Rusty gear box.

[Trent Watts]

This vessel was made from Yellow Cedar and is about 8" tall. I used a beading tool to create beads around the circumference then a small gouge to cut away portions of the bead. The idea was to create a texture that looked like old bicycle gears stacked on top of each other. I used acrylic paints to attempt a rusted iron look. That was partially successful.
The top 'gear' is carved as part of the lid. The rings separating the top of the box are made from Walnut.

 

[AlanLichty]

Beautiful result. It looks like you used different radius gouges along the beads from bottom to top with wider ones in the wide portions of the vessel. Not a small task to carve all of those out. It does look like one of the old school racing clusters with ultra tight gear spacing from the 60's and 70's.

 

[Trent Watts]

Thanks Alan.

 

[Michael13]

Impeccable craftsmanship! The top does resemble a bike's rear gear cluster!

And the piece is well lighted and photograhed. Colors and textures pop!

 

[Trent Watts]

Impeccable craftsmanship! The top does resemble a bike's rear gear cluster!

And the piece is well lighted and photograhed. Colors and textures pop!

Thanks so much Michael. You must be a bike rider!

 

[JimFox]

Wow! I like your creativity with this. Making that beaded look really must take a lot of work.

 

[Trent Watts]

Wow! I like your creativity with this. Making that beaded look really must take a lot of work.

Thanks Jim. It does take some time to carve the details and paint. It is a relaxing thing for my mind.

 

[Kurt Harrigan]

Very creative. Good work with the paint - I wouldn't have known. How long did this one take you?

 

[Trent Watts]

Very creative. Good work with the paint - I wouldn't have known. How long did this one take you?

Thanks Kurt... It is hard to know how long these projects take for me. I start on one and become a Magpie, moving to the next shiny object and then return to the piece. I worked on it off and on over a month.

 

[Dave Renfroe]

Amazing job. Nicely shot and built.