There I was, sat in 'Ranch' Italian restaurant in Beverley, whiling away a few hours with friends, waiting for the horse-racing to start at 18:30, when my pudding, an apple and raspberry crumble, was served in a pretty little glass bowl, shaped like a cocktail glass, but with a heavy foot instead of a stem. I liked the shape, so, when I got home yesterday, I grabbed a few offcuts from the shelf and started making little bowls inspired by my pudding.
The first is very similar in size and proportion. Made from a piece of apple from Mid Wales, and worked on the end-grain.
Next came a more rounded, cup shaped bowl out of a piece of English Elm, bought from the odd-and-ends bucket at the ISCA show. it was terrible to work and just wanted to tear out, so a lot of sanding had to be done, but I got there in the end.
Finally, I grabbed a piece of padauk that almost made it into the log-basket because it had lots of hairline cracks on one end, but I kept it for experimenting with shapes, and it worked nicely for this purpose. I didn't bother finish sanding this piece as it was just barely holding together and is destined for the bin, but it served its purpose in making a shape that I wanted to try out.
They are all quite small....the elm is just 100mm/4" diameter, but handy to make as I always find it helpful to see three-dimensional shapes when I'm toying with ideas.
Comments and criticisms, especially about the shapes, will be appreciated.
thanks...Les