Bill Grumbine
12-20-2003, 2:13 PM
Good afternoon all
Some of you will recall that I posted a while ago about a show in November for which I took a number of orders for bowls. The first one was delivered today, and thankfully it is the only one that had to be done by Christmas! I had a similar bowl on the table for display which had already been sold. I probably could have had five or six and they would have sold the way people were after it. As it is I still have two more to make. Here are some pictures for your surfing enjoyment.
<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/wildcherry01.jpg">
This bowl is just over 10" wide and 5 1/4" high. I got the log from a crew which was logging off a farmer's fence rows in preparation for turning the land into a highway interchange. This stuff is full of sap pockets, small bark inclusions, and is prone to checking, but it makes for great ornamental (or should I say art?) pieces.
<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/wildcherry02.jpg">
This bowl was finished with Watco Danish oil and buffed with a Beall wheel. Thanks for taking a peek. Oh, some of you may notice a small nick in the rim. It is from a bark inclusion. The display bowl had a small defect in the rim as well, that one from a small branch. I could have turned the rim down just a hair more and removed it, but the display bowl drew so many comments of interest in having that small defect in the rim that I left it in this rim as well.
Bill
Some of you will recall that I posted a while ago about a show in November for which I took a number of orders for bowls. The first one was delivered today, and thankfully it is the only one that had to be done by Christmas! I had a similar bowl on the table for display which had already been sold. I probably could have had five or six and they would have sold the way people were after it. As it is I still have two more to make. Here are some pictures for your surfing enjoyment.
<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/wildcherry01.jpg">
This bowl is just over 10" wide and 5 1/4" high. I got the log from a crew which was logging off a farmer's fence rows in preparation for turning the land into a highway interchange. This stuff is full of sap pockets, small bark inclusions, and is prone to checking, but it makes for great ornamental (or should I say art?) pieces.
<img src="http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/wildcherry02.jpg">
This bowl was finished with Watco Danish oil and buffed with a Beall wheel. Thanks for taking a peek. Oh, some of you may notice a small nick in the rim. It is from a bark inclusion. The display bowl had a small defect in the rim as well, that one from a small branch. I could have turned the rim down just a hair more and removed it, but the display bowl drew so many comments of interest in having that small defect in the rim that I left it in this rim as well.
Bill