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Brad Stave Demo
At the May 22, 2004 meeting Brad Stave, President of the
Antelope Valley Woodturners Association, presented an outstanding demonstration
of the many different techniques he uses for surface decoration of his turnings.
Then, after a quick lunch break, he led us through a hands on workshop where we could
try many of the methods that he had shown. It is not possible to give
details of all of his tricks but I have listed the subjects he discussed
followed by photos from the demonstration. If you have questions about the
detailed application call one of the members who attended the meeting.
Topics included: Use of milk paint; water based acrylic
paint in regular, extra thick, and very thin viscosities for both coloring and
texturing; burning with copper wire and wood burning pens; piercing and carving
with pneumatic hand held carving tools; texturing with the ArborTech™
tool; use of alcohol based aniline dyes; and simple permanent colored marking
pens.
Of particular note is his use of burned lines to prevent
the bleeding of colors from one area onto another both with the acrylic paints
and with the aniline dye.
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Brad with sample sanded to 80 grit then treated with 3 coats of blue milk paint and 3 coats of yellow
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Sanding the far end with steel wool until some of the blue shows and is highly polished
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Applying extra heavy acrylic gel to part of sample
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A comb has been run through the thick green gell. The blue is thick streaks of acrylic covered with yellow milk paint and then sanded
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Using standard red acrylic paint with lathe running
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Showing various techniques used on the sample
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Clock with milk paint on the rim and acrylic paint in squares drawn by his wife and daughter
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Texture on rim achieved with thick acrylic; center leaves burned on traced lines and filed with acrylic paint
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Two views of lidded box with three colors of milk paint
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Milk paint on eccentric shape
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Underside of table decorated with milk and acylic paints
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Wood turned green, carved, thick acrylic texture and milk paint
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Using pnuematic carver to pierce and make lines
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Bowl with burned curved forms colored with thin acylic paint and colored pens
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Lidded box with two colors of analine dye: note the wood grain shows thru the dye unlike with the paints
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Using an old plate that he was no longer happy with as a
sample, Brad demonstrated the ArborTech™ carving tool
as a texturing device; first inside the plate followed by acrylic paints, and
the on the rim with selective application of paint.
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The ArborTech is resting on the tool rest for stability
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