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very nice, Scott

Scott, this is a fantastic piece. The contrasts are beautiful. Is the bowl painted? And could you comment on the crushed bottle in epoxy?

thanks Charlie and Hal! The edge and back are stained a dark ebony color and the top is a verigated gold leaf. i crushed up a coke bottle for the color and sift the crushed glass through a screen to get the powder and just small pieces. mixed up some clear epoxy and added the crushed glass powder and let it set...it looks like a transparent green...I'll be doing a demo of this and other epoxy techniques at the hickory NCWT meeting in June

Beautiful. What acid did you use on the gold leaf. Is it Dutch Gold, 22 karat won't get that patina will it.
Great piece

Scott what finish did you use to get the inside of the bowl to reflect that kind of color

hey ronald thanks for the comments...i feel cheesy admitting this but you can buy the gold leaf with the varigated treatment, which is what i used. as for finish the first few coats were tung oil, then after that hardened i sanded it to about 1500 and then used deft spray lacquer. i normally dont ever spray on finish but i didn't want anything to disturb the gold leaf. thanks again for the feedback!