Ebonised & gilded Ash bowl


I got round today to trying some silver gild wax on this ebonised Ash bowl, i started with an Ash blank fixed to the lathe via a face plate.



The base shape of the bowl was turned including a spigot to allow the bowl to be reversed & held on the lathe by chuck jaws in expansion mode.



With the base sanded & a coat of cellulose sanding sealer applied the bowl was reversed chucked, the top shape of the bowl turned, sanded & sealed. I then masked the small bowl ready for spraying.




The rim was then sprayed with Chestnut`s ebonising spray.


  
The masking tape was removed, a little sanding was necessary then the gild wax was applied to the grain.



Finally a few photos of it polished.









3 comments:

  1. A very impressive bowl, Mr Turner, as is the site itself!

    Cheers

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