Pasta or Checkers?

[Jerry Wright]

I have been turning for many years, but just got around to trying to photograph my pieces. So I purchased a "table top studio" outfit and away we go. This bowl, from a few years ago, is a glue-up(Elmer’s yellow) of walnut and hard maple, 14-1/4” D x 3-1/2” H, 3/8” T at the rim. The blocks are oriented so that the bowl face is all end grain. The bowl was sanded to 400 grit; polished with turning chips; followed by many coats of shellac; and finally, lightly polished with auto body polishing compound. Yes, I enjoy joinery. There is something about the dull smack of perfectly flat pieces as they are pushed together and the look of nearly invisible glue joints that I find very soothing!
This is an application of one of my many shop rules – “I only turn what I glue myself.”
C & C welcome.

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[Bernie Weishapl]

Really a nice bowl Jerry. Well done.

[Bill Neddow]

This is a real beauty, Jerry. Now that you are set up to do photography, Please, show us some more!

[Robert McGowen]

Nice job. After all of that glueing, I might have been tempted to leave it as a round cutting board!

[Jim Burr]

This has such a great visual Jerry...looks like a wormhole...can you make a starship? The joinery is amazing...very well done sir!

[John Keeton]

Jerry, your rule sounds like you may have been a paratrooper - pack your own chute! Very nice joinery, and a nice undulating pattern.

[Steve Vaughan]

That's neat looking, I really like it! Love the way you joined everything...way different from what one might expect.

[Baxter Smith]

Very well done with a neat design. Thanks for sharing.

[Mark Hubl]

Nice looking bowl. One of these days I am going segmental!! That is really a nice job, congrats on the photo tent, look forward to seeing more of you stuff.