My latest piece,called Craters Black and Red,its 4"x4"x4",made of English White Oak,started off with a cube and turned it corner to corner making chucking point on the 4 corners, then on the flat sides put a screw chuck on 3 sides,once done I then used a 3/8 spidle gauge to hollow the first 7 craters,after that was done I remade a jig(from a previous incarnation) to hold the outside of the craters,and 4 dovetail pieces held by a bolt going through the jig and between the 4 dovetail pieces,with a washer holding them the bolt was tightened just enough to hold it all stabl enough to turn the inside of other 7 craters,the next job was carving between the craters then sanding to 600 grit,once done it was dyed with vinegar wirewool mixture,dried,denibbed and re-dyed,dried a second time and de-nibbed again,then the outside was stippled with a 3 mm round burr and the resulting white spots dyed Orange(I keep saying red in other places for some reason), then topped it off with 2 coats of clear Plasticoat from Wilkos.
