I've gotten inspired by the work of George Foweraker to add spin art to the rims of my turnings. This was my first attempt. Before clear coating the colors were a bit more vivid, the clear coat turned them rather whitish. Clearly I have more work to do to better understand this process. Used a Cherry plate I had turned years ago and tossed in the scrap heap for some reason. Put it back on the lathe, cleaned it up and tried this new embellishment technique.
First spin art attempt
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thewishman
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Looks kinda cool to me.
Drstrangefart
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Dude, that is ridiculously awesome. Well done, sir.
tkbarron
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I think its awesome! Bet you can't make another exactly like it.
Tom
Tom
Thanks!
Yeah Tom, duplication is not an option!
I think I shall do some experiments with some hardboard painted gloss black before I try this again on a turning to better understand how this paint works. I have a couple turnings waiting in the wings to try these Jo Sonja iridescent paints on.
Yeah Tom, duplication is not an option!
I think I shall do some experiments with some hardboard painted gloss black before I try this again on a turning to better understand how this paint works. I have a couple turnings waiting in the wings to try these Jo Sonja iridescent paints on.
ldubia
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That is some amazing work there. Gives me ideas. I'm always looking for ways to add to/improve upon/combine processes in my work to make them more unique and art-worthy. Very cool.
Did you spin it on the lathe or flat on a table on some kind of mechanism? Various speeds used or one?
Oooh, I gotta try this.
Did you spin it on the lathe or flat on a table on some kind of mechanism? Various speeds used or one?
Oooh, I gotta try this.
Larry,
I spun it on the lathe. There are a lot of variables a play in this sort of thing.
How thick of a coat of the paint is applied
How viscous is the paint
What is the base the paint is applied to (gloss lacquer to porous wood)
What RPM
What size piece
In my case, I used a base coat of gloss black rattle-can spray-paint. The colors are Jo Sonja iridescent paints. Against a black background they shimmer and change intensity depending on viewing angle. With the piece held in a chuck, I quickly applied red, purple and gold in concentric rings. I then put a box over the piece so that any paint flung off would end up on the inside of the box and not all over the place. I then turned on the lathe at around 600 RPM (started off at 300 RPM but no paint movement) for a few seconds at a time to see how it was going.
Starting off slow and short duration is a good idea as you can always spin it some more but can't un-spin (not even if your lathe has reverse)
I am going to experiment with some hard board painted black to get a better feel for the Jo Sonja colors. I made up some 8" squares which is a fairly typical size piece for me.
I think one needs to stabilize some of the variables to learn this technique. I'll select a consistent type of gloss black base coat, stick with the Jo Sonja colors and a nominal 8" piece. I can then experiment with application of the colors and speed / duration f spinning.
I tried just hardboard with no gloss black. The colors looked great, but the hardboard soaks up moisture so fast that it dried the colors almost instantly, and they would not run when I ran the lathe up to over 1000 RPM.
I spun it on the lathe. There are a lot of variables a play in this sort of thing.
How thick of a coat of the paint is applied
How viscous is the paint
What is the base the paint is applied to (gloss lacquer to porous wood)
What RPM
What size piece
In my case, I used a base coat of gloss black rattle-can spray-paint. The colors are Jo Sonja iridescent paints. Against a black background they shimmer and change intensity depending on viewing angle. With the piece held in a chuck, I quickly applied red, purple and gold in concentric rings. I then put a box over the piece so that any paint flung off would end up on the inside of the box and not all over the place. I then turned on the lathe at around 600 RPM (started off at 300 RPM but no paint movement) for a few seconds at a time to see how it was going.
Starting off slow and short duration is a good idea as you can always spin it some more but can't un-spin (not even if your lathe has reverse)
I am going to experiment with some hard board painted black to get a better feel for the Jo Sonja colors. I made up some 8" squares which is a fairly typical size piece for me.
I think one needs to stabilize some of the variables to learn this technique. I'll select a consistent type of gloss black base coat, stick with the Jo Sonja colors and a nominal 8" piece. I can then experiment with application of the colors and speed / duration f spinning.
I tried just hardboard with no gloss black. The colors looked great, but the hardboard soaks up moisture so fast that it dried the colors almost instantly, and they would not run when I ran the lathe up to over 1000 RPM.
KenV
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The Jo Sonja irridecent paints do work better on a dark background - we played with lighter backgrounds and the effects are very subtle - on dark backgrounds - pronounced.
Sealed surfaces seem to work better -- the airbrushed an even coat of matte acrylic as the under coat
Sealed surfaces seem to work better -- the airbrushed an even coat of matte acrylic as the under coat
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PR_Princess
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Very cool Eric. Well done! I really like the subtle effect...looks like flower petals opening.
Drstrangefart
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My first thought here was that this was what Dr. Who ate cereal out of every morning.