Thick Ash bowl

[Mark Cothren]

Getting ready for a show next weekend and trying to add some variety... not much to say about this one except it is thick.

[Rick Hutcheson]

Nice grain to the wood but to me it looks plain. Just took a class from Nick Cook and maybe try burning the rim with a torch to give it some color, or break in the inside and outside areas of the bowl.
But it still comes down to I don't care what you turn someone out there is going to like it and buy it. We all have different tastes in what looks good to us they may hate.

[Mark Cothren]

Rick, my wife said the same thing to me earlier... that it needs something like the burning you mentioned. I'll have to study on that. Thanks for the feedback.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Mark that is a good looking bowl. Nice grain, color and looks like a little spalting.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Well, I guess I am on the other side of the coin from Rick cause I like it as is. I like the way the grain of the outside of the bowl continues - uninterrupted - across the wide lip and to the inside. Even though the lip has fairly sharp angles, your eyes can follow the grain and that gives the piece a sense of flow.

Best of luck with your upcoming show Mark! Judging by all work you have been posting the last couple of weeks - you should have no problem at all with sales!

[Scott Lux]

+1 on the great as is. If I ever take up bowls, that's one I'll copy.

[alex carey]

Agreed, I like it as is.

[Greg Just]

I like it the way it is, but I tend to like thicker bowls anyway. Nice job - you do a great job with your photo's too.

[charlie knighton]

very nice...

[Rick Hutcheson]

This is what is was suggesting to do for a burn edge.

[Bill Bolen]

This piece really flows. Nice job...Bill...

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Mark,

I like it the way it is. The thick rim allows the grain to continue it's flow.

Burning it would detract from the natural beauty of the wood.

JMHO .......

[David E Keller]

I like it as is... The burning always looks dirty to me unless it's contained within a detail or somehow sharply demarcated from non-burned wood.