I’m getting tired of making wig stands.  The actual turning part isn’t that bad, but once it gets turned, I feel like I have to do something to it to make it special.  That something needs to be new, creative, and different than anything else I’ve done.  Here’s my latest attempt.

Not sure what the wood is (THANK YOU fellow turner and club member Terry Quiram for turning the stand) but I think it’s some kind of pine.  I decided to do some wood burning on it and couldn’t decide if I wanted to make bricks or boards, so I did a little of both.  four hours later, the bricks were colored with terra cotta colored India ink and the boards were brushed with Danish oil.  The Danish oil didn’t soak into the wood evenly, which actually gives it a more realistic look.  It’s also somewhat translucent, so the wood grain in the stand will show through on the boards.  I still need to add  coat of spray on poly to seal it all, followed by several coats of wipe on poly to make it durable, but didn’t want it to look that shiny for the pictures.  The flash on the pictures below made the terra cotta ink look really orange.  Up close, it’s not that bad…

Hope the ladies at the cancer center like it!