Lidded Maple Bowl

[Jim Shaver, Oakville Ont]

Hello,

Well I have been inspired again to work on some of the details and techniques I used in my first lidded bowl, the cherry one that I posted last week.

This is my second attempt; it’s a maple bowl with a maple lid and a walnut finial. The bowl width is about 9 inches with the height being about 4.5 inches, not including the finial.

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The bowl is a piece of soft figured maple, the top is a piece of hard maple (Yes I like contrast). The finial is removable, it fits through a turned hole in the top and has a deduced tenon on the inside that accommodates a second mini walnut box, for a surprise. The second walnut box is friction fit to the stepped tenon.
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Over all I am more pleased with this effort that my fist, I worked to get a flowing continuous line on the bowl, but I still need a better vision of the foot line. I feel good with the lid, although I think my finial is out of scale somewhat to the over all piece. I also think I could have worked the transition from the base of the finial to the lid with a better transition design.
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Again, I am excited about making these…….I am very open to discussion and critique of my work, please comment if you think there is some thing that you can see I need to work on.
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I appreciate your comments.


Thanks for viewing,

Take care,
Jim

[Von Bickley]

Jim,
Great looking bowl and great pictures to. Thanks for posting

[Kevin Gerstenecker]

Jim, that is really nice work! Maple is so nice to turn, isn't it? I really like the bowl...........excellent creativity and very cool shape. Perhaps the Finial could have better "flow" where it transitions into the bowl lid, as you mentioned, but I don't think it distracts from the work at all. It is funny how pictures can play tricks on the eye. In the first frontal shot of the bowl, the finial appears a little large for the bowl, but after looking at the 5 shot, a picture from above the bowl, the finial appears to be very much at home and scaled nicely. Overall, I find nothing to be critical of at all.................it is beautiful work in my eyes. I love the Mini Bowl concept that you incorporated into the Finial design............that is a really neat idea! Great work as always Jim..............it is a pleasure to look at, and the finish is lovely also. Thanks for sharing the photos of your work. NICE stuff! ;)

[Jim Becker]

Very nice, Jim. It looks "majestic"! I also like turning maple...and have plenty of it in my pile if I could only find the time. Soft maple is hard enough to take a beating, yet soft enough to cut nicely as long as it's not bone dry. Keep 'em coming!

[Julie Wright]

:D Jim,
Very Nice work. I really love your latest bowl project. The little bowl inside is really a neat idea. You are very talented. Keep those Photos coming... :) :D

[Todd Burch]

Pretty nice Jim! What are you doing with all these gorgeous bowls? Do you have an outlet for them? Todd.

[Ed Marks]

Nice work Jim. The shape is right on in my opinion. I like the top/bottom proportions general contour of the whole thing. Between this one and the one from about a week ago you're giving me all kinds of ideas. Unfortunately, if I chuck up a hunk of wood on the lathe at this point the Christmas present list might never get done :)

I take it the the top just floats in the tapered mortice on the bottom ???

[David Blangger]

That is great work.........love the contrast and the creative small hidden bowl.