The memorial day weekend is the kickoff for summer. For those who work summer jobs as lifeguards, that’s also the start of the sunburn, heatstroke, and “deal with all the crazy’s”. While my daughter’s were off trying to stay cool at the pool, I stayed home and tried to get a few projects finished up. Below are four different items I finished. All but one turned out the way I wanted. One, however, proved that no matter what kind of paint job is used for embellishment, there’s no hiding a really bad piece of wood! See if you can figure it out…
With the silver paint, this almost looks like lightening strikes when seen up close. For those who also survived high school at HHS, the color combination is completely incidental. Sorry if it caused bad flashbacks!Similar to the others, this one mixed bright pink paint with a little red and a little silver. My daughter said, “aaawwwww… You made a valentines day bowl”. NO!!! That day is not celebrated anymore!This is a repeat of a bowl that I had made earlier, only it’s a little smaller and the sequence of paint added was different. Up close, the center ring almost looks iridescent as the white and silver paint mixed themselves.This started out looking like Winne da Poohs honey bowl. I tried this paint technique to try to hide the damage to the wood caused by bugs that had started feasting on the wood.Up close, all the individual colors really come out.
And for those who are curious, the first one of these that will get burnt is the platter with the blue/silver rim. The wood under that paint is really nasty, split, and has obvious cracks running through it. I give it about a week before it literally rips itself apart.
