River Birch wall hanging

[Dennis Ford]

This was roughed out as a platter blank but I made it into a wall hanging during final turning. Used Belen's "Sol-Lux" dyes to dye the top red and the bottom blue, after sanding that back a little, sprayed the whole thing with yellow. Finished with lacquer, just over 15 inches in diameter. A knot above the crotch figure inspired the theme and became the "moon".
This is a small part of the first river birch that I have worked with, it is well behaved wood with really nice crotch figure and rather bland straight sections.
Comments and critiques welcome.

[Thomas Canfield]

Very original to say the least. You are truly getting artsy. Quite a piece and should display well.

[robert baccus]

Very nice use of dyes and figure.

[Thom Sturgill]

The lighter dyes do show off the feather, and a good job of capturing it. Nice piece.

[Dok Yager]

Nice piece. The dyes really stand out and the "moon" and feather are very nice.

[Mel Fulks]

Nice idea well done. With no explanation I think most people will "get it". Without the explanation I would have thought the moon was mother of pearl. But is was knot