Jeffrey Fusaro
03-15-2007, 10:53 PM
i call these four cherry bowls "the four sisters", since they came out of the same log. the log was about 9" - 10" in diameter and about 24" in length. i cut the log in half and then split the halves down the middle with a wedge, since i didn't have a saw that would do the trick. the resulting sections were all different sizes and rather irregularly shaped since they were split and not cut.
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i mounted and rough turned two right away, and set them aside to dry in a box of wood chips. the other two halves sat on my shop floor for about a month before i did anything with them. as a result, they had some gnarly stress cracks. they were probably ready for the burn pile. i was kinda mad at myself for letting them get that way, so i decided to make them work, no matter what. after i rough turned them, i used a good bit of CA to seal the cracks and then proceeded with finishing. the cracks are visible, but i call them 'character' lines. like all families, each member has their share of flaws. i used a similar rim design on all four bowls to enhance the familial resemblance.
all four bowls were finished with three coats of antique oil and two coats of renaissance wax. no buffing - just elbow action.
all four bowls are approximately 7" in diameter. the shortest is 2" tall. the tallest is 3.25" tall.
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in between the sets of bowls, i took some time to work on some pencil kits to break up the action.
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these are all artist sketch pencil kits from craft supplies. i call them "the three amigos". no particular reason - it just sounded funny when i thought of it, so the name stuck. i always order one kit and two extra brass tubes thinking that i will trash a tube or turn some wood that i end up not liking in the process. didn't happen. all three tubes turned out to my liking, so i ordered two more kits to finish the trio.
from left to right - bolivian rosewood, kingwood and east indian rosewood.
all three are finished with three coats of antique oil and two coats of renaissance wax.
please feel free to comment.
thanks for looking.
603646036360356
i mounted and rough turned two right away, and set them aside to dry in a box of wood chips. the other two halves sat on my shop floor for about a month before i did anything with them. as a result, they had some gnarly stress cracks. they were probably ready for the burn pile. i was kinda mad at myself for letting them get that way, so i decided to make them work, no matter what. after i rough turned them, i used a good bit of CA to seal the cracks and then proceeded with finishing. the cracks are visible, but i call them 'character' lines. like all families, each member has their share of flaws. i used a similar rim design on all four bowls to enhance the familial resemblance.
all four bowls were finished with three coats of antique oil and two coats of renaissance wax. no buffing - just elbow action.
all four bowls are approximately 7" in diameter. the shortest is 2" tall. the tallest is 3.25" tall.
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in between the sets of bowls, i took some time to work on some pencil kits to break up the action.
6036560366
these are all artist sketch pencil kits from craft supplies. i call them "the three amigos". no particular reason - it just sounded funny when i thought of it, so the name stuck. i always order one kit and two extra brass tubes thinking that i will trash a tube or turn some wood that i end up not liking in the process. didn't happen. all three tubes turned out to my liking, so i ordered two more kits to finish the trio.
from left to right - bolivian rosewood, kingwood and east indian rosewood.
all three are finished with three coats of antique oil and two coats of renaissance wax.
please feel free to comment.
thanks for looking.