Applying the ground coat

Threw a ground coat on my Titian #4 this evening, right before shutting down. Just hanging in front of an incandescent light over the bench. I used sunshine and over-brewed tea to darken the wood prior to this.

Beneath is a new scroll, and the Rogeri poster I'm using for inspiration (it's a skinny one). Rehearsal tonight.

Ribs

With the center curves cut, the ribs are bent and glued into place. Then the outer curves on all 6 blocks get shaped.



Here the upper ribs are shown glued and clamped.



And this is the lower ribs glued and clamped. Note that the ribs run long out the ends.



After all the glue has set, clamps can be removed and the corners trimmed to shape.



Using the old No. 5 to take the thickness of the willow down to 2 mm. After that, I cut to about 10 mm, square down to 8 mm or so, then bend to shape for linings inside the ribs.



Clothes-pin-and-rubber-band clamps (just like Stradivari! :-) ) to hold the linings in place while the glue dries.