Poseidon's Platter

[Bruce Jones]

Hello everyone this is my latest piece, "Poseidon's Platter"
it's 14 1/2" D X 4" tall. The center is White Oak the Scalloped edge is segmented Walnut, the Dolphins are also Walnut w/ some sap wood left in for color . It was turned then the scalloped edges were hand carved as were the Dolphins.
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[Perry Hilbert Jr]

Bet some one would have to shell out a lot of clams for that! (Sorry just had to) It is gorgeous. Segmenting normally doesn't do anything to grab my attention, but this is very exceptional. I like turnings that have utility more than just sitting on the shelf. It certainly fits that as well.

[daryl moses]

Absolutely amazing Bruce!!!!

[Bryan Lisowski]

Fantastic work!

[John Hart]

Very nice. You captured motion and beauty. Gorgeous

[Bruce Jones]

Thank you very much everyone for the nice comments.

[John Keeton]

Bruce, this may well be the best yet of your artistic endeavors. Great work on the dolphins. I am hopeful that movement in the expanse of white oak does not create structural problems. Restricting movement of a piece that size (10" or so) can be problematic. Perhaps you floated it in some manner though it doesn't appear so.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Simply stunning!

[Bill Carey]

WOW! Beautiful!

[Bruce Jones]

Thank you John Ken and Bill For your kind words and taking time to comment; John I've made pieces like this before and had good luck but not w/ White Oak both of the woods were very dry and stable and the gluing was done w/ a press, time will tell. I just really like how these two species look together: I'm now working on a base for this project so the Scalloped edge carving can be seen, stay tuned for more soon.