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i finally got myself to the LIWA meeting (long island woodturers assoc.)
i was pleasantly surprised to find that this months meeting was a "special guest" demonstraion. they had Dr. Andi Wolfe !!! i had actually come across her work online long ago and we corresponded by email a few times(we both play celtic music and love plants heh)
she showed her surface treatment techniques for doing pyrography,prismacolor markers,and iridescent painting,as well as making templates and tracing onto the wood, i was amazed by how nice the markers look when blended together.she used a little alcohol (rubbing or iso)with a painters brush first on the wood where its to be marked,this keeps the color from blotching/evens it out.
then again to blend colors.i went on ebay last night and found great prices on these markers.at my art store nearby they were $2.50 each, i bought 54 on ebay for total of $35 (35 colored,rest are grays i think)these are double ended alcohol based artists markers,one end is skew-chisel like and other is fine tip. also got some EEE,deft,and HUT wax bars (at craft usa) surprised that noone sold that stuff on ebay.these finishing supplies sure add up quickly,hope i can offset this with those stoppers or some flutes! theres SO many products out there i'm not sure what to try.i wanted to get buffing wheels too but i saw a lot of varying prices so ill shop a bit.
after that meeting i joined up right away.i think they're a chapter of AAW,but dues were only $25/yr so not sure if im now an aaw member as aaw's site shows dues of $45 i think,ill have to ask.i like that journal aaw puts out,got some older issues from man who sold me the lathe.
also turns out theres 2 members from my town there too!so will have some local guys to help me out and carpool with, literally walking distance from me.
i was pleasantly surprised to find that this months meeting was a "special guest" demonstraion. they had Dr. Andi Wolfe !!! i had actually come across her work online long ago and we corresponded by email a few times(we both play celtic music and love plants heh)
she showed her surface treatment techniques for doing pyrography,prismacolor markers,and iridescent painting,as well as making templates and tracing onto the wood, i was amazed by how nice the markers look when blended together.she used a little alcohol (rubbing or iso)with a painters brush first on the wood where its to be marked,this keeps the color from blotching/evens it out.
then again to blend colors.i went on ebay last night and found great prices on these markers.at my art store nearby they were $2.50 each, i bought 54 on ebay for total of $35 (35 colored,rest are grays i think)these are double ended alcohol based artists markers,one end is skew-chisel like and other is fine tip. also got some EEE,deft,and HUT wax bars (at craft usa) surprised that noone sold that stuff on ebay.these finishing supplies sure add up quickly,hope i can offset this with those stoppers or some flutes! theres SO many products out there i'm not sure what to try.i wanted to get buffing wheels too but i saw a lot of varying prices so ill shop a bit.
after that meeting i joined up right away.i think they're a chapter of AAW,but dues were only $25/yr so not sure if im now an aaw member as aaw's site shows dues of $45 i think,ill have to ask.i like that journal aaw puts out,got some older issues from man who sold me the lathe.
also turns out theres 2 members from my town there too!so will have some local guys to help me out and carpool with, literally walking distance from me.
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