I'm, as always, not quite there with the finish yet but I'm going to be busy this weekend so it could be another few days before I can be totally done. I'm pretty excited about this piece. I was able to learn a wealth of info and techniques. The next time I attempt something this big I'll do much better.
The details: This piece is comprised of 1494 individual pieces. The type of woods used are: Monterillo, Curly Maple, Hard Maple, Walnut, Wenge, Black Limba, Black Ebony and Turquoise. It's 23-1/2 inches tall and 13 inches in diameter. This vessel was turned as a hollow form just for the challenge. (I'll never do that again) It's turned to a thickness of 5/16ths.
The name came from the fact that every night that I worked on it for the most part, it rained. Then I realized that the Turquoise reminded me of blue skys prevailing after a dark storm. Believe me this piece had it's stormy times durring the build, bad weather or not.
Even though it took quite some time to build, it was an incredible experience. Some of you will rember that I started this before I built my shop.
This is also the first piece from beginning to end on my new Jet1442VS. This is also the 15th piece I've ever made on a lathe so I have a long way to go before I can compete with the vetrans.
I'll try to take better pictures this weekend. It's too big for my photo tent so I'll improvise.
I sincerely hope you all enjoy this piece. As always, good or bad, your comments and recommendations are always appreciated