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This is the first milestone of a three year project. I am attempting to go beyond being a craftsman to more of an artist. There are possibly 16 different woods here, most which were given to me, so they have stories that go with them. Possibly eight different finishes. Every good artist must have an "artist's statement", I am told. Mine is that rather than using the wood to demonstrate my craftsmanship, I use my meager skills to show off the incredible creativity of God. I get to be the first person to look inside what he made, and plates and bowls seem to show off the most with the minimum of skills. I believe my favorite woods are apple because of the cool grain, the large red plate of guapinol (common name of "stinky toes") that a store owner gave me in Costa Rica and I kind of smuggled into the country. I'm not into resin yet to fill voids. Rather, I use crushed minerals and gems with CA to fill voids, in this case, crushed malachite, pearls and fool's gold. Epoxy glue ruins the refraction of the minerals. There are more walls, and so many kinds of woods...
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I think I did a piece on these when I did my demo back in November and now have completed 4 more and given to the Widows in my Ministry. So enjoyed making these that since I now have a new woodburner can see making more. We have posted a video of the process on YouTube also with link at the end of post Plate colored rim w/ Stick n Burn & Metallic Gourd Inks
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This is my entrance to more art than crafts. Many people use their wood to demonstrate their skills. I use a minimum of skills to demonstrate the wood. I am privileged to be the first one to peek inside what God made. So, this is a wall hanging, mostly from scraps,and exploring various finishes. Lignum vitae, red oak, walnut, sepele, hickory, cherry, lace wood, mulberry with finishes of Waterlox, poly, BLO, beeswax. I will work on the framework to make it simpler. Right now, it is a bunch of aluminum wire and hot glue. Starting on Swoosh II today.
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