After five long days, the job is finally done. Let's just say, much of it was due to paint drying. At the time of writing, the red paint is still a little tacky. But I'm glad that the work is done at last.
Almost done; markings yet to be removed in this pic.
The roundel with Seán's initials.
But the one picture that strikes me most.... is this --
The one on the right is the work I had finished. The one on the left is the fabled 20" bodhrán, the one that belonged to Seán's late father. I doubt my work came close, but I did my best.
kkots
Yours looks a bit more soft and passionate than the left one, it's kind of much much more technically decorated, as if automatically (maybe partially) or using some intrinsic tools, and yours by hand.
So the previous try with orange-yellow pattern failed because the strokes were fat, and paint wasn't consistent, not because it was standing out from the wood texture too much?
If so, then why you didn't exactly repeated the orange and yellow colors but instead went with new red & dark red colors?
I mean, "good work" instead of long blabla speech, I need to be more conservative with words or something
Troisnyx
I think, gold and silver would've worked beautifully, plus they were metallic paints -- and for some odd reason, they have a different chemical composition, that they dry quicker than standard oil-based enamel. But we didn't want to risk it anymore, which is why we settled with the red -- something more subdued.
Seán, for his part, doubts his dad's was machined. It was a local craftsman who did this for him. I don't think it was, either. The shell wasn't uniformly round (I didn't get to show the full thing, but really, it isn't). Let's face it, I'm no craftsman. But I thoroughly enjoyed doing this -- especially seeing this finished.