Maple Bowl

[Mark Cothren]

Jim Ketron gave me this chunk of Maple last year and I roughed this bowl out (yes, soaked in DNA) and let it sit for a long time on the rack to get good and dry. It ended up 15" wide and 6-1/2" tall. You can see some of the nice, tight curl in there along with some neat markings/figure. Thanks a bunch, Jim!

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[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty Mark. Yep the wood definately is doing some talking. Nice job.

[Pete Jordan]

I really like the way this one turned out!

[John Chandler]

Very good looking wood - you do a nice job of showing it off.

[Dennis Peacock]

Awesome Mark!!!!!! You and the DNA kicked this one up a notch or two. :D

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful bowl Mark! Fabulous wood, form and finish! As usual, very nice work!

[Jonathon Spafford]

WHAT!!! Done with the walnut??? ;) Awesome piece of wood... that grain is spectacular! The shape goes very well with it... I like it!!!!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Beautiful piece! I plan on copying that form!

[Ed Scolforo]

Beautiful bowl, Mark! I think it's hard to beat a highly figured piece of maple.
Ed

[George Tokarev]

Purdy purdy. What's on it? Looks like hard maple (A saccharum), but does that grow all the way down to Arkansas? You kept the color nicely.

[Bob Hallowell]

Thanks one sharp looking bowl Mark. Good work.
Bob

[Bill Blasic]

Great job, very nice piece of wood!

[Mark Pruitt]

Very nice indeed!

[Keith Burns]

Perfect in every respect !!!:) :)

[Nancy Laird]

Mark, that is one beautiful bowl! I can just see it sitting on the counter piled full of shiny red apples. I really like it.

Nancy

[Jim Shaver, Oakville Ont]

First of all that is very pretty wood, but wow did you turn a great looking form .....That bowl is following my ...or is it just that figure that keeps moving!!:)

[Paul Engle]

Yep, I was thinking of about 1/2 lb of Orvile's finest :eek: ..... Casablanca and the LOML.:D Nice work. Excellent shape.

[Jeff Moffett]

That's a real beauty! The form looks absolutely perfect to me.

[Neal Addy]

Beautiful work, Mark! The simple design and great form really let the wood stand out front-and-center.

[Mark Cothren]

Purdy purdy. What's on it? Looks like hard maple (A saccharum), but does that grow all the way down to Arkansas? You kept the color nicely.

Thanks George - I just put some mineral oil on it for now since I wasn't sure how it would be used. I don't know if hard Maple grows down here or not in Arkyville, but this chunk of wood came from Virginia - where Jim K lives.