Forget-Me-Not Bowl

[Steve Schlumpf]

I was challenged to turn something that I had not done before – something to push my comfort zone – and this is what I came up with.

Maple bowl, 8 ¾” diameter x 3 ¾” high, with a nice and thin undercut rim that was then drilled, burnt and inked with my version of Forget-Me-Not flowers. It was then sanded to 400 grit and topped off with several coats of gloss poly.

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As always, your opinions, comments and critiques are welcomed!

Thanks for looking!

[Kenneth Whiting]

Nice bowl Steve, I like the undercut rim.

[ROY DICK]

Steve,
You have raised the bar once again.
Beautiful wont come close to describing this.

Roy

[alex carey]

Great bowl, not sure how you got those in their but they look good. Nice job.

[Ron Bontz]

Way to cool. Nice work as always.

[David Christopher]

very nice Steve

[Curt Fuller]

Sorry Steve, I'm not buying it. I think you're pretty comfortable doing anything to a piece of wood.;)

That is really beautiful. Just enough to be interesting and not enough to overwhelm the bowl. Excellent work as always!

[Alan Tolchinsky]

Very imaginative Steve. I really like that. It's nice to have somebody to copy or at least try. :)

[George Morris]

Steve I think you have this down pat! Great work love the decorations!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the vote of confidence! Have to admit it was pretty tough the first time to intentionally drill holes into a perfectly good bowl! After drilling the first hole - lets just say I felt committed and decided to follow through on the rest of the idea.

I like how it turned out but found the process took way to long. 45 minutes to turn the bowl but slightly over an hour to hand ink all the flowers! Not used to that inking stuff!

[Bernie Weishapl]

I wouldn't worry about the comfort zone Steve. You nailed that one. Beautiful bowl and flowers look great.

[Jeff Nicol]

Steve, Nice job on the bowl and the flowers look great! If you start wearing a poofy armed smock, a beret with flower and grow a cute little soul patch on your chin, we will know you are a true artist and not just a darn good woodturner!! HA HA!! That is what a couple of my buddies tell me that I should do to draw attention to my "ART" I tell them they are crazy! Good friends are hard to come by so I let them slide.

Great work as always,

Jeff

[John Keeton]

Steve, those little "extras" are what set you apart from the crowd. Nice work, and "just enough" on the flowers. Any more would have been too much, and less just not enough.

[Mike Golka]

Awsome bowl Steve, great job.

[Rob Cunningham]

Steve,I really like the shape and the flowers are a nice touch. Which part was out of your comfort zone? Everything looks great.