Attempted the impossible

[ldubia]

I finnally broke down and attempted the dauting task of making segmented bowls. I managed to do two complete and a third in process. I finished two segmented bowls today with a third in process. I have been working on them for three days. I had no idea what I was doing but it worked so YIPPEE! The third bowl is an olive bowl I finished today as well.
The first bowl is a birch and walnut mix., The second is redwood with a birch ring. The base redwood is very old and was found under the ground in a garden. The rings at the top are freshcut from a bunch of scraps I had. Comments please.

This is approximately 10" x 6.75" high.

This is approximately 7" x 3.5" high.

This one is approximmately 6" x 3.5" high.

 

[longbeard]

WOW Larry, those look great. Really like the olive with the inlay, very nice.



Harry

 

[The Penguin]

they're all nice, but the olive is a stunner!

 

[MillerTurnings]

Once you make segmented bowls it is hard to stop. A whole world exists just for us crazy people who enjoy them. Other than the endless cutting, sanding, gluing, designing.....it is just like making pens! Well done.

 

[ldubia]

I am working on a bamboo bowl now. And of course I have become a designing fool.

 

[robutacion]

Hi,

I like what you have done with them all, the Olive wood is my preferred one, you shouldn't be surprised about that however, I find your second bowl the most interesting of them all, you done a great work in combining the segmentation and the solid wood, very impressive, indeed...!

Cheers
George

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful work.

 

[avbill]

Nice work Larry

 

[Teeball]

Stunning work on those bowls, that olive wood stands out.

 

[walshjp17]

Great work on all three bowls. I especially like to olive bowl for two reasons: the first is the spectacular figure of the wood and the second is the creative inlay. Well done.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Redwood and birch is my favorite but all are well done

 

[ldubia]

Here is the latest I mentioned earlier. The bamboo with maple and copper. The copper is a 1/2" copper pipe through the bottom. There is no finish yet and the bottom has to be completed. The rings and shaping are complete.

Approximate size is 7" x 3.5"

 

[preacherman]

They are all very nice.

I am currently working on my first segmented piece. It has proved to be a challenge for me. I hope mine turns out a nice as yours has!

 

[SteveJ]

Larry, you do some great work. I like each of them, but the last one shows some great promise once finished. Did you keep track of how many pieces were in each bowl?

 

[Tom T]

As was said, great work. Beautiful, beautiful.