Mark Norman
05-28-2009, 2:18 AM
I like to take pics to document the progression and as an aide in learning.
I completed bowl #2 last night and I like it a lot,,,it warped on me some because I turned green and did not rough it out and let dry. Just anxious I was..I'll wait till it finishes doing what ever it wants to do and get a pic to post.
So tonight when I returned home from work to find my artwork just mildly distorted,,, I decided I need to just rough out a few, stuff em in bags of shavings and let em sit to finish turn another day.. I picked out a piece of wood just a bit bigger than bowl #2 and fired up the trusty chain saw to get it sorta round like.
The piece I chose for tonight's turnings...
(The wife had my camera so I got cell phone pics. Not real quality but works)
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/woodbowlbegining.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/chunkowood.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/sortaround.jpg
Real rough...
But round....almost.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/walnutrealrough.jpg
OK,,, now its round...
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/walnutoutsideturnedrough.jpg
Its got a nice blond spot on the dark brown that makes for a nice accent. I hope it stays...
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/100_1898.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/100_1896.jpg
I brought it in the house and was warmly received with rave reviews by the kids who had nothing but nice things to say about it and how they loved it. Warmed my heart it did..
So and goes my learning curve, turn green thick and let dry. I will look into getting some DNA real soon but for now this piece gets stuffed into a paper sack with today's date and a bunch of the shavings...
I figure if I rough out a bowl every day or two then in a month or so I will have a bowl to finish every day or two.
On my desk for pics just before stuffin it in the bag...
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/100_1893.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/100_1895.jpg
Comments and critiques are encouraged.
I need to find a mentor near-by, but for the time being I guess you guys (and gals) will have to do.
My post is lacking smileys because they count as images and I have several of those...
I completed bowl #2 last night and I like it a lot,,,it warped on me some because I turned green and did not rough it out and let dry. Just anxious I was..I'll wait till it finishes doing what ever it wants to do and get a pic to post.
So tonight when I returned home from work to find my artwork just mildly distorted,,, I decided I need to just rough out a few, stuff em in bags of shavings and let em sit to finish turn another day.. I picked out a piece of wood just a bit bigger than bowl #2 and fired up the trusty chain saw to get it sorta round like.
The piece I chose for tonight's turnings...
(The wife had my camera so I got cell phone pics. Not real quality but works)
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/woodbowlbegining.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/chunkowood.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/sortaround.jpg
Real rough...
But round....almost.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/walnutrealrough.jpg
OK,,, now its round...
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/walnutoutsideturnedrough.jpg
Its got a nice blond spot on the dark brown that makes for a nice accent. I hope it stays...
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/100_1898.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/100_1896.jpg
I brought it in the house and was warmly received with rave reviews by the kids who had nothing but nice things to say about it and how they loved it. Warmed my heart it did..
So and goes my learning curve, turn green thick and let dry. I will look into getting some DNA real soon but for now this piece gets stuffed into a paper sack with today's date and a bunch of the shavings...
I figure if I rough out a bowl every day or two then in a month or so I will have a bowl to finish every day or two.
On my desk for pics just before stuffin it in the bag...
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/100_1893.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t116/triangle5/wood/turnings/100_1895.jpg
Comments and critiques are encouraged.
I need to find a mentor near-by, but for the time being I guess you guys (and gals) will have to do.
My post is lacking smileys because they count as images and I have several of those...