Dyed Box Elder HF

[Dennis Ford]

The lacquer is not cured enough for more than timid buffing but I doubt that I can get a good picture once it is glossy anyway. I played with some dye on this piece, black first then red and lastly some yellow. About 11" diameter and 3-1/2" tall. Comments and critiques welcome.

[Thom Sturgill]

Excellent job on the dyes - brings out the grain without overpowering. Good clean form too. Definitely a show piece!

[Toby Bouder]

Nice piece Dennis, are you planning a lid/finial?

[robert baccus]

Fabulous wood, shape, dye job, and finish. Save me a piece of that wood. I think a lid(Pueblo shape) would be a shame on this piece.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Stunning wood and the dye did a really nice job of highlighting all that curl! Nice work on the HF form also. You sure picked one of the harder shapes to hollow but did a really nice job on it!

[Chuck Sager]

What type of wood is it? very nice piece!

[Roger Chandler]

What type of wood is it? very nice piece!The title of the post says it is box elder maple. Welcome to the "creek" by the way!

[Tim Passmore]

Fabulous job! Great shape, color, and finish. May I assume that you sanded away some dye each time before adding the next color? I would love to color more of my pieces, but don't have it mastered as of yet.

[Bob Bergstrom]

Way to augment Mother Nature. Beautiful piece and turned so well. Looks like a keeper.

[Don Frank]

That is beautiful. Are sanding back after each color?

[Tom Albrecht]

That's a great piece, and perfectly proportioned.

Did you turn it green, or dry?

Did you use a captive hollowing tool?

Thanks.

[Dennis Ford]

Thanks for the compliments; I did sand most of the color off between coats of dye. It was dry before I turned it. Hollowed with an arm brace system and home-made tooling.

[Tom Albrecht]

Thanks for the compliments; I did sand most of the color off between coats of dye. It was dry before I turned it. Hollowed with an arm brace system and home-made tooling.

Thanks, well done.

[Frederick Skelly]

Wow! Love the grain, the colors and the finish!