First walnut bowl

[Aaron Craven]

So thanks to a great friend, I was gifted with a couple of walnut blanks. These are the first pieces of walnut I've ever had the opportunity to work with and I was floored by the figuring and chatoyancy in this wood. The finish is a coat of walnut oil (allowed to cure for a couple of days) topped with wipe-on polyurethane. I did not do anything to seal the pores in the wood, and I'm actually glad I didn't. It's not a mirror finish, but I rather like the surface grain.

I was very excited about this one, so I thought I'd share.

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[Brad Barnhart]

Wow!!! Awesome looking walnut bowl, Aaron!!! Good job!!!:)

[Prashun Patel]

that's beautiful. I like the setting too!

[Dave Carey]

Nice! You've also got a nice friend.

[Aaron Craven]

Nice! You've also got a nice friend.

Oh, very much so! He called me up one day and told me he was cleaning out his shop if I wanted some free wood...

Well, yeah! Of course I want free wood!

He loaded up my trunk with bowl blanks (cherry, maple, spalted oak, a couple of walnut, and a bunch of other stuff)... then told me to let him know if I ran out! So... yeah... nice doesn't begin to cover it.

[Curtis Myers]

Nice job be it your 1st or 50th.

[Allan Ferguson]

Very pretty. Allan

[Thomas Canfield]

Nice work. It looks like you are hooked.

[Aaron Craven]

Nice work. It looks like you are hooked.

Hah! Yes. The vortex has me firmly in its grasp!

[Robert Marshall]

"Chatoyancy" -- learn a new word every day! Cats-eye. Had to look it up.

Nice word. Nice bowl. Thanks!

[Aaron Craven]

"Chatoyancy" -- learn a new word every day! Cats-eye. Had to look it up.

Nice word. Nice bowl. Thanks!

I forget where I picked up that word, but it is very fitting for the effect. I wish there was a way to show it in photos, but since it really depends on moving the bowl, I suppose the only way to really show it would be a video.