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- Woodturning Tips - Dyes, Coloring Wood For Dramatic Effects
by Steven Russell. Overview
One of the more popular ways to enhance the visual look of a woodturning, is to change its color. By using various dyes and other coloring products, you can easily transform a bland piece of wood into something spectacular. Because the wood will accept the color less in side grain areas and more in end grain areas, delicate and subtle grain figure can be significantly enhanced.
Pale ti... products, articles, news
- Woodturning Tips - Finding Free Green Wood Logs For Your Projects
by Steven Russell. Overview
One of the most common challenges facing new woodturners is how to find sufficient quantities of low cost, or free green wood (fresh cut) to turn. Finding a reliable supply of free wood is the key to maintaining fresh turning stock for your projects. Of course, you could just buy all of your blanks and turning squares from a local supplier, however most woodturners enjoy turning wood th... products, articles, news
- Dyeing Wool - 7 Tips to Jump Start Coloring Animal Fiber
by Debby McCandless. Dyeing wool seems like such a daunting task. It's really not as hard as you might think and it opens up an amazing new colorful world for your projects. These seven tips will get you started.
1. Relax. Deep breathe. Dyeing wool is not really difficult. You will not ruin your wool. The first step is to stop being intimidated and just take the plunge into coloring.
2. Don't try to achieve an exac... products, articles, news
- Woodturning Tips - Finding Inspiration For Artistic Woodturnings
by Steven Russell. Overview
Woodturners often ask me how I can continually find inspiration for my artistic woodturning projects. Sooner or later, you may need a little inspiration to move in a different direction with your work, or perhaps just revitalize your current focus. As artists, we all need to be inspired from time to time -- this is normal. No one is an unlimited vessel of creativity. Finding the right k... products, articles, news
- Woodturning Tips - Precious Metal Leaf, Adding Decorative Embellishments
by Steven Russell. Overview
Decorative embellishments have taken the woodturning world by storm in the last few years. These decorative effects may include metal leafing, carving of the surface, colouring work, inlays with crushed stone, inlays with gemstones and precious metals, deconstruction of the finished form, patination, segmented forms and more. Long gone are the days when woodturnings were considered only... products, articles, news
- Woodturning Tips - Micro Turning Tools Create Fine Detail With Ease
by Steven Russell. Overview
Almost twelve years ago I opened my professional woodturning studio. One of the first specialty tools I purchased was a five-piece set of micro turning tools. These are essentially smaller versions of regular sized woodturning tools. They are very useful tools for many tasks on the lathe. My micro turning tool set is comprised of the following tools: ¼" micro spindle gouge, 3/16" micro ... products, articles, news
- How To Create Stunning Effects With Decoupage
by Vicki Churchill. Most professional crafters will already know and have enjoyed creating stunning cards, scrapbook pages and gifts with decoupage.
Decoupage comes from the French word 'cut' and originated in the 18th century. In its early years decoupage may have been considered a child craft as it involves cutting pieces paper and layering them on top of each other to create an image that is 3d.
Today decoupa... products, articles, news
- Tips on How to Know the Best Quality of Wood
by Mitch Johnson. While doing the wood carving, it is very important if we can follow the wave. As there are new technology comes out, the better the treatment for the wood is. And this means, there are more types of the woods coming in the market. In this article, we will learn on how it is important to always follow the news in this field.
WOODS, like so many materials we use, are subject to fashion. For instan... products, articles, news
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