Curly white ash natural edge bowl

[Nathan Hawkes]

This is white ash, acquired from a craigslist ad for free wood! The homeowner took out a couple trees that were leaning over their home, in hopes that they wouldn't end up a future homeowners insurance claim. I have a "thankyou" gift for them, though they said it was unnecessary. The pieces from around the base "buttresses" were quite curly. Truly beautiful wood! One thing I learned while turning it was the color change that ash makes while being turned; it goes pink, then eventually back to white. I don't know what caused the change, but I definitely didn't imagine it. I just wish I'd had a camera at the time. The pics were with a digital SLR camera, but I don't have a real photo backdrop setup. Sorry about the glare.
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[Lee Koepke]

thats pretty amazing. very nice.

[David Christopher]

Nathan, that is beautiful

[John Keeton]

Fantastic wood, and a beautiful bowl! I have noticed ash frequently exhibits curl, and this is a very nice piece!

[Robert McGowen]

Very nice natural edge. Well done.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful bowl Nate! Love the wood! You did a great job on keeping all that bark!

[alex carey]

nice job with the bark.

[Tom Sherman]

A very nice bowl, great figure in the bowl.

[Curt Fuller]

Wow, what a beautiful bowl. So thin too.

[Mark Cothren]

Great bowl, Nathan! That is some beautiful wood.

[Michael James]

All the way around.... very nice work.
Thanks for posting. Amazing bark on that in addition to the beautiful wood.

[gary Zimmel]

Great work on keeping all that bark on Nathan...
Beautiful bowl with some nice figure.

[David E Keller]

Beautiful wood, beautiful bark, beautiful shape... Beautiful bowl!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Nathan nice NE with some extraordinarily beautiful wood! What did you use for a finish?

[Billy Tallant]

Beautiful bowl! Simply amazing...

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Yup like is said already a few times, beautiful job on the bark and very nice wood, as for the glare, it shows that the wood is finished and smooth, thanks Nathan for showing, bet the bowl is going to be treasured.

[Tony De Masi]

Amazing wood and some real fine turning. Just stunning. Wish my ash looked like that.

[Baxter Smith]

Amazing looking wood! Great job!

[steven carter]

Nathan,

This is a real beauty! I'm sure the home owner will appreciate the gesture.

Steve

[Bernie Weishapl]

Nathan that is one beautiful bowl. The wood is awesome.

[Paul Douglass]

I can't add any new phrases of awe. It has all been said. I can only say +1 to everything already said.

[David DeCristoforo]

To me, most NE bowls always look more or less the same. But this one has something that takes it "over the top". It's beautiful!

[bob svoboda]

That's a beauty Nathan. Love the bark NE

[Nathan Hawkes]

Thanks for the compliments everyone! The bark was tough! I really wanted to keep it, so oriented the blank as close as I could to being flat, so that I could make just a few cuts to get past the bark, then never touch it again during the hollowing process. The tricky part was not touching the bark with the mcnaughton knives once I got into the cut a ways. If I didn't mention already, the finish is Minwax Antique Oil finish, my personal favorite.

[Jake Helmboldt]

Man Nathan, I'm gonna have to rethink NE bowls. That is two in a row that are just fantastic. Like David D. said, there is typically something about them that doesn't resonate with me aesthetically, but that is nice, and the bark, with its deep furrows really adds some great character.

Nice!

[Jack Mincey]

Nathan,
I really like all the natural edge bowls in your last three post, but this one is spectacular.
Jack

[Rich Aldrich]

Real nice piece.

[charlie knighton]

very nice....