Sycamore bowl.

[johnny.t.]

I paid a trip to the local woodyard yesterday for some overpriced timber :lol: I came away with a 8' x 2' x 2" sycamore board for £40. I wanted some plain sycamore to do a spot of carving and colouring on but when I turned a piece it was all spalted and nice looking :lol: So the carver went away.....

13" wide,the bowl part is painted gold and the finish is danish oil.

Comments/critiques welcome.

JT

 

[loz]

Clean and Crisp Johnny,

I like.

40 quid sound ideal for slab that size, Tried the bowl from a board yet ? - Seems worth trying with a small part of that plank, if you have the bandsaw up to the cutting.

 

[johnny.t.]

Thanks Loz 8)

40 quid sound ideal for slab that size......

They also had 8' x 2' x3" slices of walnut tree but they wanted £100 for one of them, very tempting.

 

[Paul.J]

Looks very nice JT
Would like to see a profile piccy though.

 

[Orcamesh]

Tis a beauty JT, lovely work!

 

[Haldane]

Fantastic love the simplicity and the effect of the gold and line/borders

Dave

 

[stevebuk]

yep, ticks all the boxes for me mate, would like to see underneath also, as nick arnull does bowls like this, and i love his work.

 

[Ad de Crom]

Johnny, this is a fantastic piece of work.
Very well done.
Ad

 

[petercharlesfagg]

Really nice piece of turning, the line near the edge sets off the centre very well.

 

[The Wood Doctor]

Very nice bowl, the design well chosen to show off the figure of the wood.

Ben

 

[richburrow]

Very very nice!!!!

 

[johnny.t.]

Thanks for all the replies They are very much appreciated.

Paul, here you go,the rim is turned down after the line in keeping with the overall smooth appearance.


Steve,sorry mate I can't take a pic of the underside as I haven't got this anymore(I had took the side view posted above yesterday with the other pics before it went) Its gone to SWMBOs best mate for a birthday present. The bottom was finished by reversing and smoothing out the raised ring i left for turning into a rounded low ring just to give a tiny bit of elevation to allow the round shape to sit above the surface it stands on.

cheers JT

 

[CHJ]

....... Its gone to SWMBOs best mate for a birthday present. .....

Very clean, neat and well finished design; earned maximum brownie points with those that matter into the bargain, can't get much better.

 

[Paul.J]

Thanks JT
Very nice indeed.Looks to be taller to me from the other piccys,just shows ya.

 

[mikec]

Hi JT

Lovely lines, crisp, simple, shows off the beauty of the wood.

A real winner.

Regards,

Mike C

 

[johnny.t.]

Chas, you can never earn enough 'brownie' points :lol:

Paul,yes I suppose it does look deeper,the bowl was cut as deep as I could go without making the bottom stupidly thin.

Mike, thanks 8)

JT

 

[big soft moose]

....... Its gone to SWMBOs best mate for a birthday present. .....

Very clean, neat and well finished design; earned maximum brownie points with those that matter into the bargain, can't get much better.

assuming swimbo knows - if she doesnt and finds out giving her best mate pressies on the sly is not going to be a matter for comendation and you will be sleeping in the workshop for some time to come :lol:

 

[johnny.t.]

assuming swimbo knows

She does BSM :lol: although SWMBOs mate is an overpaid council high flier in charge of Norwich's trees so she does sometimes 'give me wood' :shock: :lol:

JT

 

[big soft moose]

assuming swimbo knows

She does BSM :lol: although SWMBOs mate is an overpaid council high flier in charge of Norwich's trees so she does sometimes 'give me wood' :shock: :lol:

JT

just so she doesnt come round and polish your wood

and by the way council staff earn every penny.....

BSM (hosted by a council PRoW team)