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Offline Sevilla

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Bowls
« on: April 01, 2015, 01:02:59 AM »
The first picture is a black walnut bowl, about 8x2 inch.
The second is the front face of  rather big cherry bowl, 15plus x7 inch, and the third is its back face.
Oil and wax.
CandC welcome.
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Offline The Bowler Hatted Turner

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Re: Bowls
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2015, 12:27:40 PM »
Sevilla I like the shape of the top one,very nice indeed but the other one would, in my opinion, look better if there was a continuous curve instead of one that changes. Finish and pyro look good though.
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Re: Bowls
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2015, 08:24:27 PM »
I really love your pyro work, it is so delicate where many people seem to go over the top.
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Offline Sevilla

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Re: Bowls
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2015, 02:10:58 AM »
Thank younfor your comments,
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Re: Bowls
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2015, 11:37:26 AM »
The top bowl is a beaut.
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Re: Bowls
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2015, 08:43:19 PM »
Sevilla,

I agree with John (BHT), it's a shame you lost the curve on the side of the larger bowl but your pyro work is always worth seeing.
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Offline Sevilla

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Re: Bowls
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2015, 10:06:42 PM »
Thank you Dr4, I've been thinking why I missed such an obvious defect and finally remembered what happened. When I returned the rough out the wood was not completely dry but I decided to finish it anyway. These large bowls need such a thick rough out wall and when they are tall as this one they have the tendency to develope cracks at the bottom, close to the edge of the tenon. This is what happened to this one. So I tried to finish it and wanted to do an ogee shape, with the lip flaring out. When I started to do the final pass on the outside the bowl began to ovalize and I could not complete the ogee curve. I just checked the bowl and there is an oval of 5/8 of an inch. Then my eye got distracted by the pyrography etc.


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Re: Bowls
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2015, 01:04:35 AM »


The Black Walnut just has the edge on the pair for me. Have you used a beading tool or rolled freehand.

First picture of the Cherry shows across the rim that you had movement, it's a large piece to have got stable, 5/8th is a fair amount, it's not a thin piece.

I like the plain and simple floral pyrography, it's far form being bold as with some work we see.

Cheers  David
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Offline Sevilla

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Re: Bowls
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2015, 11:05:25 PM »
Thank you. I used a 3/8 (diameter of the steel) spindle couge. Probably it is not very visible but the beads decrease in diameter in progression.
The bowl is 3/8 at the rim and taper to 5/8 to the bottom.
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