spaulted maple crotch critque please

[curtis rosche]

here is a spaulted silver maple crotch. about 7 inches wide. 4 tall.
what do ya think?

[Steve Mawson]

I think it looks very nice and would look great on my coffee table. Really nice piece of wood and you made it proud.

[Bill Bolen]

Lovely piece of wood and a good clean turn too. Afraid I am not a big fan of any straight sided bowl but that is just me. What oil finish did you use? Nice job...Bill...

[Steve Schlumpf]

Curtis - you are getting better with each and every bowl! Nice work on this one! Beautiful wood!

[Richard Madison]

Ditto what Bill said. Curtis, your turning has progressed to the point where you might want to take better pictures to do it justice. One easy, no-cost change that would yield 100% improvement is simply the use of a seamless background. That tablecloth (?) in your pictures would do, or a couple layers of old ironed and starched white sheet. Just need to support part of it vertically behind your work. Same camera and same lighting. Hope you receive this in the spirit in which offered. Give it a try.

[alex carey]

Love the spalting, that is a great piece.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Curtis good job. Great wood. You are getting better and better at this bowl thing.

[curtis rosche]

this is the first peice i used my vacuum chuck on