AWGB Woodturning Forum
General Category => Gallery => Topic started by: KimG on September 03, 2012, 08:53:04 PM
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It was just recently that a browse through the various woodturning videos on youtube that I discovered Andy's "Colouring an Ash Bowl" tutorial, I was so impressed, and indeed, inspired, I was definately going to try this, I thought the green vase seen in the video looked fantastic and wanted to produce something along similar lines.
Having only recently acquire a new jet 1642 many previously impossible projects on the little coronet now became possible, among which was turning Hollow forms. I had tried one the day before and it wasn't too bad, I gave it to my sister. The next day saw me chainsawing a second log from the mid sized sycamore branch I had in the garden, it is slightly spalted and had been down for well over a year, so there is little tension left in it even if it is not quite dry.
Turning the from was again a reasonable success, it had little in the way of nice markings, being fairly plain, so I decided it was the ideal subject for a colouring.
I wanted to end up with a dark olive green and gold look, so I initially laid on an all over coat of Yellow stain, followed patches of green and the whole then overlaid with orange, the green is a bit vivid out of the bottle and the orange helps to kill it a little and mute the intensity, leaving a nice subdued forest green colour, after that I dried the stains and then overlaid the lot with three more coats of the yellow to blend the colours and tie them all together, this is in fact a technique I have often used in Watercolour painting with very thin washes of colour.
Once the colouring was complete and dry I coated the vase with three layer of finishing oil and left it overnight to dry, buffing it through the three wheel system to a soft gloss finish this morning, here then is the resulting Coloured Hollow Form Vase.
Thanks for the video Andy!
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Hi Kim, I like this hollow form some may say a bit wide at the base but I still like it also the colouring has come out well, A couple of questions did you use the Spirit Stains,what was the wall thickness and what was the size of the piece,oh that's three Regards John
I think this posting should be moved to The Gallery what do the Moderators think?
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Away from home and viewing via my phone. But it looks fantastic. I like your description of using colour as well.
Will see it better when I'm home.
Thanks for posting.
Andy, more video's needed by AWGB members then.
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Thanks folks! The size is 7 inches high and 6 inches wide, the wall thickness is about 7mm right down to about 1.5 inches from the base where it thickens to a final base thickness of about an inch, this is to lower the C of G and also I couldn't really reach past that with my little crown hollowing tool!
I did use the spirit stains, Chestnut brand.
Please move the post if you think it proper.
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Hi Kim
I think you've done a great job with the colouring. Like John I'd prefer a narrower base but that just my view.
Cheers Dave
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I'm glad you found the video of use, and even more pleased that it inspired you to give the colouring a try. Great results.
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great results
better than mine Andy made it look so easy ???
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Lovely piece. Much better than all my attempts so far at colouring. Love the finish.
Pete
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Home again and on my computer, I can assure you that internet capable phones do not do images like these any favours. It really is a beautiful colour effect you've created there.