April 2017 – Charles Farrar

ByRon Lindsay April 23, 2017October 11, 2024

Business meeting

Demonstrator Charles Farrar from North Carolina – see charlesfarrar.com

Example pieces

Another example of hammered wood

Slide show of some of Charles’s work

His Nichols lathe

Textured – with “Swoosh” finial

Hammered wood

Leather texture

Scalloped edge bowl

“ET”

Black coral ” Swoosh” finial

All pyrography

Project 1 – hollowform shaping and hollowing

Stabilized scraper for hollowing

Replaceable carbide tip tool for hollowing – stabilized

Closeup of carbide insert

Negative rake scraper for hollowing

Small tool at top is skew from 1/4″ round stock

Drive center from found object (rubber dog toy?)

Cutting band to be textured

Project 3: Texturing

Proxxon carver/angle grinder $155

Project 3 – Carving “hammer” marks with carbide burr

Mastercarver Micro-pro carver $200

Various carving burrs

Project 4: Collar and lid. Collar with competing texture not recommended – Charles likes African Blackwood – not Wenge

Transferring diameter of opening to collar

Parting off collar

Hollowform with collar fitted

Center finder

Shaping the top lid that will hold the finial or swoosh

The collar and lid should conform to the curve of the body

Cleaning up the base

Finished collar and lid

Finished small base

Project 5: Coloring – first blacken with leather dye. Then dab on acrylic paint (here green)

Highlight with lighter color applied with popsicle stick

And highlight with metallic paint

Examples of products used

Project 6: “Scandinavian” open bowl

Shaping exterior

Hollowing with gouge – no special hollowing tools

Finishing bowl foot

Final bowl shape

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