Two Sides of an Ash

[Baxter Smith]

Several months ago I climbed over the woodpile on my cousins farm in Hope, Maine.
Hope Woodpile.jpg

I was looking for a medium sized piece of Ash to try a couple hollow forms with. Found one I could get to, (on top and half way to the back... the pile is deeper than it is wide), cut off an end piece, tossed it down and loaded it up.
Loaded Ash.jpg

Later split it in half, then one of the halves into quarters.
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Turned three hollow forms from the two quarters, the first I posted here. The other two were done the next day but things got busy and I never got around to posting the other two.
The Blue Skies of Hope r.jpg

The other half was cored into a set of once turned bowls.
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The rims were wrapped with stretch wrap for the first couple of weeks while they were drying in bags. Moisture seems to collect just under the inside edge of the stretch wrap which I assume is a good thing, but in this case it may have led to the grey staining on the inside edge of the rims.
Wet sanded with AO to fill in the pores a bit.

11.75” x 4” on the largest
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Thoughts and suggestions are always welcome and appreciated!

[James Roberts]

Baxter, wow. Beautiful trio of hollow forms, love the blue color with the ash, and a great nested set of bowls! You certainly know how to get the most out of a chunk of wood.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Baxter love those vases. The nested bowls look great. Some nice turnings out of some good looking ash.

[Jim Burr]

You my friend have way to much wood and time...but yet this rookie turner thing?! You are up in the ranks sir!!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful work on everything Baxter! The rich blue forms sure standout!!

[charlie knighton]

plain wood, beautifully done, bowls and even the paint job vases, very nice Baxter

[kevin nee]

I will say it again. ASH is very under-rated. I use a lot of ash.
Nice work on everything.

[Michelle Rich]

ooh ooh, Baxter..that blue is Fantastik!!!!

[Mike Peace]

You did a great job centering the grain on that large bowl. Nice attention to detail. Looking good.

[Baxter Smith]

Thanks for your thoughts. They are appreciated! I have more ash bowls to either sand or finish turn someday, but no more hollowforms to play with. I may try the dye on the outside of some of the bowls just for fun.

[Mike Cruz]

I just got a couple of pieces of ash (some crotch) and you've got me wanting to dig into it! Nice stuff, Baxter. Love the grain symetry to the bowls and the vases.

[Rich Aldrich]

Nice work Baxter. I love ash - nice grain and it cuts reasonable.