Big Fat Acacia - Done

[Kathy Marshall]

Came home tonight and finished the hollowing. By then it was getting late, but I decided to go ahead and try to get it all finished.
I added a ring around the top, burned some spirals for texture and then used the vinegar solution to ebonize it. The acacia ebonized very easily, probably because it was still green, and I'm much happier with the dark rim than I thought I would be. It really came together when I applied some danish oil.
It's about 6" x 6 1/2" with a coat of danish oil and topped off with some danish oil.
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Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.

[Philip Duffy]

Nice job! Looks great to me. P.

[Steve bellinger]

Kathy i like what ya did to the rim, and that acacia is always sharp. O the form is great also. Really like these full body pieces.

[Roger Chandler]

This is nice work........very nice detail in the spirals you burned.........gotta love the wood.......a lot of character in the grain. Very nicely done, Kathy!

[Sid Matheny]

Sweet one Kathy!


Sid

[Hayes Rutherford]

Nice touch with your spiral brand.

[Jerry Marcantel]

No critique here except "you nailed it". Love the spirals............ Jerry (in Tucson)

[thomas prusak]

I love it! Everything about it looks awesome.

[jwjerry w kowalski]

That's outstanding, I love the texturing on the rim and the wood is gorgeous, a real eyestopper.

[Doug W Swanson]

Beautiful! Great job on the form and I love the rim treatment...

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty Kathy. Really like the rim.

[Allan Ferguson]

Just superb! Allan

[Mark Detrick]

That's beautiful!

[Kathy Marshall]

Thanks everyone!

I'm very happy with how it turned out and with the spiral tip I made. I've got some ideas for other tip shapes, so we'll see how those turn out on future pieces.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Beautiful piece Kathy, gorgeous wood, nice shape with a collar that works well on this piece, I like it a lot, well done :)

[Jason Ritchie]

Very beautiful Kathy! I love the spirals! No critiques here. Looks perfect!

[David C. Roseman]

It's a knock-out, Kathy! The spiral pattern is very striking. What gauge nichrome wire are you using? 20 awg? Would love to know how you formed the tip so precisely.

David

[Kathy Marshall]

Thanks for the additional comments!

It's a knock-out, Kathy! The spiral pattern is very striking. What gauge nichrome wire are you using? 20 awg? Would love to know how you formed the tip so precisely.

David
Thanks David! The nichrome wire was 22 awg, I used the shaft of a small pick I have to coil the wire around itself and then just gently loosened the coil until I got a shape I was happy with.

[Art Manansala]

Wow, that's really beautiful. Makes me want to take up pyrography.

Art