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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

mkypenturner
27th August 2010, 06:31 AM
thats a keeper in my books :2tsup::2tsup: great work in showing the wip :2tsup:

artme
27th August 2010, 07:47 AM
:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Ed Reiss
27th August 2010, 11:57 AM
Looks damn good to me, Corncopia :2tsup:

cornucopia
28th August 2010, 09:59 PM
Thank you for your kind comments :)