artist acrylic paints then top coated with gloss varnish. Critiques & comments welcome.
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[Eric Gourieux]

Joe,
That's some beautiful hickory and a great form. Color is great - it's all great. What's 24:12?

[John Kent]

That is just a beautiful piece of wood, great form, I like this alot.

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Joe,
That's some beautiful hickory and a great form. Color is great - it's all great. What's 24:12?

Thanks Eric. I rarely name any of my pieces so I have a numbering system I use to identify my pieces. This one is 24:12

[Jim Burr]

This goes on the "To be seen" shelf Eric! Finish is great and a cool Egyptian vase form. Big high 5!!

[Kathy Marshall]

Beautiful piece Eric! Awesome piece of wood, form and color look great and I like the soft sheen that it appears to have!

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Beautiful piece Eric! Awesome piece of wood, form and color look great and I like the soft sheen that it appears to have!

Thanks Kathy, good eye on the finish. I actually used a high gloss top coat, but I airbrushed a light layer of Fine Pearl under it. This gave the piece a softer look, yet glossy look when under a bright light.

[charlie knighton]

very nice Joe, i just do not understand how you paint with acrylic paints and still have the grain show, unless the grain is painted??????????

[Roger Chandler]

That form is one of my favorite shapes. Nice work.........the wood is nice also and shows well!

[John Keeton]

Joe, it would be worth the trip to watch you finish some of these vases!! Very, very nice.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Joe that is a beauty. I really like the finish. It just looks soft and love the color.

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Thanks, for looking & taking time to comment.

Charlie Knighton, on this piece I used one opaque, & 2 transparent acrylic colors. It's just somthing you have to experiment & play with until you find a combination your happy with.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful vase.... as always! I am usually not much of a fan of paints but this transparent stuff seems pretty cool. I like to see the grain under everything - so have played with dyes but as we both know - they are really hard to control!

Looking forward to seeing what you create next!

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Beautiful vase.... as always! I am usually not much of a fan of paints but this transparent stuff seems pretty cool. I like to see the grain under everything - so have played with dyes but as we both know - they are really hard to control!

Looking forward to seeing what you create next!

Thanks Steve, I've got another smaller piece of hickory in the finishing stage now that I think you'll like. It will have a deeper richer looking color. It will look more dye like. ( providing it turns out as planned ;) ) I'll post a pic when I get it finished. Hopefully in the next week or two.

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Joe that is a beauty. I really like the finish. It just looks soft and love the color.

Thanks Bernie. I applied a light coat of acrylic fine pearlescent over the piece before I top coated it with a High Gloss varnsh. This is what gives it the soft look you noticed.

[Baxter Smith]

Beautiful piece Joe. I just picked up a 5' piece of 1.25" crs to build a Steve Sinner style boring bar similar to one I looked at in San Jose. Since I am assuming you used something similar, what size did you use on this one?

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Beautiful piece Joe. I just picked up a 5' piece of 1.25" crs to build a Steve Sinner style boring bar similar to one I looked at in San Jose. Since I am assuming you used something similar, what size did you use on this one?
Thanks Baxter. I have been working with Steve for about 4 1/2 yrs, now & I use his tools in his studio & I also have them in my shop & use them at home.

I used a 1" bar for this piece. I have hollowed up to a 33" deep vessel with his 1 1/4" bar, using a Rolly Munro cutter in it. Good luck with your bar. However you'll need more than a 5 foot long piece to build a Sinner styled bar.

[Baxter Smith]

Thanks for the info Joe. I also picked up a 3 1/2' piece to weld along side it once I get a 5/8" hole drilled in the end. I imagine I will end up with the Munro cutter. Came close to getting one in San Jose but figured I had better see if I could get the bar built first and use the scrapers I have. Wanted something that might handle the 10-20" range so might have been fine with a little smaller bar.

[Tim Rinehart]

Very nice work Joe!

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Thanks for the info Joe. I also picked up a 3 1/2' piece to weld along side it once I get a 5/8" hole drilled in the end. I imagine I will end up with the Munro cutter. Came close to getting one in San Jose but figured I had better see if I could get the bar built first and use the scrapers I have. Wanted something that might handle the 10-20" range so might have been fine with a little smaller bar.

Baxter, if you build your bar like Steve Sinner's 20" won't be any problem with a 1 1/4" bar. When you do get a Rolly check with Steve 1st. I don' think you'll finad a better price on it any where. He also makes a adapter to fit the Rolly to the bar.

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Very nice work Joe!

Thanks Tim.

[Pete Jordan]

Love everything about it! Especially the finish!!!

[Scott Hackler]

Excellent piece Joe! I really like the warmth of the coloring. Very nice.

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Joe,
I read the exchange between you and Bax about "size Large" cutting bars and a Rolly cutter. Concerning the Rolly cutter, does it work well on both side grain and end grain pieces?
About the vase, the softness of the color is stunning. I would imagine hickory without the "help" would have been quite light. If you ever choose to write about your process, I would be among those who would be appreciative.
faust

[Joe Meirhaeghe]

Thanks again to everyone who took the time to look & comment on my work.

Faust,concerning the Rolly cutter, Rolly claims it works well on both side grain & end grain. However all my vessels are hollowed end grain, so I can't say how it does on side grain. That said I wouldn't be with out it for the work I do, I've hollowed well over 150 plus pieces with it, all end grain.

As for writing a about the process I use, well I'm not much for writing. I'm more of a talker. I will be assisting Steve Sinner in a class this fall at Marc Adams school of wood working where we will be teaching creating & embellishing deep hollow vessels.