So, I was turning the foot down in this cherry hollowform, and it was gonna be nice! Beautiful grain, lots of pitch pockets, a few worm holes. And then WHAM! The small tenon on the foot end I was working on broke and the piece went flying. The small tenon had a crack, and rather than stop long enough to just squirt a drop of CA in there to hold it firm, impatience got the best of me. "I'll go slow" I said to myself, "It'll be fine."
The flight path it took put gouges and scrapes all over. I was so frustrated I just chalked it up to experience, took my DARK BLUE sharpie and marked three giant X's all over it and put it aside, knowing I'd never be able to do salvage it.
Long story short, my eye kept coming back to it. And just like the Grinch, I puzzled over it till my puzzler was sore and said "What if...?" Lo and behold, this is what came out!
About 5 1/2" in diameter and 6 1/2" total height. Base coat of kelly green, followed by crackled black, followed by crackled buttermilk color. All acrylic paints. I was going for having more of the kelly green show through the black, which I'd hoped would show through the buttermilk. Top is African Blackwood. All sprayed with deft lacquer. Like I said, a mistake gone good! C&C welcome.
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