Couple of bowls

[alex grams]

I have done a bit of turning for other project, but only in the last 3-4 months have I really started getting green wood and started roughing out and drying a good number of bowls. I think prior to these, I've finished maybe 10 bowls, so I still have a lot to learn on the finishing process and form. These are also my first natural edge bowls I've done. Finish is a shellac, then spray on em6000 on the osage and poplar(?), the walnut is General finishes wood turners finish, and the sycamore is just wax.

walnut
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt220/alexgrams/Misc/Turning/Turning245_zps5b12969c.jpg (http://s613.photobucket.com/user/alexgrams/media/Misc/Turning/Turning245_zps5b12969c.jpg.html)


spalted poplar:
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt220/alexgrams/Misc/Turning/Turning243_zps6f17ab6e.jpg (http://s613.photobucket.com/user/alexgrams/media/Misc/Turning/Turning243_zps6f17ab6e.jpg.html)


http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt220/alexgrams/Misc/Turning/Turning237_zpsfa2da577.jpg (http://s613.photobucket.com/user/alexgrams/media/Misc/Turning/Turning237_zpsfa2da577.jpg.html)


osage orange:
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt220/alexgrams/Misc/Turning/Turning241_zpsdc5dbef8.jpg (http://s613.photobucket.com/user/alexgrams/media/Misc/Turning/Turning241_zpsdc5dbef8.jpg.html)


sycamore:
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt220/alexgrams/Misc/Turning/Turning228_zps6529dfb9.jpg (http://s613.photobucket.com/user/alexgrams/media/Misc/Turning/Turning228_zps6529dfb9.jpg.html)

Osage:
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt220/alexgrams/BC9C23D6-6438-45D5-8521-03600A03AC77-7394-0000066804F92333_zpsadde5e89.jpg

Plus, I found a house this morning that had a large osage tree blown down, so spent a few hours with a chainsaw getting about 10 good sized blanks from it. Gotta love free wood.

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt220/alexgrams/photo_zps202b45ab.jpg (http://s613.photobucket.com/user/alexgrams/media/photo_zps202b45ab.jpg.html)

On a side note, while I DNA soak then wrap most of my bowls for drying, it seems the 10% rule just does not give me enough meat on some bowls to turn them true once they dry. A lot of my bowls have a deeper form with higher/more vertical walls, so maybe that explains some of it, whereas shallower bowls would not deform as significantly.

[Brian Kent]

I like them all. Great find on the wood.

All of my sycamore has been from firewood several years old, so it is nice to see what a nice clean piece looks like.

[Bill Hensley]

All are well done. I don't see any issues with your finishing process. Keep up the good work!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice bowls and nice wood find. Finishing looks good.