offset Elm bowls

[George Watkins]

hello folks

here is two offset elm bowls which i made last week, they were both made from one 9"x3 1/4" square bowl blank - i cut out the blank in half in a sort of Z shape on the bandsaw (which also removes allot of the waste from the side area of the bowl) then turn what you see here

 

[mark james]

George, you are a wonderful turner! Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[TellicoTurning]

Those a great... like they way you think.

Would have liked to have seen the cut on the blank before you started turning... always interested in how others do their turnings.

 

[walshjp17]

Absolutely beautiful, George. And it solves the problem of accidentally tipping over the bowl :wink::biggrin:

 

[Sataro]

Amazing work there!

 

[dbledsoe]

Great looking bowls and nice wood,, but my first thought was-------knucklebuster!

 

[George Watkins]

thank you for all of your kind comments

Tellicoturning:there are more pics on my facebook page if you use FB, (search for: fromthetree) they are only camera phone pics but do show it on the lathe, unfortunatley i cant post them here as after i posted them on FB i deleted them off my phone to make room for more.

 

[thewishman]

Those are nice. Did your lathe try to fly with the offset propeller?

 

[George Watkins]

thanks Chris, it will take more than these two little winged pieces to lift my 325kg (700lb) lathe. I did do two bigger pieces using wet beech before i made these two, i'll post some pic's once there dry.

 

[rblakemore]

Wow fantastic - twins, congratulations!
How do you tell them apart???

 

[Russknan]

Scary, but nice! Thanks for sharing your beautiful work! Russ

 

[George Watkins]

thank you for your comments

 

[kludge77]

Those are so cool!

 

[Hendu3270]

These are really cool George. Give me ideas for small spice bowl sets...

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

And the photography is as good as the work! Excellent lighting.

Curious as to the material. I've been turning some elm lately but it's "Chinese elm" - not the North American domestic type that was killed off in the 20th century here in the US. What you show in your work is what I would call gorgeous. Is the appearance typical for elm in the UK?

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you for all of your kind comments and "likes"

Ted: thank you for commenting on my photography i am working hard to improve it.

I would say that these examples aren't typical of English elm.

I bought this particular board of elm a few years ago from a local timberyard, I don't normally buy boards but this one had an unusual pattern that would have been under the bark, it looks like bubbling. A few weeks ago I was at my tree surgeons yard and spotted the same pattern on an ash trunk, I have already bought that trunk even though it's at the bottom of a very big stack of logs!!



you can see the unusual figure on this pencil pot

 

[Ted iin Michigan]

Beautiful figure and lovely color. I also like the pencil pot. Mind if I steal your idea for a few?

 

[George Watkins]

be my guest, I belive that nothing is truly original anyway.