Cherry Bowl with ZIA Pyrography

[Eric Holmquist]

Cherry bowl with pyrography. Around 8" (20cm) across. Finished with Bush oil and Polyurethane. My second attempt at Zentangle (R) Inspired Art. Expanding on my previous pattern.

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Cherry ZIA Bowl 01 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79751797@N04/8441236486/) by Eric Holmquist (http://www.flickr.com/people/79751797@N04/), on Flickr

[phil harold]

I like that!

[Fred Belknap]

I like the bowl and the design is unique. There seems to be consistency in the design but if I stare at it to long my eyes cross and I get confused.

[Scott Lux]

That is wicked cool. I really like it.

[Michael Gibson]

Wonder form on the bowl and the Pyro beautifully executed. Michael.

[jwjerry w kowalski]

Your Pyro really makes the bowl one of a kind, very nice burning and nice design. That would take some patience and a lot of skill, nice job.

[Jerry Marcantel]

I'm looking at this bowl and wondering if if the pyography was done with CNC, but I've decided you did it freehand. Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing...... Jerry (in Tucson)

[charlie knighton]

well done, cherry burns nice

[Rob Boesem]

That's really nice!!! I would have really been sweating it out near the finish after all that work!

[Eric Holmquist]

Thanks everyone!

The pyro is essentially freehand, the basic layout used the indexing feature of the lathe to ensure symmetry of the patterns. Once those pencil layout lines were in place, all the burn lines were freehand. The pyro was done over the course of a few days between getting home from work, and dinner. Not really sure how much time involved.

I practiced this and other patterns with paper and ink until they began to become second nature, then tried it on scrap wood with woodburner to make sure there would be no major surprises.

[Jason Ritchie]

That's beautiful! I like this piece a lot. I like the wood, the shape, the pyro and the nice soft sheen you achieved. Nice work!