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Ken Vonk
07-13-2009, 9:38 PM
My boss helped me cut down a silver maple in his yard last March. It had about 6 good sized burls on it. I finally finished a little thank you bowl for him and gave it to him today. The bowl measures about 100 in diameter and 4 inches tall. It's finished in about 6 layers of wipe on gloss poly and then two coats of spray gloss poly.
One of these days I need to get a good photo set up...lol
Your comments and critique is very much appreciated.
TIA,
Ken
Ken Vonk
07-13-2009, 9:40 PM
Forgot to mention that the bowl is less than 1/8" thick at the rim and about 1/4" thick at the bottom. Thanks again.
Scott Conners
07-13-2009, 10:33 PM
Very nice! I like the turned in rim a lot. All of the bark inclusions are really cool, it almost looks like inlay, I love the pattern it made.
Steve Schlumpf
07-13-2009, 10:35 PM
Great looking bowl Ken! Very nice form and it looks really thin! The finish sure brings out the character in the piece! I am sure your boss loved the bowl! Very nice work!
Norm Zax
07-14-2009, 2:03 AM
Great wood and bowl! [Might wanna fix that number for diameter...]
Ken Vonk
07-14-2009, 7:40 AM
Thanks Norm. I didn't even notice the 100 inch bowl.......wish I had a lathe that would do that....lol The bowl is approximately 10" (TEN) inches in diameter :o
Ken
Jeff Nicol
07-14-2009, 7:52 AM
Ken, The shape and figure in the bowl works great with the bark inclusions as the gloss shows off everything. I think I like the shape the best, simple and elegant!
Nice job,
Jeff
Ken Vonk
07-14-2009, 8:39 PM
Thanks for your replies. This the first time I tried a lip like this. I was curious how much I could change the profile with a bowl roughed to approximately 1" thickness.
Thanks again,
Ken
Bernie Weishapl
07-14-2009, 10:32 PM
Good looking bowl. Like the simple shape and finish.
John W Dixon
07-14-2009, 11:44 PM
Ken that turned out really nice and with a terrific shine.
John
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