First, let me apologize for the pics on this one! This turning has the most glass like finish I have achieved, and with my woefully simple and inadequate photo setup, I could not get rid of the reflections! The black is actually a very nice, airbrushed fade down on to the copper body. The big, black glob in the middle is me, the camera, and most of my shop "fish eyed" into that one spot!I tried several different exposures (evidenced by the varying backgrounds), tweaked everything I could, but no luck! I think I need to take this one over to Jamie Donaldson's for professional pics!
The body of the curly maple vase is dyed copper - same as the pitcher I just did. The detailed collar was first dyed black, then spray painted black, and finally, a coat of black tinted shellac was applied to get a deep black.
The textured accent ring was painted with metallic copper paint and black paint rubbed into the texturing. The copper bead in the finial is straight from Michael's, except that I applied black paint into the texture over the reddish brown that was there. The finial is holly, dyed black.
Dimensions are a tad under 6.75" to the rim, and just under 10" to the finial tip. Diameter is about 4.25" and the finish is comprised of multiple things - lacquer, shellac, and many, many coats of WOP. It will be buffed and waxed in a few days.
I owe an apology to David D!! On a similar form he recently posted, I commented his finial appeared a bit tall for my tastes. But, in working with the proportions on this piece it became evident the finial needed to be half the height of the form - the exact proportions used by David. You had it right, David!!
This is pretty "high fashion" even for my turning tastes, but it is one of those pieces I just needed to do and get it out of my system! As always, all comments are welcome.
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!!!!!! Drop Dead Gorgeous! The finish on this is, uh, can't find the proper word
. IMHO, this is absolutely the crown jewel of all of the fine turnings you've posted here. Flawless all the way around. WOW. I'm gonna have to sleep on this one, I'm speechless!
