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Artist's Pallet

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Artist's Pallet

bowlman

The title was chosen by my wife, so it is what it is.

This is my other entry into AAW's POP exhibit, "The Sphere A Second Turn".

The base is Avonite, a man made material that was, for a time, a competitor to Corian. i don't know if they are even in business anymore. I had several pieces sitting around and I glued a couple together for the base. Sphere and base just fit inside a 6x6x6 cube.

The sphere is maple and is finished with black acrylic paint, iridescent paints and a clear acrylic sealer.

The paints were applied to the piece and then I used a soda straw and my breath to move the paint around. The paint was thinned just a bit with water.

C&C welcomed




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like this one too

GaryG in MD

Dick,

I love the sphere, in fact, I really love the sphere, but you asked for C&C, so I'll add that I think the base is a bit too prominent and may detract from the sphere. If it were mine, which it clearly is not, I'd use a much smaller "ring" base. Just my 2¢. ...GG

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Karl_TN

Nice job. I seem to recall seeing this done with something like an airbrush to push the paint around, but I like your straw idea better because it's so much cheaper. :)

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