Oriental themed hollow form

[BIG KHS]

Haven't posted anything for a while even though got few projects finished off during lockdown.

This hollow form got finished off today.

Wet turned kiln dried and returned oak about 6¾" by 5" high textured and ebonised with good old rusty nails and cider vinegar soup, distressed gold leaf flowers finished with black wax with gold leaf and twig finial.

All comments welcomed

[bodrighywood]

Looks good. Like the texturing and the embellishments.
Pete

[Les Symonds]

I really like that. The form is good and the colour/texture are as well, so it seems churlish to criticise, but for the sake of authenticity the blossom petals could have been rounded. The cherry blossom is a very common and meaningful component of oriental (Japanese) art, so a very minor change could have made it look much more authentic.
Les

[Bryan Milham]

I works for me and although I don't disagree with Les, the distressed gilding of the flowers give it a little something beyond pure oriental appearance.

[BIG KHS]

Thanks for the positive feed back guys.

Les never had a second thought about cherry blossom being more authentic. Besides I basically copied a piece that Mark Sanger made a fews years ago and made it my own apart from the shape of the flowers😁

Regards Kevin.

[Derek]

Very nice.

I must confess did not realize about the petal shape as Les pointed out, I agree with Bryans comment about the distressed gilding on the petals

[Huw001]

I love the colours and the texturing.