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Marbleized Mable Vessel Trio
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Andy DiPietro

Marbleized Mable Vessel Trio

This Trio was turned from an Ambrosia Silver Maple log that has been spalting since the spring of 2008. Each piece was bleached twice and sanded to 2000 grit. I applied two light coats of water based polyurethane, then sanded and buffed lightly to achieve the ghostly marbleized finish.

So I am really excited about this trio. Please tell me what you think.

#287 is 16" H x 10" D
#288 is 10" H x 7" D
#289 is 6 3/4" H x 6 1/2" D
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Ron Wehde
Andy,

I think your pieces are great. I like the bleached look and the different sizes make an actractive grouping. Good work!
 
Terry Scott
For some reason these look better in this photo than on Wow

The bleaching was well worth the effort ,I like the albino kind of feel they have
Have you tried sandblasting some of this wood ,with bleaching afterwards (just an idea ) They are sweet as they are though
Cheers
 
Charlie Knighton
very nice
 
C
Your forms have lovely shapes and the trio fits together perfectly. I assume the wood was pretty dark. Did you use 2-part wood bleach, or a less agressive one part? Whatever, the result is stunning.
Dale
 
Charles Henderson
That is an impressive trio, and the biggest one sure is big. That must have been a ton of fun. I like the form of the largest one the best, but the other two are excellent as well. The finish you achieved is unique and very interesting.

Great work!!
 
Andy DiPietro
Thanks for responses. These were fun to turn and hollow but they were also a lot of work. The wood was pretty dark, so I let it completely dry before adding Daly's bleach with is a strong 2-part bleach. The dry wood drew in the bleach like a sponge. This group was turned from the end grain of half log sections.

Thanks
Andy DiPietro
www.woodartforms.com
 

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