Wood and Acrylic

**HARRYWALLY** · 12-26-2015, 03:21 PM

This is my first brush I combined wood and acrylic together. The top is Stabilized Buckeye burl, middle is Smoke translucent acrylic, and the bottom is Stabilized Big leaf maple burl, and I finished it all with 4 coats of oil. As you can see by the pictures, I also had a natural curve in the wood where bark would have sat. It ended up being right in the wall of the badger pocket and would have caused the badger hair to hang wide in that area. So I decided to fill it with real Turquoise dust, Using Tape as a form. You will see this in the one picture.

Thanks for looking Gents, and I hope Santa was good to everyone!

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**petercp4e** · 12-26-2015, 10:52 PM

I love the uniqueness of the handle shape and the turquoise dust highlight. Funny, the acrylic really doesn't look like acrylic in the pictures. The wood is awesome and so is the finished brush!

Pete <:-}

**evnpar** · 12-27-2015, 12:12 AM

Very cool, Andrew. Happy Holidays.

**Hirlau** · 12-27-2015, 01:27 AM

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**RollinCoal69** · 12-29-2015, 05:47 AM

Awesome as always!

**Willisf** · 12-29-2015, 05:59 AM

Another fully functional work of art!!!!

I'll have to commission you to make a brush for me one day.

I wonder what Cedar would look like? Wish I had kept a stash of it I had back when I lived in South Carolina.......

GREAT WORK as always!!!

**dooey** · 12-29-2015, 08:32 AM

i like that, kinda dark and mysterious

**nortis** · 12-29-2015, 10:49 AM

Lovelly work. Just one or two questions: Is the oil enough to keep the wood protected from water? what oild did you used?

Thx

**HARRYWALLY** · 12-29-2015, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by nortis

Lovelly work. Just one or two questions: Is the oil enough to keep the wood protected from water? what oild did you used?

Thx

Both pieces of wood have been stabilized using stick fast stabilizing resin. The buckeye burl piece I actually doubled the weight, plus a bit after the process was finished. The oil I use is a marine teakwood oil that is used on boats. It also has a UV inhibitor in it as well.

I actually took pics of the buckeye before and after on the weigh scale.

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As you can see, I added 102 grams of resin to this piece of buckeye. It was very light and soft before. After it was very heavy and hard.

**Thug** · 12-29-2015, 11:35 AM

Great job Andrew.

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