sugar maple w/ebony rim

[Terry Achey]

I had a piece of figured sugar maple with a nasty bark inclusion, but I turned it anyway with lotsa epoxy. I tried to copy a David Marks bowl I saw on TV a year ago. Not perfect by any means but I'm basically satisfied with the first "rimmed" attempt. Best part is that I have a bit of nice sugar maple leftover for the next attempt :).

2 1/4" X 10 1/2" - Eight coats of minwax antique oil final buffed with Renaissance wax.

Terry

[alex carey]

wow, that is beautiful, the contrast works very nicely. Great job.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Great looking bowl Terry! Love the figure of the wood! You did a great job with the finish - sure highlights the wood well!

[Terry Achey]

Thanks, Steve and Alex. BTW Steve, your green dyed bowl is simply outstanding. Reminds of the hues I see in the evergreen and moss forests.

Terry

[Brian Brown]

Beautiful bowl. Great form, and the black rim nicely balances the bark inclusion. BTW, nice foot.

[Gregg Feldstone]

Very nice bowl. How did you do the rim?

[Toney Robertson]

Terry,

You did DM proud. That is an outstanding piece.

Is the rim multiple pieces like the one DM did?

Are you worried about movement in the main maple piece affecting the rim?

Toney

[Jeff Nicol]

I must say I love how the figure radiates from the dark spot and the shape of the bowl is great! I think a dark rim on just about anything is a perfect way to top things off!

Great job,

Jeff

[Brian Weaver]

Very nice Terry. Without reading your post first, David's bowl was the first thing I thought of when I saw yours. I went and looked on his site and found the bowl he turned and I think yours is much better!

Brian

[Rob Cunningham]

Very nice bowl. The rim and bark inclusion work well together.

[Steve Mawson]

Very nice, see something new every day. Beautiful!

[steven carter]

I really like this bowl, you did a great job on it.

Steve

[John Beaver]

Terry, that's really beautiful. Well done.

[Bill Bolen]

Terry what a lovely bowl. Your fine finish sure makes that figure pop out. The dark rim is a great compliment to the bark inclusion too. I admire it so much I saved it to my favorites folder for later duplication...Bill...

[Richard Madison]

Great looking bowl Terry. I like the shape.

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty Terry. Really nice form and finish.

[Terry Achey]

Gee, thanks for so many compliments!

Gregg & Toney - after facing the bowl flat on the top side, and roughing out the inside, I cut a section of 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 12" ebony into 3/16" x 12" strips and then used a template to mark and cut curved segments (about 7 or 8) rfrom the ebony strips to CA glue on the flat surface. All the segments had to be disc sanded carefully to perfectly match the next section. The last piece was the most difficult to match. Then, placed back on the lathe to final turn the bowl and ebony.

The sugar maple was green when initially rough turned. I soaked in DNA for 4 days after roughing out and then wrapped and shelved for three weeks. Hopefully, it will remian stable enough not to distort from the rim.

I'm anxious to try some more of similar style with different materials.

Terry

[Quinn McCarthy]

Great looking bowl Terry.

I have the same ? as Gregg. How did you do the rim? DOesn't seem to be segmented.

Awesome job.

Quinn

[Mark Hubl]

Very nice result. I too, immediately thought of the DM episode with that bowl. Nice wood and a really nice outcome. I bet you will make another.

[Mike Minto]

wonderful bowl - the shape, dimension, colors compliment one another so well - thanks for the pic! mike

[Curt Fuller]

That's really a nice bowl!