Loading ...Well, I’m still experimenting with ebonizing. I turned the bowl, but left it mounted on the chuck. The rim was ebonized and left to dry overnight. Then I mounted the bowl back on the lathe and took so light cuts on the inner and outer profiles so that I could get a clean transition from the ebonized to the natural wood.
I did not get as clean a transition as I hoped for. The ebonizing solution seemed to soak deeper into the wood in some places. I think next time I will put a sealing coat of shellac on the inside and outside of the bowl, before applying the ebonizing solution to the rim.
Ebonized Cherry Bowl
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Ebonized Cherry Bowl
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I love watching this learning process. So now what will you do with this to complete it?
That's it T2. It is complete. Now what would complete me is if I sell it
For now it's off to the next project.
I don’t understand the technicalities of the work involved, but it looks lovely, Keith.
The important part is that you think it looks lovely, Fiona
Thanks very much.
The ebonizing is basically just a chemical reaction that occurs in the wood that causes it to turn black. It gets it name from Ebony wood, which is black. This process just makes other woods look like ebony.