a couple turnings

[alex carey]

1. Olive Bowl 10.5 By 3.75 I got this piece from a wood raffle at the guild meeting. Smells like olive oil, quite nice to turn. As it dried I could hear it cracking. Kinda weird.

2. Eastern White Cedar Vase- 7.25 By 6 The inside is really rough, the bark used to be to the top but a few mistakes got rid of it. The grain is really wild and I had some trouble with it.

[alex carey]

3. Eastern White Cedar Bowl- 7 by 3 just a regular bowl.

4. Eastern White Cedar Hollowform- 4.5 by 7.5 The mouth is 2.75 wide. I have been using my monster hollowing tools quite a bit. It is pretty even thickness at 5/16.


Comments and CRITIQUES are welcome.

Alex

[Dewey Torres]

They are all great but my vote is #2:D

[Rich Boehlke]

Beautiful group of turnings. I cant pick a favorite.

[Jarrod McGehee]

Nice job Alex. nice stuff there

[Richard Madison]

Nice work Alex. I like the #4 HF a lot.

[Scott Lux]

The grain is really wild and I had some trouble with it.
I should think so. Nicely handled though.

My favorite is the hollow form, great grain and a good (if unusual) shape.

Lux

[Steve Schlumpf]

Alex - very nice work on everything! Cedar can be a real challenge to turn because it can be so soft! I really like the hollow form (duh) but feel it would look even better if the neck had more of a curve to it - similar to the vase.

Hey - you did good!

[Mike Stephens]

Very nice work Alex. Thanks for sharing. That cedar is beautiful.

Mike

[alex carey]

Steve I think your right on, I wasn't really happy with the final shape, but I was quickly fed up and decided to start sanding earlier than I should have. It came out alright but not what it could have been.

Richard, surprisingly #4 is my favorite also. I just love the shape.

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Alex

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Great Stuff!!!

Bruce

[Don Carter]

Alex:
Great looking work! I love that wood and your workmanship. Thanks for showing it here.

[Colin MacDiarmid]

Lovelly work

[William Macomber II]

nice work alex, the grain on that cedar is beautiful, #2 is my favorite!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great work Alex. I really like #2.

[Steve Mawson]

Really like the form on #4. Just beautiful to my eye.

[Brian McInturff]

I'm a fan of #2. Anything with a natural oddity, in this case bark inclusions, I'm a big fan of. Plus I really like the form.:cool: