I've been wanting to add some color to some of my turnings and posted a little about that earlier. At the time I was working on another decorative platter and have just put the sealer coat on it. Probably should've waited and taken better pictures but I wanted to share and got impatient.

 

 

The platter is soft maple, turned to about 1/8" thick and about 12" diameter. My original thought for the center motif was to use water color paint. After several practice pieces I just wasn't getting the "pop" I was after and decided to use aniline dye. It is definitely a more robust color. The sky, the tree, the animals, and the bottom are pyrography.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The underside

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was excited about doing this piece there are several things I really like about it. Even so, I'm just not sure it "works".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Incredible!

What Kelly said  and MORE!!

Wow. Looks like a rattan platter. How thin is it?

It works for me Steve.  A breautiful piece!

Cal

Another great piece Steve.  I thought about you today.  I was in a consignment store today and there was a small work bench and a Foredom motor and rotary tool was mounted to it.  I thought they were out of line on price at $140.00.

 

12 hours ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

Even so, I'm just not sure it "works".

Steve....  let me just say this.    IT WORKS!  Holy Cow, IT WORKS!

Crazy skills...  can't say enough, this just blows me away.

Very nice Steve, very very nice.

Incredible Steve. The choice to go with the aniline dye for the color was the right decision. The color is spectacular.

Your artistic talent amazes me!

On 7/26/2017 at 11:30 PM, HandyDan said:

Another great piece Steve.  I thought about you today.  I was in a consignment store today and there was a small work bench and a Foredom motor and rotary tool was mounted to it.  I thought they were out of line on price at $140.00.

 

 

 

Hi Dan, Thanks! Depending on the model, that probably wasn't a bad price, especially if it had any bits with it.

 

Steve

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the comments.

On 7/26/2017 at 9:22 PM, Gerald said:

Wow. Looks like a rattan platter. How thin is it?

 

 

Hi Gerald. It's about 1/8" thick. It's patterned after a Polynesian style vessel. According to what I read, the weave is normally done with water hyacinth reed and the splines are metal.

 

 

Steve

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the very nice comments.

 

Steve

Steve are you using power carver ? If so what bit did you use to get the sharp corners?

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

Steve are you using power carver ? If so what bit did you use to get the sharp corners?

 

Gerald, there isn't really any carving except for the pierced areas. For that I use a cheap knock off dental hand piece from Ebay. A person can buy one for less than 15 bucks. Do an Ebay search for NSK Pana Max 4 hole. The burs I get from http://bursforcarving.com/ 

I think they about 9. mil in diameter. After  I get done with the piercing there is a fair bit exacto knife and needle file work to clean up the edges.

 

Steve

6 minutes ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

After  I get done with the piercing there is a fair bit exacto knife and needle file work to clean up the edges.

and don't forget the most important tool...LOTS of painstaking PATIENCE!

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

and don't forget the most important tool...LOTS of painstaking PATIENCE!

 

There IS some of that but I have found a way to cope

 

 

 

Steve

2 hours ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

There IS some of that but I have found a way to cope

...Well. there is that tool too!