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Offline Les Symonds

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Life's a bowl of cherry.
« on: May 31, 2018, 08:37:11 PM »
Yep, a bowl of cherry. I bought a few hundred lumps of home grown timber from a retiring wood turner in Worcester, England, and amongst them were several pieces of cherry, each about 14" long, cut out of a 14" log. They were wax-sealed many years ago and bone dry by now. The problem was that they had stress/drying voids reaching in from the bark, so most of the sapwood had to be cut away. The result is a 12" diameter x 5" deep bowl out of (mostly) heartwood with lovely grain.
C&C always welcome...Les
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Offline Nick Simpson

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Re: Life's a bowl of cherry.
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2018, 08:51:44 PM »
Well - it is and should be cherished.

The form is just right and makes the most of the grain patterns.
I had trouble with the dark interface between inner and outer bowls. Is it a fillet or just a dark line?  Whichever, it works well.
I trust you were unaffected by the recent inundation.
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Offline Les Symonds

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Re: Life's a bowl of cherry.
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2018, 09:04:49 PM »
Hi Nick...the accent ring inside the main rim is a scorched step where the rim thickens up by a couple of mm into the wall of the bowl.
Les
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Offline seventhdevil

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Re: Life's a bowl of cherry.
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2018, 11:16:05 PM »
not a fan of embellishment myself when the wood is so gorgeous to begin with.

like the shape though, it's often one i do myself when i've wood with those sort of dimensions.
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Offline Les Symonds

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Re: Life's a bowl of cherry.
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2018, 03:04:43 PM »
Quote from: seventhdevil on May 31, 2018, 11:16:05 PM
not a fan of embellishment myself when the wood is so gorgeous to begin with...
...neither am I, Steve, but I feel that a simple line or two often helps to accentuate a shape.
Les
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Re: Life's a bowl of cherry.
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2018, 03:41:18 PM »
Les, I've looked at this umpteen times and there is only one thing wrong with it, it's perfect!

Not the normal rescued, stitched together, work that is your standard hallmark. Beautiful yes, but it does not shout 'Gwyntog' at all.

Are you on a new path?
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Offline Les Symonds

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Re: Life's a bowl of cherry.
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2018, 03:46:10 PM »
Quote from: dr4g0nfly on June 04, 2018, 03:41:18 PM
...Are you on a new path?
...no Bryan...same old path, that is to say that I will make what sells, as long as I enjoy making it.....I just don't usually get such fine pieces of timber.

Les
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Offline Walnut Les

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Re: Life's a bowl of cherry.
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2018, 08:23:00 PM »
I can only repeat what others have said a lovely bit of wood turned in a way that elevates the piece, well turned Les .Les
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Re: Life's a bowl of cherry.
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2018, 09:39:37 PM »
i like this piece Les it gives the appearance of a bowl inside onother bowl the dark line just highlights the step
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