What’s on your carving/embellishing bench?

[Jeff Sneddon]

Love the “ What’s on your lathe ?” thread. Just seeing if anyone interested in a carving / embellishing thread. I’ll start.

I'm just starting to carve/embellish. I

Love the “ What’s on your lathe ?” thread. Just seeing if anyone interested in a carving / embellishing thread. I’ll start.

My first attempt, sitting on the bench now

 

[hughie]

Was it an NSK or an actual drill from a dentist?

Just a dentist set up

 

[Darryl Fective]

I really haven't done much carving or texturing, but I'm trying to push myself. I turned this piece of white oak from a friend at the local mill. I didn't notice until I well into turning it, that it wasn't a solid piece, but a glue-up of a couple boards. It seemed more noticeable on the rim, so I decided to add some paint and texture. I worked some liming wax into the open grain and put a black base coat on the textured area. I'm considering a layer of copper paint with the aging activator stuff on top, then maybe a light drybrush of plain copper or light wipe of copper gilding paste on the tops of the texture.

 

[Ted Pelfrey]

I'm just starting to carve/embellish. I

My first attempt, sitting on the bench now

Looking good. Be sure to show finished piece.

 

[Darryl Fective]

Here's what it looks like this morning. I painted on the copper, let it dry, then applied the activator. I had to hit some spots I missed, then wiped gently with a damp towel. All bright copper was too harsh, but all aged was really too much as well. It seemed to remove some of the excess oxidation and bring back a bit of the bright copper for nicer balance.