Southwest I is one of my first mixed media vessels. I had a piece of pottery that had met with rough times so I created chard from it that were a good color complement to the segments of eucalyptuses branches. The piece of pottery had a smooth rolled top edge that I used around the top opening. The wood segments were attached first and worked down to a smooth surface, leaving the space open for the pottery pieces. When the wood had been sealed with a finish the chard were fit and grouted in place. The entire vessel was waxed and polished as the final step.
The eucalyptuses trees grew along Orange Grove Road in the Tucson, Arizona area. During the monsoon season the storms come with high winds and the eucalyptuses being tall trees would loose some of their brittle branches. I helped clean-up some of this debris and added it to my wood selection. It is a nice wood to work with when seasoned. The trees and source of this wood are shown in the photo below.
Size of vessel: 24" h x 23" diameter.
Construction: Fiberglass shell was formed over a core of Styrofoam. Core was removed when eucalyptuses segments were secured and grouted with filled resin.
Finish: Oil finish rubbed into wood segments and wax finish applied and buffed.
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