Woodworker's Journal 2010-34-2, страница 17
She also uses pyrography in completing the finished designs on her purses. "It's a good way of defining areas, especially if you use dye or paint. It bums fibers of the wood and keeps the paint or dye from traveling, so it will stop where the bum lines are." Prior to her focus on handbags, Denise turned many salad bowls — including one, upon request, that was 30 inches in diameter, made from walnut. Getting that up 011 her lathe, Denise said, required "a jack and three teenage boys" — and it's one reason she has rigged up a winch system from the I-beam of her garage shop. Mostly, though, die challenges of salad bowls focused 011 design elements: "Is it going lo be deep, is it going to be shallow, is it going to have a big foot?" These days, in addition to design, she has to turn some of her focus to hardware. Since she can't find hinges for some of the shapes she makes — she needs them lo open round, rather llian flat — she's been doing some metalsmithing lo make her own, such as those for a Bentou Hox purse. She hasn't counted all the purses she's made so far, but says she has a long way to go. "I think creativity arises when you limit yourself. You don't walk in the door of the shop Denises Saratoga Bag was made from bleached ash and wenge. and say, 'What am 1 going to make today?' You know what you're going lo make, and you work within the parameters." For Denise, woodtuming helps define those parameters. "Woodtuming is my passion," she said. "I'd much rather work with the lathe than with any other tool in the shop. To see more of her work, visit wmv.denisederose.com. — Joanna Werch Takes Shop Talk continues on page 20 ... A router table that thinks it's a shaper Over 5 square feet of cast -iron work surface Award winning fence Dust collection above and below the table. Clever storage including pull-out router bit trays ProMaxRT Complete Stock No. 40-300 Learn more at The ultimate router station unrivaled storage space? What do you get when you put the industry's biggest, flattest, most durable top on a rock-solid base with (Circle No. 36 on PRODUCT INFORMATION form) Woodworker's Journal April 2010 19 |
