segmented couple

[barry richardson]

Have done a few segmented pieces lately. I find this style (a segmented cylinder, with the bottom; thin ply, held captive by the base ring) is pretty quick n easy, without a whole lot of math. The staved one is silky oak, oriented so the q-sawn face shows on each stave. The other is spalted red maple. Hammered the lids out of copper, and found a good recipe to patina in a way that suits me. About 6 or 7" in diameter. DIW knobs and the dark wood top and bottom is Imbuia. Thanks for looking...

 

[Tony]

Nicely done Barry! A segmented turning is on my short list of to-do's, hope mine comes out half as nice as yours! Tony

 

[Blueglass]

I really love the stave one.

 

[Tony]

I really love the stave one.

That's not surprising.......

 

[Lou Currier]

Very nice work

 

[DKMD]

Love that silky oak piece(from a distance), and I'm still digging those hammered copper lids.

 

[NYWoodturner]

Wow - I really like those Barry. The lids are really cool.

 

[larry C]

Fine job Barry! I've done a lot of segmented work, haven't tried stave construction yet. So many projects, and so little time...
Keep up the good work!

 

[NeilYeag]

How did you get the green patina to sow up on the lid? Really cool, particularly the staved one!

 

[barry richardson]

How did you get the green patina to sow up on the lid? Really cool, particularly the staved one!

Here's what works for me Neil; dissolve some salt in vinegar, put in a spray bottle and wet the copper down good with it. I reapply once or twice as it dries, and by the next day, it's pretty green. Quite a bit of the green is scaly and brushes off easily, but a fair amount usually sticks. Then fix the patina with lacquer. If you want more intense blue tone, like the one below, after spraying on the salt solution, fume the copper in a closed container with an open dish of ammonia, only takes a couple of hours. It turns a solid intense blue, I had to scrub some off so the copper would show through a little.

 

[larry C]

Here's what works for me Neil; dissolve some salt in vinegar, put in a spray bottle and wet the copper down good with it. I reapply once or twice as it dries, and by the next day, it's pretty green. Quite a bit of the green is scaly and brushes off easily, but a fair amount usually sticks. Then fix the patina with lacquer. If you want more intense blue tone, like the one below, after spraying on the salt solution, fume the copper in a closed container with an open dish of ammonia, only takes a couple of hours. It turns a solid intense blue, I had to scrub some off so the copper would show through a little.
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I used the ammonia fuming process to stain white oak furniture. It really works well, just be careful of the fumes, they're nasty..
Larry

 

[NeilYeag]

Barry that is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I am sure a lot of trial and error went into this before you got your desired result but it is really cool. Have you ever worked with bronze? I do a lot of bronze stuff in my factory here but generally just do an oxidized finish, which basically just turns it black. I want to try your technique to see if can get the blue green.

Neil

 

[barry richardson]

Barry that is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I am sure a lot of trial and error went into this before you got your desired result but it is really cool. Have you ever worked with bronze? I do a lot of bronze stuff in my factory here but generally just do an oxidized finish, which basically just turns it black. I want to try your technique to see if can get the blue green.

Neil

Putting patina on copper turned out to be pretty easy, just watched a couple of youtube videos. The nice thing is, if you don't like the results, you can just clean it off with steel wool and try something else. Never tried bronze, don't recall ever seeing any with a green patina. Good luck!

 

[Jim Beam]

Those are great! Well done Sir!

 

[Spinartist]

Very cool!!!

 

[khobson]

Another big thumbs up on the silky oak stave construction!

 

[ripjack13]

Barry, those look great, I really like the top one. Nicely done sir....

 

[DKMD]

Barry that is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I am sure a lot of trial and error went into this before you got your desired result but it is really cool. Have you ever worked with bronze? I do a lot of bronze stuff in my factory here but generally just do an oxidized finish, which basically just turns it black. I want to try your technique to see if can get the blue green.

Neil

Neil, this is bronze paint(over wood) with salt spray and ammonia fuming. I also sprinkled a little extra salt on after spraying the surface with a saline solution. I liked the way it turned out... not much green but plenty of blue.