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February Turning Challenge: It's Valentine's Day!!

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We are sorry for the late posting of the monthly challenge. For this month's challenge, we will look into your heart. You can submit anything you would turn to give to your significant other for that special day... Of course, extra points will be given if the item has a heart in it. Carved, drawn, pyro, painted. Flowers are the number one seller for Valentine's day, along with chocolates. I made a box one year, and filled it with chocolates. I should have carved a heart on the lid, oh, well.
And now, the fine print from the official AAW Forum legal consultants -- Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe:
  • Only one entry per person and only one photo of your entry.
  • Because we are late, again, accept our apology, items accepted will include items turned after January 1st, 2023
  • Entries must be posted in this thread.
  • The deadline for posting entries is midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on February 26th , 2023.
  • As always, this is a turning contest, not a "moldy oldie" photo contest, so in fairness to everybody, make sure your work is something you have made after January 1, 2023.
  • You may not post any photos of your entry in this month’s challenge in any other thread or in the gallery until the voting has ended and a winner has been declared.
  • Voting will take place from February 28th, 2023, through midnight UTC on March 2nd. 2023.
  • Solicitation of votes will result in disqualification.
  • The winner might have to pass a lie detector test before collecting the prizes. :rolleyes: Good luck, have fun, make shavings, and let the chips fall where they may!!
When voting begins, you are allowed two votes, and once you have voted, you won't be able to go back and change your votes. After you have voted, you can track the vote totals. The voting is secret (just like a real election), so nobody else can see who you voted for (not even the moderators/administrators). The voting will end at midnight UTC on March 2nd, 2023. In case of a tie vote, the forum moderators will gather in a virtual waist-deep shavings-filled shop to determine the winner.

@Bill Boehme reserves the right to change any of these deadlines and or to change and add rules.
 

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White Oak weed pot, made entirely on the lathe via multiple axes. Copper basket and Heart Pine stand. Treated with liming wax to accentuate the grain, and finished with an oil and wax mixture. Just over 8" total. The plant is heavenly bamboo, displaying its characteristic red winter leaves. This photo alone doesn't quite do the heart justice, but I like it nonetheless.

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Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe (cracks me up every time), I believe I'm a couple of hours late. Disqualify if you deem too egregious of a rule break.
 
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Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe (cracks me up every time), I believe I'm a couple of hours late. Disqualify if you deem too egregious of a rule break.

You're in luck. I was able to persuade Dewey, Cheatum, & Howe to have mercy on your hide.
 
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