" Bowl " and " fruit '

[John Spitters]

Maple bowl measures 1 3/4"h x 9"w finished with Pyrography, dyes and W.O.P.
Fruits are made from maple and cherry scraps then dyed, stems on fruit are small branch cuttings.
All comments and critiques welcome.

John

[Brian Palmer]

I like it. Very interesting. I would probably try to eat one.

[Paul Williams]

Looks good enough to eat. Great job. Is that a bowl that you posted earlier? Made me want to try that style and color.

[Tim Rinehart]

John...looks good enough to eat. Very nice, I've seen some nice fruit, but those look excellent. I like the bowl too, natural inside and dyed outside? Beautiful.

[John Spitters]

Looks good enough to eat. Great job. Is that a bowl that you posted earlier? Made me want to try that style and color.

Hi Paul
This is a different bowl from the one I posted before. the first one was "taken" by a fellow turner who's work I admire in an exchange of pieces. However my wife really liked that first one so asked me to do another. After turning it I thought that it lacked something so the "fruit " was born.

[Sid Matheny]

Great job but you need a sign saying "Do Not Eat". Looks too good!

Sid

[John Keeton]

I'll take the Red Delicious! Great work, John - on both the bowl and the fruit. Very realistic.

[Rich Aldrich]

Nice work. I bet that fruit is fiber packed.

[Michelle Rich]

when I saw the picture I thought for sure the fruit was real! Awesome!

[Eric Holmquist]

The fruit looks amazing, as does the bowl. If you had not mentioned that you turned the fruit, I doubt that many would have noticed it was turned.

I love the pyro treatment on the rim of the bowl, makes for a nice visual and tactile contrast

[David E Keller]

Fantastic! I like the bowl, but the fruit and the whole composition get a big wow from me... Too cool!

[Doug W Swanson]

Wow, now that is cool! The fruit looks so real!

[Baxter Smith]

As far as I'm concerned, the Red Delicious and Black Twig are about the most tasteless apples there are and were developed solely for looks! (So I will take the pear:)) That being said, your apples are amazing copies! Great work on the bowl as well!!

[John Spitters]

As far as I'm concerned, the Red Delicious and Black Twig are about the most tasteless apples there are and were developed solely for looks! (So I will take the pear:)) That being said, your apples are amazing copies! Great work on the bowl as well!!

Well Baxter I can't say which of these apples or pears would be the better tasting, cause when chewing on the dust they all tasted rather bad, bitter and somewhat the same. :)

John

[Kathy Marshall]

Ditto on Fantastic! The fruit is amazingly lifelike and I love the bowl, especially the rim treatment!

[Dan Forman]

That may be the best turned fruit I've ever seen, and love the way it fills the bowl. Bravo!

Dan

[Steve Busey]

Great job! My late father did a set like that, but he added a banana to the mix (required some carving/filing though).

[Jim Burr]

Fruit is great...the bowl is really great!

[Robert McGowen]

The fruit is now on my "must try" list. Great job!

[John W Dixon]

Wow that is a great looking set, very very realistic.