Hi, I'm a retired college IT Instructor and now a full-time woodworker in the St. Paul area. I rent space a local Maker workshop but looking to move back into the garage once it's a little warmer. I never touched a lathe until last February, and then mainly turned handles and vases. When Glenn Lucas came to the Minnesota Woodturners Guild this past August, I took his bowl class, and turning bowls is all I've pretty much been doing since. I turned enough bowls for a local craft show, and did okay, so I think this is the direction I'd like to focus on. I currently turn on the shops JET 1236, but I have a REVO 1836 coming in the next week or two, and I'm greatly looking forward to turning on it. Some of my work is below, my bowls aren't perfect (some of my bowls have become lampshades) , I have a lot to learn still, but I'm really enjoying learning this art.
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You certainly have been busy turning bowls and boxes. And we've all turned our share of funnels and lampshades. 
