AAW July 2012 Contest

Not aware of Cotton wood down our way gary, I like the colour transition, is that finial partially hollowed?, nice job all round
Pete

Pete-

Thanks. The finial is 5/8 inch stock that I turned round then drilled down 3/4 of and inch with a 1/4 inch drill bit then started an angle cut on the inside of the piece. After doing the hollowing, sanding then polishing, sanded it on a 45 degree angle. I wanted an non polished edge on the angled area
Gary

Gary......as did Pete, the first thing I noticed on this piece is the nice transition of color with your dye work.

Can I assume you did your detail grooves with one of those burn wires I see advertised? (Never tried that.) It looks like you may have used the same technique on the collar......?

ooc

Yep! It works for me..... I like the "multimedium" thing you have going, nice work.

Odie-

I have a piece of wire (like solid picture hanging wire) about 16 inches long with the ends passing through a couple 1/2 dowls about 2 to 3 inches long. After doing a burning - DO NOT GRAB THE WIRE-IT"S REAL HOT ( don't ask me how I know). Dependng on how long you hold the wire on your piece determines the depth of the burn wire going.

Thanks for the kind words Odie and Jim.

Gary

very interesting piece, Gary!

Nice work Gary........I also like the fade on the color. Nice form!

Robert and Roger-

Thanks for the kind words.

Gary

Gary,this box has two things that bother me. As tall as it is the square bottom makes the work slam into the table. A slight undercurve to the base would have taken care of that and given this work lift. For me the finial does not create an avenue for the eye to flow around the work. I really like the bead and the main body flow to this.