Double D throws around those Latin names all the time, and since I can't produce the level of quality and pizzazz that he does, I thought using a Latin title for this one might elevate the turning somewhat!!The translation would be The Red Flame - a much more fitting title for this hillbilly!
This was another dye experiment on curly maple. The piece was dyed black and sanded back with the exception of the beaded rim, which was left black.
I then airbrushed yellow dye from the top to the shoulder, decreasing the intensity as I went down. After the yellow dried, I turned the piece over and airbrushed bright red up and over the shoulder, again decreasing the amount of dye as I went upward. The hope was a fade from red - orange - yellow. However, the red dye is much more intense than is the yellow, and overpowers it quickly. Were I to attempt this again, I would ease off the red much quicker. There is barely any red on the top of the lid, yet it nearly killed the yellow.
Live and learn!!
Finish is a few coats of spray shellac to set the dye, wet sanded with MS, and 4-5 coats of satin WOP, wet sanded back with 600, and triple buffed with Ren wax. Dimensions are 5"w x 6.5"t, and the walls are just under 1/8". The interior is dyed black, with no finish. I did sand out the interior to 400grit, and lightly sanded again with 400 after the dye application (water based black dye.) Ended up with a very nice interior, and although a little of the lighter color of the maple shows through in a couple of spots (both on the interior and underside of the lid) I kind of like the transparency vs. opaque black.
The finial is African Blackwood, sanded out to 2,000 and Ren wax. The neck on this finial is just over .05" in thickness.
The form is a little different, but I hope some of you like it. Again, I am out in the woods here, and doing my own thing. I have retreated significantly from viewing the works of others in hope of reaching my inner self for inspiration. We will see how that works!
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