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Liliac Process
Liliac Process
This is what I’ve done with this unusually large (about one foot in diameter) VERY old liliac composite trunk. The top row shows it intact then sliced horizontally into about a dozen pieces of the larger lower part. Left middle row shows the surfaces of the slices in sequence, showing their wonderful purple grain and internal cavities, some of decay but most natural as these several trunks grew together. I have yet to figure how to turn these surfaces, and assemble such sections into “sculptures” of some sort (any suggestions? :-)) Middle right and lower image shows two different sides of trials with the bottom slice, finished with oil and lacquer under different lighting. This single piece has sold already :-). Comments, reactions, suggestions always welcome as this process proceeds.
This is what I’ve done with this unusually large (about one foot in diameter) VERY old liliac composite trunk. The top row shows it intact then sliced horizontally into about a dozen pieces of the larger lower part. Left middle row shows the surfaces of the slices in sequence, showing their wonderful purple grain and internal cavities, some of decay but most natural as these several trunks grew together. I have yet to figure how to turn these surfaces, and assemble such sections into “sculptures” of some sort (any suggestions? :-)) Middle right and lower image shows two different sides of trials with the bottom slice, finished with oil and lacquer under different lighting. This single piece has sold already :-). Comments, reactions, suggestions always welcome as this process proceeds.
