Fireball

[BIG KHS]

Chestnut burr stained, painted with mixed metal leaf embellishment. On a scorched plinth.

All comments welcomed.

Regards Kevin.

[bodrighywood]

Very dramatic and well named. Not sure about the base, personally prefer a base that doesn't show the grain on pieces like this. How heavy is this by the way?

Pete

[BIG KHS]

Should have said in the first post that the burr is 6½" and it stands about 9" tall at a guess it weighs about a 1kg approximately.

[Huw001]

Very nice Kevin

[Lazurus]

I like this as it is simply different.

[Mike313]

Very aptly named. The colour is well-chosen for this piece. I can almost see it flying through space comet-like. Well photographed against the dark background too. I like it

[Les Symonds]

Stunning piece of work....from the base up, just not too happy bout that base.
Les

p.s. it's rather well photographed, too!

[BIG KHS]

Thanks guys for the positive feed back.

This piece of burr was destined to be a small natural edge bowl, but I'm just glad that I never used a worm screw to chuck up first time round and used a small face plate instead screwed over the spikes of the burr (and later filled in) as I didn't have a proper plan as to how it would end up. As it was by not putting a flat then an 8mm hole deep into it allowed me to let the wood to speak to me and after roughing it out the grain of the burr looked like flames and so it evolved.

As for the base as it has been mentioned a couple of times there is logic (all be it my logic) in the idea it's a fireball and it got scorched by it.

Regards Kevin

[bodrighywood]

Personally I feel it would have been better on a single spike and maybe if the 'scorched base' was hevily scoured first to accentuate the grain? OK persnal view but when wood is stained or scorched and the gerai only just shows as here it seems to be half finished. Looks better (to me) if it is all or nothing. When I doi things like thisI never glue up but leave to look at for a few weeks or longer to either get used to it or hate it. Got several pieces I have changed after a while

Just my opinion LOL

Pete

[Percy]

I really like the outside of the front - the colouring has really accentuated the grain in the burr to look like flames, and I also like the metallic finish on the back side - looks like a lump of space rock.

[Lazurus]

Just had another look and I have to agree on the stand its not quite in keeping with the piece IMHO. Also can I ask what couring you used?

[BIG KHS]

Hi it was coloured using chestnut spirit stains.

Red stain first then heavily sanded back then yellow with a lighter sanding back finally orange then rubbed over with cellulose sanding sealer that I find helps blend the colours a bit more.

Regards Kevin

[fuzzyturns]

Nice colouring front and back, but I do have to agree with others about the stand. IMHO it has too much character of its own. With pieces like this you really want the support to be just that. It has to almost vanish into the surroundings, and I am afraid this one wants to have a voice of its own. However, this is very fixable: mask everything out and give it a coat of matt black spray paint.

[Bryan Milham]

This certainly matches it's name.

I can almost see it screaching through the atmosphere leaving a blazing trail behind it.