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A pretty good day's work

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:18:22 +0000

by: stitchin girl

Description}: The three pens on the right are tulipwood and purple heart. The purple heart was dry and brittle and I messed up more blanks than I can count, but I finally got these three turned out and they look pretty to me. They are the first pens I made from start to finish. (I've started some in the past, but never finished). But this time I can claim bragging rights. The pen on the left is olive wood, made by DH (otherwise known here as PhilipE) One of the purple heart pens turned out so exceptional, and then when the pieces went together a little bit loose, DH decided they needed to be glued together, and then somehow, he managed to put it together ever so slightly crooked, that the pen wouldn't go together. I almost had a tantrum, but instead just moped around for a little while, then I made another piece to replace it, and it was just as good as the original, so I was happy. I put the pens in the sun to bring out their lovely purple coloring and now here they are, for all the world to see.

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Enhanced Rim Maple Bowl

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 03:01:23 +0000

by: stitchin girl

Description}: This is a view of the bottom of my bowl. I made a very shallow base for the bowl to sit on, very subtle but stable.

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Enhanced Rim Maple Bowl

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 03:00:19 +0000

by: stitchin girl

Description}: This is the side view of my bowl.

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Enhanced Rim Maple Bowl

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 01:42:23 +0000

by: stitchin girl

Description}: This bowl is 6 1/2 inches in diameter and about 1 1/4 inches tall. There are two inlace filled grooves cut into the 1 inch wide rim. I used a complimentary pair of red and turquoise color inlaces. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get it up here, but I wasn't happy with the way the first finish was looking so DH (stands for darn husband this time) made me sand the whole thing by hand. I sanded it down to 400 grit and now have a coat of polyurethane finish on it. I guess I shouldn't complain that he made me sand it clean, since I got mad every time he was hovering over my shoulder. I finally had to finish it when he was sleeping because he was driving me crazy! He's obsessed! Anyway, Bud, I love your piece, I hope you like my amateurish attempt for this project. Will exchange addresses via private messaging.

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