Celestial Collision Wall hanging

[Marc Himes]

I have been trying a few platters recently and turned this out of a Yellow Birch Burl slab. It is end grain in orientation and took hours to sand. I used a chatter tool to texture the inside and the very outside but I could not get it to chatter, creating mostly rings instead. When it was dyed it made me think of two comets or other celestial bodies colliding. It is 19" x 18" and finished with multiple coats of Wipe-on-Poly. Comments and critiques are welcome.
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[Roger Chandler]

Really cool effect with that end grain......love the highlights brought out by the dye......a cool piece of art!

[Harry Robinette]

Marc
Thats awesome the wood, turning, coloring and finish are all outstanding. I love the two whatever crashing together. You have an unbelievably beautiful piece of wood art there, congratulations.

[Kathy Marshall]

Beautiful platter Marc! The wood is awesome and the dye really brought out some cool figure!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Unique looking wood but a beautiful platter.

[Steve Schlumpf]

That's a beauty Marc! Please make sure that this one doesn't fall off the wall!

[Rich Aldrich]

Nice work. I found the same issue with sanding yellow birch - it takes a lot of sanding.

[David DeCristoforo]

I think this is just about the coolest platter I have ever seen.

[Marc Himes]

Thanks everyone for all the kind comments. This piece of wood excited me from the moment I rough turned it and saw all those rays. The dye was primarily Blue but with multiple other colors added to produce the final result. I was glad the dye did not obscure the rays of figure as I think they really make the piece what it is. Thanks again I am really glad you have enjoyed it.

[charlie knighton]

very cool.........

[Chris Studley]

For everything that could have gone wrong and obscure the beauty on the wood, I'm glad you didn't go the safer route to preserve the rays. I really like how this came out.

Awesome.

[Sam Murdoch]

Yes - awesome!