Walnut Vessel

The finial is beautiful. Great job. Yes the texturing looks like it took for ever

Vincent,
I really like how you have enshrined your finial using contrasting woods. well done.
Thanks for sharing.
Dwight

Vinny, saw this over on WOW, I realy love the total piece, The form is spot on to my eye with a 1/3 2/3 proportion, just leave the finial please as it is.
Great bit of texturing & colour blending.
Pete

Thanks guys for your generous comments.

Vincent, perhaps you described it better on WOW, but how did you hollow the piece? The texturing is really nice, and the finial is fantastic. I assume it's in two parts. Really handsome piece.

Hal, it is one piece...and the finial is 2, 3 with the cap.
I use a few home made tools. One is like Al Basham`s tools, with a base board door stopper spring as a thickness gauge (I use that quite a bit). I`ve also assembled a captured system for when things get precarious. It can accept various bars.
As for the texture on the top, it is a dremel, ping hammered and burnished. The colors are black gesso, india ink, transtint dyes, and pre cat lacquer.
The finials for me are always removable (but not threaded....yet!)

Vincent-

WOW.

Gary

The combination of carving along with the finial is awesome!

Turning of the Week, 05/14/12
AAW Home Page Photo

What an honor, and a surprise! Thank you so much Kurt, I`m humbled and grateful, and will never forget the surprise when I saw this!