James

Today James was with me  a Christmas present from his wife Catharine.
Most of the time I speak to potential Students prior to their coming here to access their experience or lack of it so that I can plan the day to make sure they get as much as possible from it.
When James arrived this morning I had no Idea what experience he had or if he had any at all. Well it tuned out he had about 3 years experience and a day and a half of tuition with another Professional turner.
When I asked him what he wanted to do for the day he said he wanted to learn as much as he could possibly Texturing and colouring or Hollow form turning.
We settled for Texturing and colouring and make sure he had not picked up bad habits.
We quickly ironed out a few bad habits  and then produced the bottom of a wide rimmed bowl .
After turning the bowl  James created a wide rim and prepared it for texturing and colouring as the following pics will show.
We got through a lot today and as you can see it was well worth it very well done James

Sanding the rim ready for texturing

 

 

 Carving a texture

 

 Texture scorched and coloured

 

 Texture and colour removed to try something else

 Carved coloured and textured again using spirit stains

 Some of the surface sanded of to create a more subtle effect

 Carving removed and another texturing and colouring exercise

 Removing Texture and colour for final effect

 James beading rim ready to scorch and add Verdigris wax

 Rubbing in the Verdigris wax

 Removing the bowl centre

 Centre removed and sanded

 Bowl reversed and james is removing the spigot

 All done and a photo opportunity.