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Thanks, folks!
Not using a deep pour epoxy, Nathan, because most of them suggest a quarter inch is deep. I’m fine with coloring outside the lines, but I’m not going to pay extra for something that may or may not work. I’m fine with the epoxies I’m using (System 3 or Stone Mold), and just needed a reminder as to how much at once was too much.
I haven’t put in a tube, Tom. I generally have a piece of cholla in the center, and then others flanking it. But I’m also going to rip some in order to have thinner pieces for filling gaps. More experimentation will be needed.
Splint, I have thought about doing a pour, then slicing it into veneer. But I’m so dang far behind on things my sweetie wants me to finish that more experimentation will need to wait.
Earl, there are two bowl-turners that I talked to during the Eldorado Studio Tour in 2022 who had cholla bowls very similar to mine in the 2023 tour, so I’m not the only one doing this sort of thing. But I may be the most mad-scientist-ish. Well, except for Keebs, who does a lot more playing with pours than I do.
The third (and final for this batch) cholla and epoxy lamp got rough-turned and hollowed this morning. It also will have a cherry base, but I’m trying a few different things with it. I think I’ll need to make a hardware store trip for some 18 or 20 gauge wire and more solder first though.
Not using a deep pour epoxy, Nathan, because most of them suggest a quarter inch is deep. I’m fine with coloring outside the lines, but I’m not going to pay extra for something that may or may not work. I’m fine with the epoxies I’m using (System 3 or Stone Mold), and just needed a reminder as to how much at once was too much.
I haven’t put in a tube, Tom. I generally have a piece of cholla in the center, and then others flanking it. But I’m also going to rip some in order to have thinner pieces for filling gaps. More experimentation will be needed.
Splint, I have thought about doing a pour, then slicing it into veneer. But I’m so dang far behind on things my sweetie wants me to finish that more experimentation will need to wait.
Earl, there are two bowl-turners that I talked to during the Eldorado Studio Tour in 2022 who had cholla bowls very similar to mine in the 2023 tour, so I’m not the only one doing this sort of thing. But I may be the most mad-scientist-ish. Well, except for Keebs, who does a lot more playing with pours than I do.
The third (and final for this batch) cholla and epoxy lamp got rough-turned and hollowed this morning. It also will have a cherry base, but I’m trying a few different things with it. I think I’ll need to make a hardware store trip for some 18 or 20 gauge wire and more solder first though.
May you have the day you deserve!
