"Uncharted" (Hybrid Sphere)

pretty cool,did you also make the sphere? is so can you give us info on it.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

I did indeed make the sphere. What would you like to know about it?

Most of the hybrid castings and turnings I’ve done have been a consequence of one fateful day a couple of years ago when one of my coworkers showed me a video by Heath Knuckles and challenged me to make one of these spheres. That sent me down a hybrid turning path that I can’t seem to find an exit for… I’ll put his YT channel below, he does some amazing work.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ymj9d5HO-sLh2AnyILAiQ

So is there a light in the base or did you add a phosphorescent substance to the resin?

Really cool.

-- Leafherder

Thanks for looking. Prior to casting I mixed a little glow-in-the-dark pigment powder and pearl-ex pigment into heavily diluted shellac and brushed it on the live-edge portion of the burl.

Travis, I’m really impressed with your spheres, they are outstanding!!!!! That is the one project I want to try in the next few months. They won’t be hybrid though, that will be another day.

-- John, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada.

Travis, I m really impressed with your spheres, they are outstanding!!!!! That is the one project I want to try in the next few months. They won t be hybrid though, that will be another day.

- John

I say go for it John, it’s a lot of fun. I can share some tips and tricks when you’re ready!