It Satisfied My Soul No. 32 Exterior View

Beautiful piece Donna. Would be even better in person, I’m sure! I have a question about your process with these, if you don’t mind answering. When you apply your masking (Parfix I think?), do you do it before or after carving/pyroing your leaves? I am assuming after, but just a guess.

Beautiful, Donna. I love this series !!!! Always so clean and so precise.

Michael Anderson said:

Beautiful piece Donna. Would be even better in person, I’m sure! I have a question about your process with these, if you don’t mind answering. When you apply your masking (Parfix I think?), do you do it before or after carving/pyroing your leaves? I am assuming after, but just a guess.

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Thanks, Michael. The masking is done with frisket, a low tack adhesive sheet tape that airbrush artists use to keep paint from areas they don’t want it. The steps are finish turn a bowl, draw the leaves interior and exterior, make the outlined leaves permanent with a woodburning tip, carve away the rim in the shape of the leaves (and the challenge here was only having a line of sight for one side), texturing the leaf interiors, re-burn the outline, lay down frisket, cut away frisket where the leaves are, lay down color with the airbrush, remove frisket mask, sign the bottom apply satin lacquer finish.

Frisket! That's the word I was looking for. Not Parfix

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation, it makes perfect sense. It's so much fun trying to figure out the process of making something like this. Like Tom said above, the whole series is fantastic, as is the name for of the series. Looking forward to the next one.

The texturing is a sweet add. It has no apparent pattern and complete coverage to the line. Super job with that as well Donna!