Spalted Hackberry Bowl

[louisbry]

Haven't posted for some time so I thought you might enjoy seeing my latest bowl. It is made from spalted hackberry and is 6.5 in wide by 5 in tall. Using my new laser hollowing setup I made the rim wide and undercut to about 1/4 inch and finished the bowl to that thickness. Now that I have a feel for what the hollowing tool will do, I want to try a vase next. As always, comments are welcome.

http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=6228
http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=6229

 

[ptt49er]

WOW!! That's a beautiful piece of wood, but it takes an artist to make it look that good! GREAT WORK.

 

[toolcrazy]

Beautiful bowl, nice work.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Very nice turning, exemplary shape and execution. Can we see pics of youur laser set up?

 

[turkey-slayer]

That's a very nice bowl and the wood used is awesome! Good job

 

[wdcav1952]

Louis, that is truly beautiful!

 

[nava1uni]

Beautiful bowl. I really like Spalted Hackberry. I like the rim on the bowl and the nice shape.

 

[Hayseedboy]

I like it! The shape and rim show the wood extremely well. I have seen bowls where the turner took so much time trying to create a new or fancy shape that they lost the wood in it.

Very nice!!
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[louisbry]

Thank you everyone for the nice comments!

 

[ahoiberg]

good work louis, that's a fine looking bowl.