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The cherry burl saga Should have stayed out of the work shop today but couldn't resist.here i the of center handle lid I was developing to go for the stumpy potbut stopped going any futher than this. Might use it on a different project in the future but to be honest just do not like it. So made...

Starting to look like something from telly tubbies😂 but looking good

I think that's what the astro turf and decking boards a for 😉

FRENCH CRAFT MARKET PT 2 A few drift wood specialistsAn artistSomeone doing lace making with bobbins I think.A wood worker selling his small stuffother products of pottery, ceramics, jewellery, herbs and home decorations. Funny though no one doing leather products. Stopped at the tea and...

FRENCH CRAFT MARKET ARDRES PT 1 Not much in the way of arts and crafts show local to me but there has been a steady increase in artisan markets here in france one in a village not far from me called Bois de Ardres. So had an afternoon out on arrival out side A couple of food stalls first was...

The cherry burl saga Yesterday was nice and sunny so was preoccupied with an other work request for stephs grandmother repairing and repainting her garage door nearly finished.So this morning leaped out of bed this morning so as to finish the odd shaped bowl. Here it is rough shaped sanded and...

There's some lovely grain pattern do you think you might get a small lidded bowl out of what's left?

The cherry burl saga Today was spend hand sanding the big odd shaped bowl, still have a load more to do tomorrow but its getting there. To break up the sanding I spent the odd interval working on completing the small lidded bowl. Steph thinks its the best so far.

Very nice idea for that discarded inline filter

Thank you, as a thought if you are suffering out of balance on your last bowl before starting another piece check to make sure your tail and head stocks are aligned

The cherry burl saga Today was a big win for me, concentrated on the goblet a quick repolish and then a gentle scrap inside to flaten out the coffee and ca glue fillers only to have more wood come outright next to the original hole. Thought at this rate I'll be coming through the walls of the...

Are you making a judges gavel

Cherry burl saga Today redid the goblet but had some wood come out on the inside. To rectify this in went coffe granules and ca glue after that turned my attention to the small lidded bowl after finishing the lid reshaped the outside two get rid of the excess glue then hollowed out the centre...

So nice to see natural wood instead of being painted over red and black. High class design hope it does well for you

The cherry bowl saga After a break from the work shop over the weekend its given me the boost I needed to start over with the bits that were curing in the garage. First up was the big bowl A quick return to get rid of the excess epoxy then sanded and finished. Flipped over and did the base...

Lovely job really has the home craft feel make me think of a squirrel eaten giant hazelnut 👍

Fabulous

Natural wonder love it

Little beauty

Cherry burl saga One step forward two steps back so the saying goes. Looking at the bowl plate and possible lidded bowl in the mornig light, I notice some of the small cracks had not fill with the ca glue and shella finish, so got the last of the epoxy glue and a small spatula and re-glued the...