Oak bowl

[andy43]

A oak bowl 8"x 2" c&c welcome

 

[Dalboy]

That one certainly has some great grain in it Andy. I am glad you kept the form simple, well turned and finished on top of that.

 

[kevinlightfoot]

Well done Andy a lovely looking bowl and a striking piece of spalted oak.If you are open to critique and not criticism I would suggest that the outside curve of the bowl would have looked a bit more elegant if you had made the foot a little less in diameter and given the bowl a distinct foot it would give the piece a less heavy look.You don't say if you are an experienced turner and I hope my comments don't cause offence they are certainly not intended to.If you want to experiment with shape and form my advice would be to try tuning less precious timbers and if you can get hold of some green sycamore or similar timbers wher grain pattern isn't too obvious the shapes you turn make the object aesthetically pleasing and not the beauty of the colour or grain pattern in the wood.Good luck Kevin.

 

[Blister]

Very nice , Well executed

 

[andy43]

Well done Andy a lovely looking bowl and a striking piece of spalted oak.If you are open to critique and not criticism I would suggest that the outside curve of the bowl would have looked a bit more elegant if you had made the foot a little less in diameter and given the bowl a distinct foot it would give the piece a less heavy look.You don't say if you are an experienced turner and I hope my comments don't cause offence they are certainly not intended to.If you want to experiment with shape and form my advice would be to try tuning less precious timbers and if you can get hold of some green sycamore or similar timbers wher grain pattern isn't too obvious the shapes you turn make the object aesthetically pleasing and not the beauty of the colour or grain pattern in the wood.Good luck Kevin.

Hi Kevin
Thanks for the comments and no offence taken here, this piece was meant to look rustic, hence why I kept the rim thick and just a simple form, it did have a foot on when I reversed to finish, but it just didn't look right to me, so was taken off, the base is actually done to the 1/3rds rule, as for the wood this was sourced from a local university a bout 6 months ago and all they were going to do was burn it, So I scrounged a bit and rough turned some pieces, so it hasn't cost anything.
cheers
Andy

 

[NazNomad]

That's cracking (and I don't mean it has a crack in it). I love chunky woodturning.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Striking figure and an unusually dark brown for Oak. Also I like the spalting which is also less common in Oak. Well done

 

[selectortone]

Very nice. Nice piece of wood too!

 

[andy43]

That's cracking (and I don't mean it has a crack in it). I love chunky woodturning.

Thanks Naz
I'm leaning more towards the chunky side too

 

[CHJ]

Most unusual spalting in that Oak, and certainly well worth rescuing from the wood pile.
I suspect that was a tool control challenge with that variation in density.

 

[stewart]

Looks very nice. Great piece of wood. Nice shape. I like a chunky bowl.


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[andy43]

Most unusual spalting in that Oak, and certainly well worth rescuing from the wood pile.
I suspect that was a tool control challenge with that variation in density.

Thanks Chas
To be honest it finished pretty good straight off the tool (must be doing something right ) :wink: