Hollow form in Cherry and makassar Ebony

Type of Wood: Cherry, Ebony
Process: Rough-turned, finished after drying
Diameter: 180 Millimeters
Height: 220 Millimeters
Wall thickness: 5 Millimeters
Surface: 3 layers wood oil, polished

more Info here:
http://bernhard.nepelius.at/en/galerie-objekte/vasen-urnen-hohlgefaesse/razor-ii.html

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bernie

Registered: March 2007
Location: Austria
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Date: Mon April 20, 2009
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Keywords: makassar hollow form cherry carve dye

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Bertminator

WOW...very nice, I'm still wondering how you did this turning. Care to enlighten me (us)?? Thumbs Up!

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#1 Mon April 20, 2009 1:15pm

bernie

Hi guys,
i turned the wet cherry block to a large wall thickness, then leave it 2 years dry. After drying i turned the final wall thickness about 15mm, sanded the inside to 400 grit, oiled the inside.

The carving on the outside i made with carving chisels, a rotary rasp mounted in a flexible shaft on a 25.000 rpm motor. Then the outside sanding began. I use an one-hand angle grinder with self made sanding arbors in all sizes suitable for the project. The Structure is carved with a carving chisel, then laquered with black acrylic dye, then sanded. So the valley of the carving stay black, and the mountains became cherry-color. Then oiled 6 times, and polished in three steps.
hope it helps
Bernhard

#2 Mon April 20, 2009 3:13pm

Bill Bolen

Bernie that is a fantastic piece! With all the work you put into it and the beautiful outcome I think it should be on a magazine cover! Congrats...Bill..

#3 Mon April 20, 2009 9:02pm

Mike Baber

Beautiful, excellent workmen ship!!! Thumbs Up!

Wizzy

#4 Mon April 20, 2009 11:47pm

roundwood

One of the nicest pieces I have seen. Excellent workmanship and design. You deserve plenty of reconition for this piece.

#5 Tue April 21, 2009 1:03pm

Jonathan_Prellwitz

What a truly beautiful piece of art, it shows your attention to detail and dedication to this craft! The ebony is gorgeous and really stands out compared to the cherry.

Jon

#6 Wed July 15, 2009 2:58pm