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    Textured Elm Bowl

    Textured Elm Bowl with ebonized rim and Candy Metal Flake fade on exterior. Around 8" (20 cm) across. Finished exterior with waterborne lacquer, interior with polyurethane.


    Textured Elm Bowl 01 by Eric Holmquist, on Flickr
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    The form, texture, and color all work. The total is more than the sum.

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    Super nice piece love the texture, If you would what did you use for the texturing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Robinette View Post
    Super nice piece love the texture, If you would what did you use for the texturing.
    I used a diamond cutoff wheel that I got in a 5 pack including a mandrel from HF and used a electric rotary tool to drive it
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    Beautiful bowl Eric! The form is great, and the dye and texture are awesome!
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    total eye-grabber..love the graceful texture & the colors look great
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    Yep, another winner. I like the idea of poly on the inside. I'm assuming the poly was applied by hand since spraying the inside makes it tough to get good results.

    I need to get some of those candy metal flake colors, I like the look.

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    That is a beauty. I like the texture and color.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Holmquist View Post
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    I used a diamond cutoff wheel that I got in a 5 pack including a mandrel from HF and used a electric rotary tool to drive it
    Eric, the texturing is sublime! It is so evenly done, with uniform arcs, that it almost looks like a jig would be required. Did you free-hand it by just pivoting your hand? I happen to have one of those little 5-packs, and will have to try this.

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    Thanks everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Hensley View Post
    Yep, another winner. I like the idea of poly on the inside. I'm assuming the poly was applied by hand since spraying the inside makes it tough to get good results.

    I need to get some of those candy metal flake colors, I like the look.
    Yes, poly was applied by hand on the inside with a paper towel. I use Autoair colors

    Quote Originally Posted by David C. Roseman View Post
    Eric, the texturing is sublime! It is so evenly done, with uniform arcs, that it almost looks like a jig would be required. Did you free-hand it by just pivoting your hand? I happen to have one of those little 5-packs, and will have to try this.

    David
    The arcs are done free-hand by pivoting the hand as you describe.

    I do employ some reference marks however. I use the indexing feature of the lathe to lay out 12 sections, then use a 2" sanding disk as a template to draw a few arcs on each section. With those as a reference, I can follow those lines on each section.
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