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  1. 05-15-2007, 6:11 PM #1
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    Spiral Bowls, part 1

    Some of you may remember the spiral bowl I posted last December (if not, it's here)...at the time I described it as a "proof-of-concept" piece. Well, "proof" may have been too strong a word: the next three I tried blew up on me, mostly because getting the rings lined up during the glue-up is trickier than it looks and apparently I got real lucky the first time.

    A ggody amount of thinking and experimenting later, I figured out how to make them reliably...here's the first two.

    The first one is basically a copy of the original, but much higher quality:
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    Maple/walnut, about 5-1/2"x3".

    The second is a more traditional "bowl" shape, same materials:
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    (to be continued)
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    Oooh, those are very nice! What kind of glue are you using? Also, what kind of finish on these bowls?

    Thanks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris Barton View Post
    Oooh, those are very nice! What kind of glue are you using? Also, what kind of finish on these bowls?
    The answer is "CA"...to both questions.
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  5. 05-15-2007, 7:33 PM #4
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    Nice work. Great looking design. I'm a big fan of segmenting and your work is another fine example of the many techniques that can be used to create amazing pieces. Again great job.
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  6. 05-15-2007, 7:39 PM #5
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    Beautiful! Way to hang with it!
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  7. 05-15-2007, 9:01 PM #6
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    Beautiful work Lee. I absolutely love the first one.
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    I especially love the first one! Great shape for this particular technique you're using!
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    Nice job, Lee. I've got to try that. I really like the swirl in the first one.
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    Wow I just can't get over how cool that is!!!!!
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    Amazing work Lee! Still can't get over the visual effect looking into each of the bowls! Wow!
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    Wow! You have been busy. Nice work - you can almost get dizzy looking down into the first one.

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    Those are just beautiful! The top one looks close to perfect! It has an awesome shape and I like how the light swirl gets darker around the edges... that was intentional right?
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    Those are cool Lee. I really like these. CA finish looks pretty good. May have to give it a try.
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    I am curious, has anyone ever tried to do a continuous spiral like a barbershop pole or candy cane effect on a bowl? I have never seen one.
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