Tootsie Roll Bowl

[Sean Hughto]

Latest effort.
Walnut
slightly larger than 15" x 5"
finished with walnut oil and beeswax
Decided to bead the whole outside. Makes for a slightly heavier bowl, but so far family and friends claim to like the look and feel.
C&C welcome
Thanks!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4978345900_86f54cec41_z.jpg

[Mark Hix]

Beautiful bowl. I like the beads.

[Roger Chandler]

Sean,

That is really great! Lovely bowl and very symmetrical beads.

[Michael James]

very nice job and beautiful wood!
Thx for posting!

[Allen Neighbors]

I love beaded bowls; and I've never tried to make one. You and Wally!! I'm cowed!
Great job, and the finish is wonderful!

[Robert McGowen]

I like that a lot also! Also, that is a pretty good sized bowl. Do you have plans for it already?

[Thomas Bennett]

Yeah Sean, really cool. Looks like a really nice, dense peice of walnut. Well done, as usual!

[John Keeton]

Sean, this may be the best bowl I have seen from you!!! I love this one. Very well done, and just a perfect form. The uniformity you achieved with the beads is fantastic. The beautiful walnut certainly doesn't hurt either.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Sean that is a beauty. I really like it.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow! Nice form, wonderful large size and I really like the form! Great work on the beading! Very symmetrical and a very clean look!

Seriously - very nice work! Thanks for sharing!

[Greg Bender]

Sean,
that is a beauty.Like everybody else has said,it has everything going for it.The beading works on that bowl real well.The inside edge treatment makes for a great transition. Just all around nice.Looks like you did the beading with a metal working lathe.What did you use?
Greg

[Sean Hughto]

Wow, you guys are very nice. Thank you.

Robert, I don't have any firm plans. I have a couple friends and relatives who basically said "the bigger the better." Let's see if they really meant it!

Greg, I do all my beads on spindle work with skews and spindle gouges, but for these, I used a scraper type tool fashioned from an old carbon steel tool I picked up somewhere. It caused some tearout in a coule of places, but nothing too deep. In short, it was nothing very hard to do or that required much skill.

[David Christopher]

Sean, that bowl is beautiful.....it is nice to see something different

[gary Zimmel]

Great looking bowl Sean. The beading is sweet...

[alex carey]

i love that walnut and finish, works sooo well. nice job.

[Tony De Masi]

Really nice work Sean. In the B/W picture I like how you see the ghost lines of the grain of the walnut vs. the horizontal lines of the beading. How thick did the final product end up?

[William Hutchinson]

The beading and form combined into one very nice piece. The precision of your tools skills is evident in the uniformity of the beading.

[bob svoboda]

Really nice Sean. I'd like a close look at the bottom. Great beads and beautiful wood.

[David E Keller]

Very nice, Sean. The bowl itself is great, and I like the inclusion of the B&W photos as well. I think the potential recipients may be fighting over who gets this one... How do I get my name on that list?

[Eric Jacobson]

that's amazing Sean. I really like how you blend the bead into the rim too.

[Donny Lawson]

That is one great looking bowl. I don't think I've seen that before. Great job.
Donny

[Nathan Hawkes]

SWEET! Really nice work on this piece. Form, finish, and wood are spectacular.

[Sean Hughto]

Really nice Sean. I'd like a close look at the bottom. Great beads and beautiful wood.

Sure, here's some shots of the bottom inside and out. I hope they show what you hoped to see:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4979496811_7b896f547e_z.jpg

And one more with props for scale:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4979496591_27c00fbe1d_z.jpg

And thanks again, everyone!

[Sean Hughto]

How thick did the final product end up?

About 1/2 an inch throughout most of the bowl - a bit thicker at the rim. In order to keep a large form strong with all those grooves, I figured I should err a tad on the thick side. If I was willing to be more patient with caliper checks, I might have gone a bit thinner. It was one of those things where you kind of say to yourself after you been at this awhile - "nope, one more pass if likely a bad idea."

[Frank Van Atta]

A beautiful piece of work.

[Allen Neighbors]

Thanks for the other pics!!! That's just glorious... what a rich looking piece of work!!

[Curt Fuller]

Holy Smokes! That's a beauty!

[Baxter Smith]

That is one of the nicest bowls I have seen in a while. Beautiful wood in a distinctive style with a great finish!

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Latest effort.
Walnut
slightly larger than 15" x 5"
finished with walnut oil and beeswax
Decided to bead the whole outside. Makes for a slightly heavier bowl, but so far family and friends claim to like the look and feel.
C&C welcome
Thanks!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4978345900_86f54cec41_z.jpg

Looks really nice from here Sean, beautiful wood and color, the finish is just right for this bowl I think, very well done :cool: :cool: :D

[George Guadiane]

Believe your family and friends!
Nice work!

[Gary Conklin]

Sean, that is a great looking bowl, and I bet it has a very tactile feel.

[Ken Glass]

Sean,
What a beautiful bowl. Also, what great tool control in the beading. It has made a good bowl, great, with the added beading. And, let's face it, who doesn't love Walnut? Well Done.