Yin-Yang inspired bowl made from Sweet Gum. Design incorporates a series of three of the teardrop shaped symbols that form Yin-Yang chained around the bowl rather than interlocked. Finished with Bush Oil. Around 7" (18 cm) across. Made this as a public demo at The Woodworking Show when it came to West Springfield MA. Currently a matte finish, trying to decide if it should have a more gloss finish. My first turning of 2012.
Yin-Yang Bowl
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Powerstroke 7.3
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Nice bowl.. will not let the better half see this - she will want me to make one and I don't have a clue how.
robutacion
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Lots of hours on that one mate, well done...!
Cheers
George
Cheers
George
MarkHix
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Man! Not what I was expecting when I opened the post. Great bowl! FWIW, I like the matte finish.
bensoelberg
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Nice bowl, Eric! Haven't seen you post much work lately, but that might be due to my new work schedule.
eupher58
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I like the matte. To me, a gloss would distract from the pattern. Thats just me tho....
Thanks everyone!
I did most of the piercing at The Woodworking Show. Two local turning clubs were sharing a 20'x30' space at the show with 5 or 6 modern lathes and a pair of 1860s vintage tredle lathes. I brought my piercing setup and spent 16 hours piercing and talking. I pretty much had a constant audience asking questions, so my voice was shot by Sunday afternoon.
I have not posted any new stuff in a couple months as I was away from home on vacation for six weeks. Turned this piece the weekend after I got back, and pierced it at the show the following weekend.
I'm going to try for a satin finish, I think if I just keep putting on a new coat of Bush Oil every day, it will shift to satin in a couple more days. I think gloss would have too many reflective hot spots that would distract from the piercing.
I did most of the piercing at The Woodworking Show. Two local turning clubs were sharing a 20'x30' space at the show with 5 or 6 modern lathes and a pair of 1860s vintage tredle lathes. I brought my piercing setup and spent 16 hours piercing and talking. I pretty much had a constant audience asking questions, so my voice was shot by Sunday afternoon.
I have not posted any new stuff in a couple months as I was away from home on vacation for six weeks. Turned this piece the weekend after I got back, and pierced it at the show the following weekend.
I'm going to try for a satin finish, I think if I just keep putting on a new coat of Bush Oil every day, it will shift to satin in a couple more days. I think gloss would have too many reflective hot spots that would distract from the piercing.
Nice stuff Eric.
seamus7227
Member
that is amazing the beauty that is created just from piercing into a bowl like that! Superb work!
boxerman
Member
Very nice looking bowl nice details.
SDB777
Member
Nice bowl.
Scott
Scott
BSea
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WOW!! If I did something like that it would probably be my only turning of 2012. That is really nice.
broitblat
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Wow - that is tremendous looking and I can appreciate the hours and talent that went into that.
-Barry
-Barry