Chaco Demo Piece

Boy, I'd love to see that demo!

Love it, Jim. I too would have liked to see that demo.
What do you use to lightly texture the brick facade? Thanks.

That’s a really beautiful piece!

I agree with what everybody else said. t is absolutely beautiful. I also would love to see a demo of your process for coloring the bricks. IIs the wood alligator juniper?

Tom Gall said:

Love it, Jim. I too would have liked to see that demo.
What do you use to lightly texture the brick facade? Thanks.

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Thanks Tom - I use a course grade of perlite from our local mine to do the sandblasting. The club will post the demo at some point.

Bill Boehme said:

I agree with what everybody else said. t is absolutely beautiful. I also would love to see a demo of your process for coloring the bricks. IIs the wood alligator juniper?

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Bill - Yes the wood is alligator juniper.

I’ll try to post a link to the demo once it is up. Keep in mind it was the first demo I have done on this work.

Nice one Jim

There’s brick and then there’s Jim McLain brick; simply excellent!

Bill Boehme said:

I agree with what everybody else said. t is absolutely beautiful. I also would love to see a demo of your process for coloring the bricks. IIs the wood alligator juniper?

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Bill - Got to thinking that the demo did not show much coloring, more of an overview. My process involves mixing raw artist pigments (raw umber, raw sienna, burnt umber and burnt sienna) powdered form with a carrier (denatured alcoho, lacquer thinner or acetone). I made a color board with several different mixes and picked the ones I liked most. Once mixed I paint the brick with a paint brush. Once dried I wire brush the color, then spray with a flat acrylic. Hope this helps.