The finish on it is water based semi-gloss water Varathane Floor finish. The seat is comfortable and it rocks good. I think she'll like it. It's for her youngest son, who doesn't know he's getting it.
Sonny
Beautiful work, Sonny!
Thanks. I get lucky sometimes.
Sonny
Well done!!!
A beautiful piece
Thanks Leon, Dr. Deb. The first one I made was given to Mom. Made a few others since. After Mom passed away, Lorraine bought Moms rocker and want ed another. Also, my brother wants one, so I have another to make.... stay tuned for that one.
With brush wet with finish, I also applied finish to a Camellia root ball p roject that's been hanging around the shop for too long. A Camellia is a f lowering shrub/small tree, a common lawn plant in the south. One of Moms Camellias had died and I removed it. The stump looked promising for some s ort of natures art project. I carved the "bowl" and tried to leave as much of the whole intact. The initial idea was to use it as a dining table ce nter piece at the camp. It looks okay, but not the inspiring art I initial ly imagined. Scroll right for 2 more pics.
Sonny
Very nice!
Sure looks like it needs space around it for visual scale. Big porch, deck, etc.
Where is it going?
Thanks. Yep, old traditional southern homes have front and back porches, t he front for socializing often with several/many rockers. *Even slave home s had front porches with rockers. Back porches were for doing the laundry and such. Today, though many homes have front porches, they aren't used as in older times. Back patios have replaced the porches for socializing and they are usually fairy large. Back patios accommodate porch swings, also, so yes, they are fairly large spaces.
There's a rocker for both Lorraine's boys and they have large homes with ac commodating patios for both swings and several rockers.
Sonny
I grew up in one of those Southern houses--the back porch though had been converted into a laundry room and kitchen extension.
Inland I'm sure they were nice, but the nearest land in the direction the front porch on this was facing was probably somewhere on the coast of France. Which means that it was unusable due to wind more days than not. I remember my mother frequently telling me "why don't you go out on the front porch and study" (instead of doing it on the kitchen table or the living room floor). I would poke my head out the front door, note the wind, consider the likely effect on a notebook full of papers, and once again reaffirm my opinion that she was not right in the head.
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