Sycamore Natural Edge

[Glenn Hodges]

This 15 in. wide X 6 in. high natural edge sycamore bowl finished with lacquer is submitted for your persual. It was turned last week from green wood which was about as wet as any I have ever turned. Your comments pro and con are always welcomed.

[Glenn Hodges]

Here is a of picture of the bottom of the Sycamore bowl.

[Dennis Peacock]

Hey Glenn.....

That's too purdy to leave laying around like that....better send it to me for safe keeping. :rolleyes: :D

[Mike A. Smith]

That's beauty Glenn. Great presentation and finish on some nice wood.

[Lou Morrissette]

Great piece of work as usual, Glenn. How did you ever get that super finish on green wood?

Lou

[Pete Jordan]

I have the same question. You did a tremendous job!

[Jonathon Spafford]

Haven't been posting much lately because I've been so busy... but still been looking at this site everyday! Anyway, that is a really beautiful piece of wood. The rich red color is really pretty and the finish is awesome. I am just curious why the front edge is thicker than the wings? Was trying to figure out how that happened... did it just start to warp before you finished turning it?

[Robert McGowen]

I just have to comment on this one, it's very nice.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Glenn it is beautiful. I really like it.

[Paul Engle]

Nice work Glenn, outstanding finish.

[Tom Sherman]

Glenn that is an awesome bowl, gotta love that Sycamore.

[ryan kelley]

Bee-utiful is all I can say

[Bob Hallowell]

Glenn that it is very nice, and Big. I love Ne bowls

Bob

[Glenn Hodges]

The sides are probably thicker than the ends because I sanded more on them. I could have acted as an artist and said I wanted it like that to express a bird or a feeling, but I can't lie to my buddies. Great fininish on green wood? I could probably put a fairly good looking finish on my dog if I could get him to hold still, and I had enough lacquer. I can not tell you how many coats of lacquer this one has on it, I lost count, but this will make it dry slowly. I have not buffed this one, and will probably wait for 2 more weeks before I do buff it. I will not sell it for at least 6 months. I have had good results with lacquer on green natural edge pieces. Thanks for your questions and comments. Some of you have asked about how to sign your work. I am including a picture of how I sign mine.