Stained Field Maple Bowl

[Dalboy]

First turning of this year. Made for our club competition.

Field Maple and measures 7 1/4" X 2" and has some light ripple in the bottom, sanded to 600grit and then wiped over with water and given a final sand of 600grit to de-nibed. Chestnut spirit stain applied with paint brushes and acrylic satin varnish was used as a sealer because I ran out of proper sealer. Final coats are Acrylic gloss lacquer. I left the bottom of the foot as plain wood.

Started this Tuesday and only just finished and ready for the competition is tomorrow, I like to cut it fine and if any stage goes wrong I go into panic mode

C & C welcome

 

[stewart]

Lovely shine and lovely colours!

 

[Dalboy]

Thank you Sterwart. The more I look at it I feel the red could have been toned down just a little more especially on the rim

 

[CHJ]

Great finishing Derek, made on spec or to a competition brief?

 

[Dalboy]

Thank you Chas. All we have are three section, Novice, Senior and Enhanced. No set theme this will be in the enhanced section but next year I might try the novice section :lol: seriously I probably have a go at just the senior which means just turning without things like the addition of colour just for a change.

 

[Suffolkboy]

reminds me of the northern lights.

 

[Dalboy]

reminds me of the northern lights.

Not ever looked at it like that

 

[matt_southward]

I love this bowl. The colour is so vivid with that great shine and I like the way you've bled them into each other. The red accent is really good in my opinion. Bear in mind I only ever use an oiled finish, but this bowl is making me rethink that!

 

[sammy.se]

The colours are wonderful and the finish looks great. As always. Well done, thanks for sharing!

 

[Dalboy]

Thank you both.

I love this bowl. The colour is so vivid with that great shine and I like the way you've bled them into each other. The red accent is really good in my opinion. Bear in mind I only ever use an oiled finish, but this bowl is making me rethink that!

This is something that I learnt from a member on here THIS is a video he did it took me a couple of goes to get the results you see here

 

[matt_southward]

Thanks for that link - I'll have a look later when the kids are out of the way.