Oregon Ash NE Bowl

[mike ash]

A few shots of an Oregon Ash bowl I completed. I turned this bowl while it was green but as happens with Ash wood, it cracked! So.... I employed a little trick that Alan Beatty taught me. He said to "somehow accentuate a wood flaw (character)". So, I sewed it up with some leather and added a few beads, then burned and carved an eagle feather to give it that character.

[Mark Hubl]

Very nice. Sorry about the crack. I like the embellishments, definetly add interest to the piece.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice NE Mike. I really like the leather and the feather is a very nice touch.

[Richard Madden]

I like what you have done. The wood and form are great, and the sewing and feather add a neat touch. I've got a few hollowforms that could use some stitching...

[Dan Forman]

Brilliant solution, that bowl was too good to waste.

Dan

[John Keeton]

Mike, that crack was the best thing that could have happened to you on this piece!! What a wonderful opportunity for some artistic expression and you pulled it off with class! Well done! I really like the end result.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice save and some great ideas for embellishments! Really like the feather!

[Russell Eaton]

I like the save you made on that. Excellent job on the feather.

[Baxter Smith]

Everytime I see one of these stitched bowls I think of trying it on some of my cracked roughouts. The feather is neat but beyond my capabilities. Very nice job!

[bob svoboda]

Great save! Would have been a shame to relegate it to the firewood pile!

[David E Keller]

That's great! It seems like more than a save to me... I think you ended up with something better.

[George Morris]

Mike I like it a lot! Well done save! G