Project Information
I decided to try turning a couple of spheres and got a little obsessed with trying different woods and epoxy inlays.
1) Bois d'arc (osage orange) with brass powder inlay
2) Spalted sugarberry (aka southern hackberry)
3) Spalted red oak. It has a big black hole through the middle
4) Bradford pear with blue mica inlay. I used some black dye to pop the grain a bit
5a) Dogwood with blue mica inlay
5b) Photinia (the shrub) with black and red dye-looks almost like a red planet model.
6) Bois d'arc with blue mica inlay.
The spalted red oak orb is finished with Tried and True Danish oil. The others are all sanded to at least 2000 grit and finished with Mylands friction polish which may just become my new favorite for turned projects. I like it much better than the Hut Friction Finish I have been using up until now.
These are both Bradford pear and the first 2 I attempted.
1) Bois d'arc (osage orange) with brass powder inlay
2) Spalted sugarberry (aka southern hackberry)
3) Spalted red oak. It has a big black hole through the middle
4) Bradford pear with blue mica inlay. I used some black dye to pop the grain a bit
5a) Dogwood with blue mica inlay
5b) Photinia (the shrub) with black and red dye-looks almost like a red planet model.
6) Bois d'arc with blue mica inlay.
The spalted red oak orb is finished with Tried and True Danish oil. The others are all sanded to at least 2000 grit and finished with Mylands friction polish which may just become my new favorite for turned projects. I like it much better than the Hut Friction Finish I have been using up until now.
These are both Bradford pear and the first 2 I attempted.