To be honest I'm not sure whether to call this a plate, saucer, or maybe even a dish. At any rate I'm going to start at the beginning and show the first picture again.

 

 

 

 

 

Basically just a series of triangles from this side. There is a pattern but it's not easy to make out. Just as an aside, my wife liked it this way very much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What I didn't show you was the pattern I had drawn on the other side. This picture is after all the piecing had been done. This is the underside of the bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the inside after piercing and having some of the pattern drawn in. I didn't feel I could lay out inside and out before doing the piercing so I did the outside, pierced, then drew the pattern to match the holes. It was a LOT more difficult than I thought it would be. Visualizing the pattern was difficult even though It's my pattern and I'm very familiar with it. Also, some of my cuts weren't exactly perpendicular to the surface and that changed things enough I had to fudge here and there to make it all work out(kind of). I have to say, it's amazing to me what a difference a few simple lines can make in how something looks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this picture the pattern is drawn and burned in. I have begun to do the grain lines and shading. I keep telling myself I need to lose weight but I don't know how I would hold things to work on them if I did

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When looking at some of my other pieces some have remarked that I must have a lot of patience. I have to say, it's like therapy to me. Sitting on the patio, burning for a couple hours, and having 3 or 4 glasses of wine I'm very relaxed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much like this post, I did eventually get it done, took me the better part of three days to see if my idea would work. All in all, I'm happy with how it turned out though there are lots of little issues on the inside. It was a great learning experience and the next one will be better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!!

 

Steve

 

oh my...

You just keep getting better with your projects,Steve, makes me wonder what goes on in that head of yours and how you can just imagine this stuff.  Or is it an ongoing system where you develop your design as you go? Keep it up, you are amazing.

Herb

Beautifully done Steve.  Amazing pattern you made up there.  I like it real well.

 

Wow now that we see where you were going. I do not think I would have even gotten the pattern drawn.

I can why it took you so long to make that - all of that weaving. Great Job!!

wow....  beautiful

Absolutely Awesome!

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

Beautifully done Steve.  Amazing pattern you made up there.  I like it real well.

 

 

 

Thanks to everyone who has commented!!

Dan, while I did "make up" the pattern to draw this. It is originally an actual basket weave pattern. I believe it's called a Lei Lei pattern or something like that. Of course, I can't find the picture I  used when I was figuring out how to draw it.

 

Steve

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

Wow now that we see where you were going. I do not think I would have even gotten the pattern drawn.

 

Gerald, it's one of the reasons I like zentangle and zentangle principles so much. No one is less an artist than I am, I still can't sign my name legibly. If you look closely you will see that entire pattern consists of three lines repeated over and over. A vertical line, a diagonal line rising to the right, and a diagonal line rising to the left. After the grid is laid out you basically just connect the dots.

 

Steve

Nope, not a colander.

Great job. Of whom you have the patience, too.

Wow...amazing how much depth the burning gave that piece...it really tricks the eye and that was even without a glass of wine...

Your patience is off the charts.

Thanks for sharing the PIP with us...BTW...This would make a great Blog topic!

Steve that is awesome. Very beautiful.