Walnut Bowl with Malachite Rim Inlay

[Jeremy Leasure]

Finished this today. Every time I turn walnut I'm reminded of how it seems more difficult than the lighter colored woods to get a good final surface. Guess the brown really shows everything.

10"x5"

http://i.imgur.com/RvZyV.jpg

[Kathy Marshall]

Looks great Jeremy! The inlay looks good with the dark walnut and it looks like you got a very nice surface!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Jeremy that looks great. I like that a lot. Blue really look nice with the dark walnut.

[Jim Burr]

Great size and shape Jeremy! The malachite sets off well. If you get the chance...pick up some red coral...just another angle!

[Michelle Rich]

very pretty deep bowl..looks like you did a good job finishing the walnut..

[Steve bellinger]

Look really sharp man. i think that inlay works very well with it.

[Roger Chandler]

That is a fine piece, Jeremy........top notch!

[steven carter]

Very nice looking bowl. I like the angled rim and the inlay is a plus.

[Donny Lawson]

Great looking bowl. I like the inlace. What finish do you have on it? I've not done any inlace work myself but it looks really good. Was it hard to do?

[Jeremy Leasure]

Thanks everyone. Donny, it's actually crushed malachite so it is pretty "hard" :) But really it's just a matter of patience to get it sanded down to level initially. After that it sands up through the grits without much trouble. I haven't tried inlace either, but I do have a can of it waiting in the wings. I think I'll try it on some wormy pecan, since I can't imagine attempting actual stone with that volume of holiness.

[Dave Mueller]

Jeremy,
Great shape and very interesting rim...nice job. I really like the satin finish, what did you use?
Dave

[Rob Price]

gonna have to try some of that inlay stuff. great job, add me to the 'fan of the satin finish' crowd. Looks great.

[David DeCristoforo]

Beautiful bowl!

[Jeremy Leasure]

Oh yeah, the finish. It's sanded to 220, then wet sanded BLO and 320 to fill pores. After that I buffed it with clean paper towels until they didn't come away with junk on them anymore.

[Baxter Smith]

Th malachite adds just enough color to make this a beautiful bowl!