I'm
a little disgusted with myself right now. I spent the day yesterday
messing around with oil paints on the little peach flower sculpture
trying to lighten it up but I eventually cleaned it all off since it
just wasn't looking the way I had it in my head to look. So, new
idea. I would just use a bit darker pink and paint the stamens so
they would stand out better and then a dot of yellow on the ends
which I intended to do all along since I didn't think I could get a
tiny bit of yellow frit to stay in place during casting.
That
worked well enough so I set it aside and started on the peach wood
top. It needed a little sanding, which I did, and since I didn't
want to stain it or seal it, I figured I would do a hand rubbed
finish. Before I did that though, I wanted to see how all the pieces
looked together since I have not ever put them all together before.
So I balanced the box on the upside down cast bronze peach pit feet,
put the wood top on top and the flower sculpture on top of that and
as I held the cast peach inlay piece against the front of the box,
the whole thing teetered over and I snatched the box with one hand
and the flower sculpture with the other before it hit the table and
in the process smeared the paint.
Well,
fine. Be that way. I put it aside to touch up later.
Next
I rubbed lemon oil on the wood, for that hand rubbed finish, and I
knew it would darken it some but was not prepared for how much the
oil actually did darken the wood which is still a pretty piece of
wood with nice grain and now the sculpture does not stand out from
the wood the way it did prior to the lemon oil.
Sheesh!
Am I ever satisfied?
Well,
satisfied or not, I'm done with this piece. It's time to move on.
Now as soon as the adhesive I ordered arrives, I can put it all
together.
So,
did I ever tell y'all what I plan to fill the peach box with after I
finally get it finished?
Have you ever run into one of those old timers who could carve a little basket from a peach pit? Just saying...
ReplyDeletei was afraid you had dropped it! smeared paint is so much better! laughed at the pits! perfect!
ReplyDeleteYou don't know what you are doing...that is where the creativity is: on the edge of uncertainty.
ReplyDeleteYou may be a bit disgusted with yourself but I am delighted with your box, the flower, and how it all will look together.
ReplyDeleteIt looks impressive to me.
ReplyDelete" Sheesh! Am I ever satisfied?" It's fuckin gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteYou need to walk away from it for a bit, let your brain cool off so you can see it with fresh eyes. It's lovely, and the wood will settle down as the oil works in. I like the direction of this one, even though you think it's the pits.
ReplyDeleteHeh-heh...
You were tired and needed a break. Accidents always happen when you are trying the last bit of something. I agree with you that the dark wood does take away from the beauty of the glass. But, I could never accomplish anything half this lovely, so who am I to comment?
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to tell what finish you get with oils.
ReplyDeletesometimes we all run up against a project that has a mind of it's own. "better to tame the beast than loose one"......runaway glass not withstanding. I think it is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteHm, what’s the problem? You may not be 100% happy with the outcome and you may have encountered the sod’s law phenomenon (if something can you wrong, it will) but the piece looks very pretty to me.
ReplyDeleteBut then what do I know. Are you a perfectionist, by any chance?
I cannot wait to see what it's going to look like!! And I love the idea of filling it with pits. Terrific.
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