John Huber
09-01-2007, 11:20 AM
This 9" tall vase is supposed to represent a campfire. It is a ten-stave construction, as described in Malcolm Tibbetts The Art of Segmented Woodturning on top of a segmented ring. Each stave is a laminate of bloodwood, canarywood, and maple. From the bottom, the woods are walnut to represent the logs, bloodwood to represent flaming embers, canarywood to represent flames, and ebonized walnut to represent wafts of smoke against the night sky.
By setting the turning slope steeper than the stave slope, the shapes of the layers form peaks intended to represent licking flames. The shape is rather plain to let the wood "speak." It is somewhat like the art pottery of the early 1900s.
The finish is two coats of Watco Wipe-On Poly to seal the water-based dye used to ebonize the maple. Over this is four coats of General Finishes water-based acrylic, because I found that it brings out the red streaks in the canarywood better.
This is my third turning project. So I would appreciate any comments or suggestions.
By setting the turning slope steeper than the stave slope, the shapes of the layers form peaks intended to represent licking flames. The shape is rather plain to let the wood "speak." It is somewhat like the art pottery of the early 1900s.
The finish is two coats of Watco Wipe-On Poly to seal the water-based dye used to ebonize the maple. Over this is four coats of General Finishes water-based acrylic, because I found that it brings out the red streaks in the canarywood better.
This is my third turning project. So I would appreciate any comments or suggestions.