Decorated plate

[thebowlerhattedturner]

A plate/bowl ? made in Maple. 7 1/2 " in Diameter. Decorated with stylized paisley design. Coloured with spirit dyes finished with acrylic laquer and wax polish.
C&C welcome(good or bad)

[woody]

I like that one because you haven't hidden all the wood well done

[malcy]

That's very nice indeed. It looks clean and bright and very effective. Good job. Malcolm.

[bodrighywood]

I would never have expected something like this from you John. I like it a lot, definitely something different. Did you do the patterns using a transfer or freehand? Lovely work however you did it.

Pete

[thebowlerhattedturner]

Thankyou all for your comments. Colouring is not something I do a lot of but I am coming round to it slowly.
Pete, all of the decoration is hand drawn and then pyrographed and then coloured.
Regards
John BHT

[Bryan Milham]

John,

This is good, like everybody else I like it, but any chance of a larger photo of it please, it's hard to see much detail.

[bodrighywood]

Colouring is not something I do a lot of but I am coming round to it slowly.
Regards
John BHT

If this is your idea of slow then heaven knows what you'll be turning out if you pick up speed. Make a good demo at the club methinks

Pete

[woodndesign]

Hi John, Bryan beat me to the same question of pic size, as it is I just wonder on the balance of the rim and bowl, very nicely done, not so R&B these days.

Cheers   David

[thebowlerhattedturner]

Not sure if this is any better.
Regards
John

[woodndesign]

Yep that works, very Bayeux Tapestry, well it looks like cast down shields, most colourful, still wonder if bowl could have been a tad bigger, that's me.

Cheers  John

[Mark Sanger]

John

Good to see you experimenting. I like the effect very much.

[Bryan Milham]

John,

okay so my technical background makes me see things strangely. But looking at the way all the Paisley shapes are all moving through and over each other, in my eye I see an image akin to looking through a microscope at amoeba or other microscopic creatures.

Just had to say... feel free to ignore me!

[Eric Harvey]

I love this piece,that paisley pattern reminds of some of the shirts I used to wear in the 70`s,regards,

Eric.

[thebowlerhattedturner]

Thanks Mark, idea in progress.
Bryan as I was drawing them I thought they looked similar to silver fish on occasions, I could see some movement in there, but that could just be my eyes going funny.
Eric I think I still have one of those shirts somewhere!
Many thanks for looking and commenting.
Regards
John BHT

[Paul Disdle]

I like it for the movement in the design, which I think is similar to fish in a pond.

Paul