"Pyrotechnic Peonies" How to make a willow wood vase, resin and silcone dried flowers, Woodturning.

"Pyrotechnic Peonies" is a vase made of willow wood, resin and peonies. 12.5 in tall, 11 in wide. The peonies were dried in silicone beads, mounted in a willow wood vase and set with clear resin then turned by hand on the lathe. This was treated with Teak Oil.

100% of the money raised will be donated to Operation Underground Railroad

Being auctioned at: https://www.artforour.org/currentauctions

Artist: Dan Preece

I basically spend my free time dreaming up ways to express my artistic side and simultanously to raise money for Operation Underground Railroad. O.U.R. funds, supports, trains and guides rescue missions for children who are in sex trafficking slavery and frees them to better lives with an amazing after-care program. We cannot support O.U.R. enough. (OURRESCUE.ORG)

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Ways to help me fight child trafficking, every dime I raise is donated to Operation Underground Railroad! (https://www.artforour.org/how-you-can-help)

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My commonly used tools:
-Laguna lathe, very well built, solid, strong, variable speed, 110 or 220 volt (https://amzn.to/3orYsOy)
-Wen lathe was my trusty starter lathe: https://amzn.to/3aqIIGH
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- File Sander: https://amzn.to/36o3hlE, for those hard to get to sanding projects.
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- Palm Sander: (https://amzn.to/3r1mJg8), I like the size of the sand paper for both this and on the lathe by hand.
- Chain Saw: (https://amzn.to/2MbWNj2), trusty gas type, I also bought this electric one (https://amzn.to/3qZOqpp) for the in the garage projects
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-Flexible Foam for mold building/dams: https://amzn.to/36lhGi8
- Resin: TotalBoat.com has been gracious enough to donate resin for my future projects, given them some love! You can get 15% off using my code: Preece
- Pigments: https://amzn.to/3sYC5ng, great quality for resin
- Pressure Pot: (https://amzn.to/3tfp1u2) 5 gallon for the big resin projects to get rid of bubbles, or (https://amzn.to/3pwX0M8) for the smaller average jobs 2.5 gallon, both need minor modifications to work.
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Thank you for your amazing support!

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