Wilbur Pan
12-22-2008, 9:35 AM
I had all kinds of big dreams for Christmas presents for my secretary, office manager, and nurse practitioner this year, since I've been at woodworking for 2 years now. Of course, I wound up scrambling at the last minute, which for me means making bowls.
Here's a picture of what I managed to do yesterday and today. The bowl on the left is cocobolo, the bowls on the right are cherry, and the one in the middle I thought was cherry, but obviously isn't.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/3127398654_997102f47e.jpg
Here are some closeups:
The cherry bowls on the right were supposed to be a matching pair, but I blew one of them up, so now they are a nesting pair. :@)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3126569815_1341950f06.jpg
I like the branch inclusion in the big mystery bowl in the middle. I think it makes it look like a phoenix, or a peacock.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3127398554_f8fb880da9.jpg
I really liked how the cocobolo bowl came out. I'll be really sad if one day I become allergic to it.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3126569829_4dfa2423ab.jpg
By the way, if you're interested in hand tools, this cocobolo bowl is made out of a kind of infamous piece of cocobolo. I once whacked a notch in the side of this cocobolo bowl blank to try to put to rest the idea that Japanese chisels couldn't be used in hard tropical woods. This caused a lot of consternation (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=83526) over on the Neanderthal forum. I'm sure the cocobolo bowl blank is happy now that it's a bowl, and not a hand tool demonstration piece. :@)
Here's a picture of what I managed to do yesterday and today. The bowl on the left is cocobolo, the bowls on the right are cherry, and the one in the middle I thought was cherry, but obviously isn't.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/3127398654_997102f47e.jpg
Here are some closeups:
The cherry bowls on the right were supposed to be a matching pair, but I blew one of them up, so now they are a nesting pair. :@)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3126569815_1341950f06.jpg
I like the branch inclusion in the big mystery bowl in the middle. I think it makes it look like a phoenix, or a peacock.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3127398554_f8fb880da9.jpg
I really liked how the cocobolo bowl came out. I'll be really sad if one day I become allergic to it.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3126569829_4dfa2423ab.jpg
By the way, if you're interested in hand tools, this cocobolo bowl is made out of a kind of infamous piece of cocobolo. I once whacked a notch in the side of this cocobolo bowl blank to try to put to rest the idea that Japanese chisels couldn't be used in hard tropical woods. This caused a lot of consternation (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=83526) over on the Neanderthal forum. I'm sure the cocobolo bowl blank is happy now that it's a bowl, and not a hand tool demonstration piece. :@)