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A Thief of Time

I made this after seeing the movie with the same title. The movie is based on a book by Tony Hillerman. 8" diameter, 4" tall, made from mahogany with Kokopelli burned in.
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beautiful wood ... perfect balance to the shape ... what great curves you have!

on a shape like this, how much time do you spend with the finish on the inside?
 
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This wood was (I believe) over kiln dried. When turning it was more dust than shavings that came off, and the tearout was awful. As a result of the horrible tearout, I did not want to kill myself trying to sand to a perfect finish inside, so I burned it with a torch. It turned out great. After scorching it I immediately put walnut oil inside letting the residual heat help it absorb. If you rub the inside now, there is no residual soot.
 

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