At least the tung oil portion is dry. I’m leaving it up to Tom to put it all together. If you don’t have any idea what RBS means check back here. (Make sure you click around to see pics of work in progress.)
The final work w/o the RBS
One side
This might be my favorite angle
The ending
More pics, more pics….
Last spiral from above
Looking back to the end point
What do you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Yes, it’s finally time to finish the base. Sanding: done. Stain: done. Touch-up: done. Now it’s time for the tung oil, which is mostly about drying time, anyway. I’ve noticed that I kept simplifying the design. Some ideas didn’t even make it on paper. My husband mentioned that the base is rather different than my other pieces. I explained (and showed) him that I didn’t want to compete with the sculpture, and once the marbles start moving there will be plenty of action. I think he agrees. Here’s a sneak peak:
Transfer paper is a good thing.
Yes, there’s been some activity on the rolling ball sculpture base! I have a lovely piece of maple that I spent what seems like years sanding. (And, I STILL might have to do more!) I even worked on a bit of extra maple for stain samples, but didn’t finish it because I couldn’t wait to get started on the real thing. I had a heck of a time transferring the drawing to the actual wood. The reason, I finally discovered was that I had altered a couple of angles while working on the pine mock-up. And, since that piece wasn’t large enough for the design in the first place, I was rather confused last night.
Stain: Antique Maple
Stains: Chestnut and Brazilian Rosewood
Things are looking better.
Yes, it’s true. I got a bunch of wood-type stuff for the holidays. My husband picked up some of my more standard supplies. And, my brother was kind enough to get me some new hardwoods — some of which I’ve never even heard of before. Including panga panga, jatoba, purpleheart wood and one of my more normal favorites, maple. I can’t wait to see how the stains look on the new wood!
I think my socks match the purpleheart wood!
I’m thinking about star patterns.
I took a picture while I was working in DC this year, and I can’t seem to shake the image. Where else but DC would I take a picture of an interesting star pattern? We were walking around The Mall in our few hours of free time before starting our gig, and decided to check out the newest memorial. The World War II memorial. It was hot and full of people. I wasn’t inspired to take pictures until I found this drainage grate. If I can make this work, it will be an entirely new type of star for me. You can see a couple of others on the drum post.
For comparison, here are a few that made it into my repertoire. A coaster set done on maple:
While I wait for the coffee to kick in, and the lines at the polls to go down, I can blog.
This summer my husband and I decided to build a drum for him. We took an oversized floor tom (or maybe it’s a small bass drum on it’s side) and made it into our version of a cocktail kit. He did all the research and ordered all the parts, I helped measure and drill the holes, and then the staining. He spent time while I played with stain adapting the new bass drum pedal. He had to change it to hit the bottom side of the new drum.
Stained Woods: Art by Tina Hanagan, Bloomington, IN 