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Mark Cothren
11-27-2009, 1:30 PM
Getting ready for a show next weekend and trying to add some variety... not much to say about this one except it is thick.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/woodturning/AshThick01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/woodturning/AshThick02.jpg
Rick Hutcheson
11-27-2009, 1:39 PM
Nice grain to the wood but to me it looks plain. Just took a class from Nick Cook and maybe try burning the rim with a torch to give it some color, or break in the inside and outside areas of the bowl.
But it still comes down to I don't care what you turn someone out there is going to like it and buy it. We all have different tastes in what looks good to us they may hate.
Mark Cothren
11-27-2009, 1:44 PM
Rick, my wife said the same thing to me earlier... that it needs something like the burning you mentioned. I'll have to study on that. Thanks for the feedback.
Bernie Weishapl
11-27-2009, 2:20 PM
Mark that is a good looking bowl. Nice grain, color and looks like a little spalting.
Steve Schlumpf
11-27-2009, 2:24 PM
Well, I guess I am on the other side of the coin from Rick cause I like it as is. I like the way the grain of the outside of the bowl continues - uninterrupted - across the wide lip and to the inside. Even though the lip has fairly sharp angles, your eyes can follow the grain and that gives the piece a sense of flow.

Best of luck with your upcoming show Mark! Judging by all work you have been posting the last couple of weeks - you should have no problem at all with sales!
Scott Lux
11-27-2009, 2:35 PM
+1 on the great as is. If I ever take up bowls, that's one I'll copy.
alex carey
11-27-2009, 4:00 PM
Agreed, I like it as is.
Greg Just
11-27-2009, 4:35 PM
I like it the way it is, but I tend to like thicker bowls anyway. Nice job - you do a great job with your photo's too.
charlie knighton
11-27-2009, 5:43 PM
very nice...
Rick Hutcheson
11-27-2009, 9:07 PM
This is what is was suggesting to do for a burn edge.
http://www.scrollsaws.com/images/Lathe/BowlPic3.JPG
Bill Bolen
11-27-2009, 9:07 PM
This piece really flows. Nice job...Bill...
Ken Fitzgerald
11-27-2009, 10:00 PM
Mark,

I like it the way it is. The thick rim allows the grain to continue it's flow.

Burning it would detract from the natural beauty of the wood.

JMHO .......
David E Keller
11-27-2009, 11:37 PM
I like it as is... The burning always looks dirty to me unless it's contained within a detail or somehow sharply demarcated from non-burned wood.