crotch figure/olive ash rectangular bowls

[George Watkins]

hello folks

here are two bowls which i've made recently

the black one is 11x7" and was set on fire then wire brushed to get a textured finish

the other one is 13x7" and was too good to set fire too!!!

both piece's have a bowl section of about 4" dia

 

[1080Wayne]

Most definitely too good to set fire to !!

 

[TomW]

Great job. I'd be so puckered with that thing swinging around....

Tom

 

[penhead]

Great looking bowls...

..particularly like the second one...presume that is olive wood...but which flavor..russian..??...looks like you got the bowl part in the 'sweet spot'...nice job..!

 

[broitblat]

I'll bet the black one was pretty nice before setting it on fire, too, and it still is!

Both look like great (and a lot of) work.

-Barry

 

[Hturnings]

Nice work

I gotta ask. You didn't turn it that way did you? Isn't it two pieces? The bowl and the flat board?


Jim

 

[George Watkins]

thankyou for all of your kind comments

penhead: the wood is olive ash- common english ash which has been infected by a non damaging bacteria causing the oilve figure some als belive it is caused by stress or sometimes when the tree is very old.

hturnings:its all one piece- good fun to turn but not for the inexperinced turner!!!