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  1. 09-12-2015, 9:54 PM #1
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    Ocean Floor

    I call this turning "Ocean Floor," because it reminds me of the sand floor of an ocean beach. The turning is 7 3/4" W x 10 1/2" H. The main piece is a hollow form that was turned from a piece of Fiddleback Maple (or sometimes called Tiger Maple for you guys from down south) I dyed it with Chestnut Spirit Stain. First black then sanded back, then a coat of blue and finally royal blue. It has about 8 coats of poly. The pedestal and finial are cherry that I dyed black.
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  3. 09-12-2015, 9:57 PM #2
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    That is a very nice piece. Great color and shine. Good job!
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    love that sanded back look...nice work!
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    Wonderful color!!
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  6. 09-13-2015, 10:46 AM #5
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    Beautiful. I'm not usually a fan of hollow forms on long pedestals, but there's something about yours that I like. The proportions look perfect to me, the base is a bit thicker than the finial which looks good, length of base and finial looks good. Love the maple and the color. Well done.
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  7. 09-13-2015, 1:55 PM #6
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    That is a beauty, Steve!
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  8. 09-13-2015, 4:49 PM #7
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    I like it too, Steve. What Pat said.
    "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert Heinlein

    "[H]e had at home a lathe, and amused himself by turning napkin rings, with which he filled up his house, with the jealousy of an artist and the egotism of a bourgeois."     Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
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