The last drop
Made from a piece of Jarrah that was given to me by Darryl B 2 years ago.
No I havent been working on this piece for that long but it seems like it.
Measuring 12 inches 300mm square by only 40mm thick this was a bit of a challenge to get one wing up and three down
Because of the thickness I had to hot melt glue a waste block onto both sides.
Kelly would have had a heart attack seeing this spin around held on by hot melt glue
The process was as follows
Glue on a waste block to what will be the top, and using a screw chuck into the waste block true up the base .Turning the bottom of the bowl with a small bump that will become the feet .Carve the feet you can hardly see them on this piece. sand and finish the back .Including the down wings
Turn a waste block to fit over the feet and hot melt glue onto the base .True up waste block.
Flip the piece over and turn the up wings
Turn the vee in-between the wings
Cut off the wings not required
Turn the inside of the bowl to form the splash
Sand the splash, sand the splash sand the splash until a glossy finish is achieved. As this grain is fairly porous it took a long time to get down to 2500 grit by oil sanding
Carve away the wings to form the drips
More sanding ,more sanding and just for fun some more sanding ,when you think you have finished spend another hour sanding
Undercut the drips
Texture the wings with a dremel ,remembering that any marks left from carving will show through the texture .So for fun spend some time sanding to 400 grit
Stain the splash and drips with a none grain raising stain ,sand with the 2500 grit re-stain and sand again
25 coats or was it 26 of lacquer were sprayed and sanded between each coat to achieve depth to the water/oil look
So the name The Last Drop ,could it be because of the oil crisis or because it used up the last drop of my patience
I have seen other splash pieces one being Martin Edwards ,hopefully I have added my own touch .
I think I will revisit the drop as I think it needs to have more of a stretched look .This is number three and I still didnt get it right ,dammed if between centres it looks fine but when stood up vertical ?
Every know and then I pop out a piece that gives me the shivers ,this was one of them
What do you think ?
