Cherry Platter with Pyrography

Cherry Platter with some simple woodburning on the rim. 9 in X 1 in, 2 coats urethane oil. Finally got around to giving this a try. What are your thoughts? Does it add to or take away from the piece. Thank you for looking.

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roundwood

Registered: October 2007
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Date: Fri July 18, 2008
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Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Yes. Depends on what you're wanting to accomplish really. In this specific piece, the grain is pretty plain. It has very little character. The burning gives this piece some character, some texture to draw the observer to it. You did a nice job with this piece of wood. 8-)

#1 Fri July 18, 2008 4:14am

Larry Charlot

I like it but would like to see a close up of the burning.

#2 Fri July 18, 2008 1:09pm

roundwood

Rev - thank you for the feed back. I think that I will continue to experiment with this process occassionally.
Larry - I will try to get a picture, but this was very simply done with a round end point in the burning iron and I just kept making random dots all over the rim. Some overlaped which made some dark shading and some allowed the cherry to show between them.

#3 Fri July 18, 2008 5:55pm

Chuck Beland

The burning definitely enhances the bowl it draws your eyes to it I say definitely keep it up.

Chuck

#4 Sat July 19, 2008 1:05am

Mark Damron

One thing I would do is leave about 1/4" wide ring on the inside and outside of the burning to help frame it in. Nice job!

#5 Mon July 21, 2008 4:17pm