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Eggception II
Michael Anderson

Eggception II

This is another egg-in-an-egg piece, inspired by Al Hockenbery's ball-in-a-ball work. I posted this to another forum, but there's a lot of non-overlap with members. Forgive me if you've seen it previously. The small Suriname Ironwood egg moveable yet permanently fitted within the cavity of the larger Sweetgum egg. Ebonized (via India ink) Black Oak pedestal. Magnets join the large egg to the pedestal. Large egg finished with lacquer, small egg with hemp oil, and pedestal with lacquer. 8.25"h x 3.5"d.
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Haha, fair enough, Daveā€”thanks! šŸ˜Š

MIchael, did you post these alternative views from a web source (not images from your computer's hard-drive)? I still cant seem to do this with photos that are on my computer.... The mystery deepens! BTW I love this, I think its Eggceptional!

Thank you Thomas! Yes, I posted these as links from Imgur.com. Itā€™s an image sharing website. You upload the photo (you can do this publicly or privately), add a descriptive title, and then Imgur will generate a link. I usually right-click on the photo and select ā€œopen image in new tabā€, and then copy the URL. Doing it this way will give you a link to the image itself, without the superfluous Imgur border. If that makes senseā€¦ Iā€™m happy to elaborate as needed.
 
Thank you Alan, Will, and Tom!!

Tom, the magnets don't quite touch. I've learned the hard way just how powerful rare earth magnets are. Ripped out epoxy connections. Sheesh. I recessed the magnet in the egg so that it sits just below the surface, and the magnet in the pedestal is flush with its surface. The top of the pedestal is slightly concave, so the egg sits just below the top of the pedestal. The very bottom edge of the egg comes into contact with the pedestal, and there's likely about 1/2 mm or so between the two magnets. Close enough to still be very strong.

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Great follow along article Michael! You really shine through this piece with color texture and form. This is a great expansion of an original idea!! Well done!!
 

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