Kathy Marshall
11-01-2012, 2:25 AM
The ball was turned from a small dalbergia sissoo log. There was no heartwood in the log, so I thought it would be a good candidate for some dye. The roof and icicle are mesquite.
I probably shouldn't call it an ornament because nobody is going to have a tree big enough to hang it from :eek:
It actually started out as a small sphere hollow form. I have a new backrest for my hollowing system on the way, but in the meantime I'm stuck with hand hollowing.
I was using my Easy Hollower and caught the edge of the rim when I was exiting. The result was a little bit bigger entrance hole. Then when I was cleaning that up I had a little lapse in attention which resulted in a much, much bigger entrance hole.
So I decided to add a roof and call it a birdhouse!
It's 12" tall x 4"wide. The house is dyed red and finished with lacquer. The roof and icicle are finished with antique oil. It still needs a buff to shine it up and a little perch.
Picture isn't great, I didn't have anything tall enough to hang it from in the photo booth, so it's hanging from the chandelier under some bad lighting.
244510
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
I probably shouldn't call it an ornament because nobody is going to have a tree big enough to hang it from :eek:
It actually started out as a small sphere hollow form. I have a new backrest for my hollowing system on the way, but in the meantime I'm stuck with hand hollowing.
I was using my Easy Hollower and caught the edge of the rim when I was exiting. The result was a little bit bigger entrance hole. Then when I was cleaning that up I had a little lapse in attention which resulted in a much, much bigger entrance hole.
So I decided to add a roof and call it a birdhouse!
It's 12" tall x 4"wide. The house is dyed red and finished with lacquer. The roof and icicle are finished with antique oil. It still needs a buff to shine it up and a little perch.
Picture isn't great, I didn't have anything tall enough to hang it from in the photo booth, so it's hanging from the chandelier under some bad lighting.
244510
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.