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Kathy Marshall
05-23-2012, 1:41 AM
After cutting more blanks from the carob logs after work today, I decided that I still had enough time to feed the addiction and turn a small bowl. The blank was from one of the biggest logs. I had cut out a large bowl blank but it was much thicker than I would need for a large bowl, so I cut the bottom off and ended up with this blank. I normally do cut the bottoms off bowl blanks, but usually it's a much thinner slice and just sapwood.
Since it was such a big log, the sapwood area is almost a perfect circle and would have been more so if the log was more symetrical. I like the look and may have to try a few more from the other big logs.
It's 6" x 1 3/4" with a coat of BLO. Crappy pics from the shop don't show it to best advantage but I didn't feel like getting the photo tent set up.
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Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
Roger Chandler
05-23-2012, 6:25 AM
Wow.......I like the grain orientation on this Kathy..........nice job getting it so the heartwood made a ring around the rim! That is just too cool!
Pete Jordan
05-23-2012, 6:27 AM
Beautiful!
I thought it was pottery when I first looked.
John Keeton
05-23-2012, 6:49 AM
Like Pete, I think it looks like a very nice piece of pottery with a glazed rim - nice effect, Kathy!
Steve Schlumpf
05-23-2012, 7:49 AM
Beautiful! My first thoughts were that it reminds me of McCoy stoneware!
Baxter Smith
05-23-2012, 8:50 AM
Nice effect Kathy! Never thought of trying that. Its a nice example of how good design starts with the chainsaw!
Mike Cruz
05-23-2012, 9:01 AM
That's just beautiful! Love the grain orientation... And it looks like there is a lot going on in that sapwood, too.
Alan Trout
05-23-2012, 9:11 AM
Kathy,
I like the way your oriented the wood. That is a wonderful little bowl.
Alan
Tim Rinehart
05-23-2012, 9:16 AM
No question that you got the orientation excellent on this!! I like it!
Bernie Weishapl
05-23-2012, 9:21 AM
Beautiful piece Kathy. Love the way you oriented the wood.
Prashun Patel
05-23-2012, 10:08 AM
Perfect. I love the design.
Ken Glass
05-23-2012, 10:43 AM
Kathy,
A very nice bowl. I like it a lot. It almost looks like stone pottery with your orientation. I second the idea of not setting up the photo tent.
Kathy Marshall
05-23-2012, 11:56 PM
Thanks guys! Without the orientation, it would be just a plain, average little bowl, so I'm glad I chanced upon a blank cut just right to ring the rim with heartwood. Hopefully i can duplicate it and now I'm thinking it would really be cool if I could get a blank big enough to turn a plate with a ringed rim!
Doug W Swanson
05-24-2012, 8:30 AM
That's a really neat bowl, Kathy. I love how it looks like it's filled with Cream of Wheat. Great job!
Tim Chase
05-25-2012, 12:18 AM
Kathy
Great idea and real nice execution it seems like the others have all the great details pointed out.
I may use that plate idea, I do believe that will work it will just take a larger log to get a dinner sized plate.
Tim
Jack Daniels
05-27-2012, 12:26 AM
Beautiful bowl !!! But what kind of wood is this?
Kathy Marshall
05-27-2012, 1:01 AM
Beautiful bowl !!! But what kind of wood is this?
Thanks Jack! The wood is Carob.
David DeCristoforo
05-27-2012, 12:22 PM
Only fitting that a carob bowl would be made of carob wood! Second (and third and fourth) on the excellent grain orientation...
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