First two under my belt

[Jonathan Harvey]

So I have been bitten by the turning bug bad. These are my first two bowls so please be gentle. I have no idea what type of wood this is as it has been sitting in my wood pile for a number of years now. I have 5 more bowls drying that I turned in the last week (3 poplar 2 ash). so that brings a grand total of seven bowls in 5 days, and I have only had the lathe for 2 weeks, so yes I have been bitten. :)

[Bonnie Campbell]

Those are some mighty nice looking bowls!

[Brett Baldwin]

Nice work. What sizes are those?

[Jonathan Harvey]

They are both 6" across and one is 3" tall and the other one is 3-1/2"tall

I also wanted to mention that they came from the same log but somehow they have a different color. I'm not sure how it happened as I finished them both the same.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking bowls Jonathan. Well done.

[Mike Vickery]

Nice looking bowls. I like the one on the left (with the lines) best of the two. Looks like cherry to me, but what do I know I don't get much cherry in the desert.

[Jim Underwood]

I was going to say cherry also.

Very nice. Especially for the first two...

[Paul Heely]

Nice job on your first bowls. Make sure you save them so in a year you can look back and see where you started from.

[Shane Nyvall]

Those are nice.

[Pat Doble]

Nice couple of bowls Jonathan. I'll put in another vote for cherry. And don't lose the pictures of those either - Andy will give you extra credit down the road when you're the SMC Turner Interview.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work Jonathan! With 7 bowls to your credit you already know that is no turning back! Welcome to the Abyss!! Have fun and post often!

[Rich Stewart]

Looks like some pacific yew I turned once. Happy turnings. Nice job.

[Tim Beauregard]

Fantastic!
I immediately thought of cherry as well.