bowl

Simple but I like it

I have been experimenting with putting a bit of a flair on the top rim of one of my favourite shapes -- the small end of an egg. Gives it an ogee shape I like. Before, I was making the base of my ogee shapes too fat, without realizing it. This one is 19 inches in diameter and 6 inches deep...

Large ash bowl with bark, 13"w x 5.5"h, finished with multiple coats of tung oil. To keep enough bark on I had to somewhat ignore the shape. As a result there a sharp angle about 2" down the outside of the bowl. This was Theresa's xmas present. It was from a 50lb piece of...

9.75 in. x 4.25 in. This piece was commissioned by a co-worker after I sold her some olive spheres. This bowl has a small bead foot about one sixteenth of an inch tall so it looks like it's sitting on a very thin ring. Olive is one of my favorite woods to turn. This piece of wood came from...

After this bowl was roughed out, two large cracks opened radially from the pith area. In the spirit of "waste not want not" I decided to finish the bowl and present it to some of my west coast co-workers as a repository for their favorite food: peanuts! The bowl was finished using...

This Spalted Maple bowl is approx 12" dia and 2" deep. It's been dyed using red fabric dye, brushed on in about 3 coats. Finish is lacquer.

This Ash Bowl measures 9 inches by 3 inches tall.

A silver maple bowl measuring 10 9/16 inches by 3 13/16 inches. It has as yet, no finish applied.

This poplar bowl measures 11 7/16 inches by 3 7/8 inches high.

2" Maple Bowl finished with Minwax Fast Drying Polyurethane. Turned thin so it's entirely translucent.

6" spalted maple bowl finished with Minwax Fast-Drying Polyurethane.

So far, this is one of my favorite pieces from the camphor. This 10"w x 5"h Southwestern style bowl is finished outside with shellac and Chapman's beeswax, and inside with just Chapman's wax to keep the camphor odor. This is the first time i've used Chapman's and like it so far.

This is an ash bowl 10 1/4 inches by 2 3/4 inches by 3/8 inches. There is no foot and a concave bottom.

An ash bowl approximately 10 1/2 inches in diameter.

Box elder salad bowl - 12 1/2" dia. x 5 1/4" deep. Finished with walnut oil. This was a quickie shot in the bed of my truck, not the greatest locale for a photo.

Figured Big Leaf Maple, Texas Ebony foot, Chinese symbol and polished brass ring inlayed into the inside bottom of bowl. "Yeren" is Chinese for Bigfoot! It's very stable though. 7" x 3". Custom Finish

Birch. Only has one coat of varnish yet. I have a little touchup sanding to do.

Tasmanian Myrtle Bowl Base: 1 1/16" dia Height: 2" Diameter at rim: 6" Wall Thickness: 1/4"

Natural Edge Pedestal Bowl Base: 2 3/8" dia Height: 6" Width at widest point: 6 11/16" Bowl Wall Thickness: 1/8"

This is a beautiful piece of Ambrosia Maple. I have tried uploading a larger photo than in the past to see if it will give more detail. Shape was aimed at those who like to toss their Caesar's Salad