Plate & Chalice

[arjudy]

My brother-in-law works as a chaplain in one of the federal prisons. His immediate supervisor (a sister in the catholic faith) is retiring soon and he wanted to make her a special gift. He decided that he wanted to make her a symbolic communion plate & chalice. He turns pens on a regular basis but had never really done anything like these before. I just gave him direction and this is what he came up with. Pretty impressive don't you think? Both items are from cocobolo.

 

[gad5264]

Very nice Alan. Really great color.

 

[altaciii]

A beautiful set. I'm sure she will be quite pleased and cherish them for a long time.

 

[thewishman]

He did a beautiful job. The cocobolo is very striking.

I just have to ask.... "Is it the chalice from the palace with the brew that is true?":wink:

 

[CSue]

She is really going to love that! How beautiful!

 

[rjwolfe3]

Those are gorgeous!

 

[mrcook4570]

Those look great. I especially love the grain in the plate.

 

[arjudy]

Both came from blanks purchased at Woodcraft in Dayton, OH. They were chosen by their relative size. Both were covered in wax and looked to be approximately the same color - dark brown. I guess you never know what is in a piece of wood until you cut it.

 

[akbar24601]

Those turned out great Alan! Looks like he did a great job and you gave great direction. A precious symbolic gift that I am sure she will love and cherish forever!

 

[mickr]

fantastic work by relative newbie..very impressive & gorgeous wood sure ups the ante...great gift

 

[VisExp]

Very impressive work for his first non-pen items.

 

[Fred]

Fantastic and quite impressive.

 

[markgum]

those are awesome.

 

[nava1uni]

Wow! those are beautiful pieces.