• The forum upgrades have been completed. These were moderate security fixes from our software vendor and it looks like everything is working well. If you see any problems please post in the Forum Technical Support forum or email us at forum_moderator (at) aawforum.org. Thank you
  • March 2026 Turning Challenge: Olla! (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to David Wyke, People's Choice in the February 2026 Turning Challenge (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to Tim Connell for "Black Locust Basket Illusion Series #4" being selected as Turning of the Week for March 16, 2026 (click here for details)
  • Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.
Prev
Mesquite Bowl
Next
Prev
Screw bean mesquite
Natural Edge Cherry Bowl
English Walnut Bowl
Mesquite Bowl
Snake Charming
Scarlet Lace - back
Scarlet Lace -front
Next
David Bartell

Mesquite Bowl

A bowl turned from Texas Mesquite. 5 inches tall and 10 inches wide. The bead-like feature under the rim is repeated above the base. I am calling this style of embellishment: beading illusion. It is certainly a derivative of basket illusion but stops short of covering the piece and is meant to draw attention to the natural wood and vessel shape. With basket illusion it is best to sometimes have some planned irregularity which helps in the illusion. For this style it seems best to have the "beads" crisp and regular to fit the intention. It's a fun challenge.
Click to expand...
  • Like
Reactions: David Wyke, Vincent Luciani, Bruno Kudrecki and 26 others
David Bartell
A second view.
IMG-0926.jpg
 

Media information

Category
Member Galleries
Added by
David Bartell
Date added
View count
1,225
Comment count
6
Rating
0.00 star(s) 0 ratings

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS Rebel T8i
ISO
400
Filename
IMG_0924.JPG
File size
2.5 MB
Date taken
Wed, 06 March 2024 10:43 AM
Dimensions
5253px x 3509px

Share this media

Back
Top