A few small cherry dishes.

[Jonzjob]

As we are moving back to the U.K. fairly soon I thought that I would like to be able to give some of our freinds and neighbours a small gift? One of those friends gave me some wild cherry a while back and as it's such a lovely wood I thought that would be the ideal wood.

I was going to do 12 of them, but as one went BANG there are 11. As I went through the bottom of another there is now one of cherry/tulip tree too I also decided to do a couple in that lot for us and the one with the center in it is one of them.

Cherry bowls 5 by John, on Flickr

Cherry bowls 4 by John, on Flickr

It's not difficult cutting a taper out of the center, turning a tapered plug and fitting it. Just a bit of care that I didn't do a repeat and go throug h again :roll:

Cherry bowls 3 by John, on Flickr

And the difference between the non spalted and spalted is incredible

Cherry bowls 2 by John, on Flickr

They are about 4 1/2 to 5" and the logs cut to length and then in 1/2 down the heart and mounted on a screw chuck to turn the base. Then re mounted on my O'Donnel jaws and the top turned. It's lovely wood to turn and takes a very nice finish. I still have a couple of the logs left and they will be cut to length and packed to bring back with us. Well! They are much too good to burn!

 

[Dalboy]

A nice little collection of bowls and sure that your neighbours will be very pleased

 

[ColeyS1]

What a fantastic set ! The grain on the last pic is superb !!

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[Jonzjob]

What fascinates me more than anything is that they are all from the same tree..

I don't think that I will ever get fed up with this turning thing and I have said often that although you can see the form as you turn you never know what you have until you stop it!

A lot of our French friends think that I am an artist? NO WAY! I am just a very lucky bloke who loves turning and listening to what the spinning lump tells me what to do.

The only way that I am an artist is with a pint in me mit :mrgreen: :mrgreen: