Small Spalted oak bowl

[Aaron Mckeown]

Fresh off the KS Midi Pro!

Just finished this bowl turned from a piece of Irish Oak. This came from a local tree surgeon’s stock, salvaged after Storm Eowyn here in Donegal, Ireland

Dimensions: 150mm x 70mm.

I’m particularly happy with how the grain wrapped around the curve on this one, and I finally got my laser settings dialled in on the base for the branding. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the form—I went for a slightly more enclosed rim on this one.

What’s everyone else working on today?

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[David Stranz]

Just finished this bowl, after getting inspiration from watching an Emma Cook video on YouTube. Dimensions 140 mm diameter x 100 mm high. Figured (ambrosia) maple with mica chameleon flakes and black leather cording. A gift for a ballet teacher friend.

 

[Lou Jacobs]

I’m particularly happy with how the grain wrapped around the curve on this one, and I finally got my laser settings dialled in on the base for the branding. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the form—I went for a slightly more enclosed rim on this one.

Aaron,
I think the bowl is great! Nice work. And i love your logo, both on the bowl and on the corner of your images. Very classy.

 

[John Torchick]

Two nice bowls! I'm just gearing up to start turning bowls and boxes. You gents have set a high standard. Looked at some of Emma's work. Amazing designs.

 

[David Stranz]

I really like Emma's work, and I think it is great that her video editor leaves in her little giggles when she thinks the camera isn't on.

I finally got my laser settings dialled in on the base for the branding.

One of the things on my TODO list as well. I'm lousy at hand-held pyrographic signatures. I'm debating branding directly onto the base of the bowl or branding a wooden disc to glue into the mortise. I like the idea of a laser vs. a branding iron because you can customize it with the details of the piece.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the form—I went for a slightly more enclosed rim on this one.

I like the form. I've turned several in that style (see my avatar photo for one). It works well as an alternative to a platter when you have a wide but not very thick blank. It is good practice for working up the skills to turn hollow forms.

I have also considered using that form by sandwiching two unequal thickness blanks of contrasting wood together so the rim is in the thinner contrasting wood. I might have to ask Gemini AI to design such a bowl so I can see how it might look before committing wood to it.