Doug Herzberg
05-26-2013, 10:57 AM
This chunk of ash was in my neighbor's firewood pile, along with some honey locust. I traded him some checked silver maple and a bowl made from the honey locust. First save.
I made a bowl from some Iowa blue pine and took it back on my recent trip to give to the neighbor who told me about the free wood in the first place. He showed me his new shop, which is a metal machine shop big enough to park two combines and a tractor in and still have room for all his tools and equipment. It's heated and has a bathroom and a prep kitchen for his wife's garden produce. During the tour, he showed me his metal lathe, which he is starting to use for wood turning and his blast cabinet. I told him that I've been looking at sandblast equipment and explained how woodturners are using them. Long story shorter, the next day he showed up at my mom's house with his first portable sandblaster to give to me.
The credit and blame for this bowl go to a lot of turners here at Sawmill Creek. The form is mine and I didn't see how flat the curves are until I took the pictures.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon3.pngThe bead at the rim is stolen from a recent posting by Roger Chandler.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon3.pngThe black gesso is inspired by Kathy Marshall's recent posts. I have questions.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon3.pngThe bead at the foot is thanks to Reed Gray (sort of). I appreciate that an experienced turner would post that he turned through the bottom of a bowl. The inside of this bowl is deeper than the outside. I was busily hollowing away, telling myself how good I'm getting at this, when I noticed that the little nib at the center I just cut off seemed awfully deep. It was in the tenon. My fix was to add a piece of ash and make the bottom bead. I know the base is too big now, but better than a funnel, I guess. Second save.
So first sandblasted piece, first black gesso piece, first bowl bigger on the inside than on the outside.
Questions about black gesso - DNA seems to be a solvent. I caused some bleeding into the light wood trying to seal the light wood with a DNA based finish. What doesn't dissolve gesso? Is it good to sand gesso for smoother finish or to remove brush marks? Is is supposed to be self-leveling? What is the best way to apply it? I tried foam applicators, a brush and some soft cloth. Would a gloss finish over the gesso look good or just highlight the flaws? Can it stand as a finish, or does it need something on top?
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Sorry to go on and on. Thanks for looking and for your comments and advice. Ash 6-1/4" x 3-1/4".
I made a bowl from some Iowa blue pine and took it back on my recent trip to give to the neighbor who told me about the free wood in the first place. He showed me his new shop, which is a metal machine shop big enough to park two combines and a tractor in and still have room for all his tools and equipment. It's heated and has a bathroom and a prep kitchen for his wife's garden produce. During the tour, he showed me his metal lathe, which he is starting to use for wood turning and his blast cabinet. I told him that I've been looking at sandblast equipment and explained how woodturners are using them. Long story shorter, the next day he showed up at my mom's house with his first portable sandblaster to give to me.
The credit and blame for this bowl go to a lot of turners here at Sawmill Creek. The form is mine and I didn't see how flat the curves are until I took the pictures.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon3.pngThe bead at the rim is stolen from a recent posting by Roger Chandler.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon3.pngThe black gesso is inspired by Kathy Marshall's recent posts. I have questions.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon3.pngThe bead at the foot is thanks to Reed Gray (sort of). I appreciate that an experienced turner would post that he turned through the bottom of a bowl. The inside of this bowl is deeper than the outside. I was busily hollowing away, telling myself how good I'm getting at this, when I noticed that the little nib at the center I just cut off seemed awfully deep. It was in the tenon. My fix was to add a piece of ash and make the bottom bead. I know the base is too big now, but better than a funnel, I guess. Second save.
So first sandblasted piece, first black gesso piece, first bowl bigger on the inside than on the outside.
Questions about black gesso - DNA seems to be a solvent. I caused some bleeding into the light wood trying to seal the light wood with a DNA based finish. What doesn't dissolve gesso? Is it good to sand gesso for smoother finish or to remove brush marks? Is is supposed to be self-leveling? What is the best way to apply it? I tried foam applicators, a brush and some soft cloth. Would a gloss finish over the gesso look good or just highlight the flaws? Can it stand as a finish, or does it need something on top?
263116263115263117
Sorry to go on and on. Thanks for looking and for your comments and advice. Ash 6-1/4" x 3-1/4".