cornucopia
27th August 2010, 02:56 AM
hello folks
I got some time in my workshop today so i made this platter
here is the board of mahogany (cuban i belive) i bought it thinking it had some stunning figure, but on getting it home i ran the planer over it to discover some very plain figure!!! :rolleyes: oh well- it turned out to be water marks and bandsaw marks
so its been in the corner of the garage ever since (about 6 years)
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050552.jpg
the back of the platter finished and oiled
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050555.jpg
mounted on the vac chuck
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050559.jpg
masked out ready for paint
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050562.jpg
white shellac primer
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050563.jpg
red base colour
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050564.jpg
I de-nibed the red and put a size on
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050569.jpg
the first leaf- i wasnt sure where to start so went for the middle!?!?!?
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050570.jpg
after all of the leaves
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050572.jpg
all of the loose bits were then gently brushed of
the final platter- which is proving to be a sod to photograph, as in some pics the leaf looks crinkled- the workshop pic is better in some respects
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050581.jpg
I got some time in my workshop today so i made this platter
here is the board of mahogany (cuban i belive) i bought it thinking it had some stunning figure, but on getting it home i ran the planer over it to discover some very plain figure!!! :rolleyes: oh well- it turned out to be water marks and bandsaw marks
so its been in the corner of the garage ever since (about 6 years)
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050552.jpg
the back of the platter finished and oiled
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050555.jpg
mounted on the vac chuck
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050559.jpg
masked out ready for paint
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050562.jpg
white shellac primer
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050563.jpg
red base colour
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050564.jpg
I de-nibed the red and put a size on
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050569.jpg
the first leaf- i wasnt sure where to start so went for the middle!?!?!?
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050570.jpg
after all of the leaves
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050572.jpg
all of the loose bits were then gently brushed of
the final platter- which is proving to be a sod to photograph, as in some pics the leaf looks crinkled- the workshop pic is better in some respects
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1050581.jpg