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Here are a few little vases I turned recently to increase my stock of lower-priced items for sale. I also used most of them as practice pieces for coloring ideas. They all have glass test tube-style inserts so they can hold a few stems of fresh flowers in water.
Here's the only one I didn't dye. It's some blister maple I got a couple years ago from Terry Quiram. It's got a bit of nice curl, although there's not a lot of blister visible in this one...
This one is from some scrap sycamore, with a black, red and yellow dye job. I'm not particularly thrilled with it, but it'll probably appeal to someone enough to buy it...
Here's another piece of blister maple (with visible blister figure this time). It's got a combination of green and teal blue dyes...
And a piece of nicely-figured maple, with black, red and yellow dyes...
These little guys are pretty quick and inexpensive to make, but can still be a challenge if you're picky about the form.
Comments and critiques are welcome -
Here's the only one I didn't dye. It's some blister maple I got a couple years ago from Terry Quiram. It's got a bit of nice curl, although there's not a lot of blister visible in this one...
This one is from some scrap sycamore, with a black, red and yellow dye job. I'm not particularly thrilled with it, but it'll probably appeal to someone enough to buy it...
Here's another piece of blister maple (with visible blister figure this time). It's got a combination of green and teal blue dyes...
And a piece of nicely-figured maple, with black, red and yellow dyes...
These little guys are pretty quick and inexpensive to make, but can still be a challenge if you're picky about the form.
Comments and critiques are welcome -