Another NE Big Leaf Maple Bowl

[Harvey Ghesser]

Here's what I did today. It's about 6 inches by about (the highest part) 3 inches and 1/8 inch thick. This one challanged me.

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[Robert McGowen]

Very nice looking! Seems to have a nice even thickness all the way to the bottom. I would have thought it was much larger than it is from the photo.

[Thomas Heck]

Neat looking! I love those jagged edges. Very unique bowl. Great Job!

[Bob Bergstrom]

Wow, that is a great bowl. Great shape, beautiful edge, and super thin looking.

[Harry Robinette]

That looks totally awesome I love this piece. You know those blue legs just don't work !!!:D

[Baxter Smith]

Very nice bowl. The edges are great. A profile shot looking through the ups and down would be neat!

[Ken Glass]

Harvey,
I've heard of air guitar, but wow, you were turning more air than wood most of the time at the rim. Nice execution and great looking BLM.

[Steve Mawson]

Agree with Harry, those blue feet just don't fit the piece:D. Really nice bowl, great job. Would really like to turn some of that wood someday.

[Michelle Rich]

super vessel..very thin walled . keeping the edges that thin is good turning.

[John Keeton]

Some very nice work on a beautiful piece of burl, Harvey! I have some of those painter's pyramids, as well, but I wish they made them in a smaller set for turnings! Mine are left over from flat work, and are just a bit too big to fit under the base on most of my turnings. Looks like you have them scrunched together pretty tight.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Harvey - that is really cool! Beautiful wood and the form reminds me of a fragment from a dinosaur egg!

I don't have any of those large painter's pyramids... I've been using some of those plastic lid supports that you get with take-out pizza. Works for me!

[Russell Eaton]

That is a sweet bowl, but that burl....WOW. I admire you for getting it so thin. Nice job and thanks for showing.

[Tony De Masi]

Very nice piece Harvey. I can see that challenge there too. Glad it survived.

[Bob Rotche]

Nice job on a great piece of wood. Love the irregular natural edge pieces like this.

[James Combs]

The challenges in it are very evident. A very nice piece showing off some great looking wood. An excellent looking finish.
Thanks for posting.

[Rob Price]

Well done. Great looking bowl.

[Brian Effinger]

It certainly looks challenging - nice & thin. Well done. :)

[Harvey Ghesser]

Thank you all, for your kind comments. I appreciate them.

[Roland Martin]

I would love to see a picture from above looking into the bowl, as somebody else has said, it looks to be a spectacular piece of BLM. A fantastic job turning this bowl, consistent and a great finish.

[Harvey Ghesser]

I would love to see a picture from above looking into the bowl, as somebody else has said, it looks to be a spectacular piece of BLM. A fantastic job turning this bowl, consistent and a great finish.

Roland, I will repost this project after a few coats of WOP. I had this burl left over from another project and this was actually the unused cut off.

[steven carter]

Great looking bowl. The wood is fantastic, and you did a great job turning the wood and air combination.

Not to hijack this thread but,

[QUOTE=I have some of those painter's pyramids, as well, but I wish they made them in a smaller set for turnings! Mine are left over from flat work, and are just a bit too big to fit under the base on most of my turnings. Looks like you have them scrunched together pretty tight.[/QUOTE]

I have gotten the spiky balls from sweet gum and sprayed this with lacquer and they work well.

[David E Keller]

Lovely piece! This one reminds me of a fallen leaf much like the piece that Bob Rotche posted a few days ago... It's a great way to show off a beautiful natural edge burl!