A Dragon Egg Woodturning project I saw on a Lichtenberg Figure group and it inspired me to make my own. Wood is sycamore, very white and its split a fair bit whilst it dried out. Epoxy resin gives a great deep gloss finish I find.

Turned on my lathe whilst mostly wet it came off easily enough, i used the Alf Rose carbide chisel with a round head for the majority and a skew chisel to true off the base and the bit around the tailstock.

Gave it a good zapping with the Microwave transformer rig and seawater as the solution. I was careful not to get the electric arcing into the 'Base' of this piece. It struggled a bit to travel up and across the curvature of the wood and took multiple wettings. Once done it was scrubbed with a nylon brush under running water to clear excess burn.

Colouring and staining the egg I used a spirit based ink and then diluted with acetone, the acetone evaporates and dries cleanly and carries the colour deep in to the wood. Lightly flick on white paint from a toothbrush to create a galaxy starfield effect using acrylic paint.

The acetone is basic nail varnish remover available from most high street shops for a few pounds or dollars. [ Ссылка ]

18 colour resin pigments [ Ссылка ]


The base was stained with a potassium permangenate mix to add some colour and then finished with osmo polyx.
The egg itself was finished with 2 part epoxy resin varnish Sadolin PV67, good stuff, paints on and settles into a nice clear finish. Rub back with fine wire wool between coats. You can apply multiple coats to give a thick glass like appearance.

Potassium Permanganate [ Ссылка ]
Osmo Polyy X [ Ссылка ]
Sadolin PV67 [ Ссылка ]

Thanks for watching, crack on and make something nice :)

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