Olive bowl

[Lionel Mercier]

It is olive tree,
dia 128 X H 80 mm
it will be a gift to thank those who gave me this wood
Have fun with woodturning,
Lionel.
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[Dave Fritz]

That's beautiful, looks like you left the pith in?

[Tim Rinehart]

Nice NE bowl, beautiful wood patterns in that olive.

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

It will hold a lot of olives!! Bad pun, sorry, I couldn't help it. Really pretty wood. I wish I had given the wood to you so I could own the bowl.
faust

[charlie knighton]

very nice, pretty wood

[Bill Bolen]

Gorgeous wood! Love what you have done with it.

[David DeCristoforo]

Sweet. And without a doubt the most "conventional" of your pieces I have seen posted here!

[John Keeton]

Lionel, I didn't know that you turned bowls! Very nice piece of wood with loads of character. Well done! And, only on one axis!!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful bowl out of some beautiful wood. Really nice.

[Barry Richardson]

Thats a beauty! I have tried a few olive pieces and have had a terrible time with them warping and cracking when they dry, and when dry they are so brittle they tend to blow up on finish turning with the slightest catch, maybe its a different variety here in the dessert, but it looks the same. None the less, yours is super!

[Rick Markham]

Fantastic Lionel!! I love it, Olive is such a pretty wood. I've haven't been lucky enough to get a piece of it yet... but I am always looking. I really love the form, and the natural edge, and it is perfectly balanced. :)

[Michelle Rich]

ooohhh, very pretty NE..that olive rocks . Thanks for sharing with us , Lionel.

[Keith E Byrd]

This is very nice - I really like this - makes me want to learn to do a NE!
Beautiful wood!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Good looking bowl Lionel! Pretty wood and I really like the natural edge!

[Jack Davis 2]

Great piece......Olive is one of my very favorites. Lots of character and the very unusual pleasing smell that it provides will you work with it. Sassafrass is another that has some very great odors and some nice color features with its Indian Red cambium layers.

[Lionel Mercier]

Hello guys.
many thanks for the comments
Kindly and maybe a little sarcastic :D... right Mr Keeton ?
In fact to turn olive is a pleasure, and above all there is the smell, when the shavings fly, you think you are down a wine cellar.
It is just the same smell that between wine casks...right Mr Davis ?
I say...a pleasure
So long,
Lionel.

[Chris Burgess]

spectacular piece. Just great.

[Baxter Smith]

Nice work Lionel. When I saw you had posted something, I have to admit, I hardly expected to see something "normal" from you!:) Pretty piece!