Mark Cothren
12-12-2005, 9:49 PM
I had a couple of chunks of Cherry to play around with recently... Glad to hear comments, criticisms, suggestions, etc on the bowls. You can critique the pics if you'd like, but I know they ain't that great...;)
The wife ordered up this first bowl for herself... came from a log off her folks' place not too far from here.
9-1/2" tall... 3-3/8" high... 9/16" thickness... sanded thru 600 and buffed...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/BigCherry01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/BigCherry02.jpg
This second bowl came from a chunk of Cherry I swapped Dennis P out of a while back. The blank was pretty thick and I hated to turn it all away. So I tried a different rim - took a suggestion from Travis, saw a few bowls here and there, and saw one Dennis did recently (that he hasn't posted any pics of) - and got some inspiration to try something different. Jim & Travis say the fat rim needs carved, but I'm too chicken right now to try it...:D maybe later after I'm practiced up...:confused:
8" wide... 3" tall... 3/4" rim that tapers quickly to 3/8" wall/bottom... sanded thru 600 and buffed...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/SmallCherry04.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/SmallCherry02.jpg
The wife ordered up this first bowl for herself... came from a log off her folks' place not too far from here.
9-1/2" tall... 3-3/8" high... 9/16" thickness... sanded thru 600 and buffed...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/BigCherry01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/BigCherry02.jpg
This second bowl came from a chunk of Cherry I swapped Dennis P out of a while back. The blank was pretty thick and I hated to turn it all away. So I tried a different rim - took a suggestion from Travis, saw a few bowls here and there, and saw one Dennis did recently (that he hasn't posted any pics of) - and got some inspiration to try something different. Jim & Travis say the fat rim needs carved, but I'm too chicken right now to try it...:D maybe later after I'm practiced up...:confused:
8" wide... 3" tall... 3/4" rim that tapers quickly to 3/8" wall/bottom... sanded thru 600 and buffed...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/SmallCherry04.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/SmallCherry02.jpg