Couple of Coloured Horse Chestnut Burrs

[edbanger]

Couple of little Horse Chestnut Burr hollow forms Coloured with Chestnut Spirit stains Orange/Red finished with CA and the Purple/Yellow finished with Chestnut spray lacquer.

Sizes 100mm x 100mm ish

C & C's welcome as always

Ed

[Derek]

Both have a great form and some interesting grain but for me the darker one seems to bring the grain out more.

[Les Symonds]

You've got a couple of winners there, Ed....smashing colours and the grain really pops.
Les.

[John D Smith]

 Hi Ed,
          Lovely couple of hollow Forms I also like the dark ones can I see a little bleed of the Spirit Stains on the aperture wall ?

                                                             Regards John

[GBF]

Hi Ed

I love the colouring but would like to see the base tucked under a bit more.

Regards George

[edbanger]

Thanks for the comments all.

Well spotted John there is indeed a small bleed on the lip, I'll need to fix that

George I'll give the next one a more tucked under base

All the best

Ed

[georg]

    Burr Horse  Chestnut was the first wood we used Ed when experimenting with stains..... and think its still the best,
   with Burr Maple coming a close second...... The orange one stands out for us the way it picks up the flaring and figure , but
   must admit prefer the shape of the  dark one.
   Kind Regards   Tony di
     

[Eric Harvey]

Love the red one Ed.

[edbanger]

Thank you for your comments Tony,Di & Eric

Ed

[Bryan Milham]

Ed,

I'm not sure about the darker form. Wood does darken over time and I think the colour you've used will sit on top of that darkness and make the wonderful figure in the wood very hard to see too quickly.

That said, what I can see now shows the figure very well.

[edbanger]

Hi Bryan

Thank you for your comment, sadly I'm not the best with the camera and the purple is much brighter in day light, so the picture is not showing the piece in it's best light

All the best

Ed