Sunday, April 7, 2024

Large Pear Bowl


 Here's a simple, plain Pear bowl measuring 8 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. It's large only in the context of my bowl-making. It would be medium sized in the real world. Wet sanded and finished with mineral oil. 




Saturday, April 6, 2024

Small Spalted Pear Bowl


 Here's a spalted Pear bowl measuring 3 inches in diameter by 1.5 inches high. I made a textured bead around the rim.  Finished with mineral oil.



Saturday, March 2, 2024

Small maple box.

 

This Maple box is 3 inches high and 2.75 inches in diameter. Though the lid and the cup look like different kinds of wood, they are both spalted Maple. The lid is loose-fitting. The finish was done using my new "true grit" polishing compound. Nice little box.




Maple Bowl

 

Here's a 6.5 inch diameter Maple bowl about 1.5 inches high. Hey, no spalting on this one! I tried out a new finishing compound on this bowl. It's called Pita's "True Grit" polish. It polishes wood turning up to a nice semi gloss sheen with no dust at all. I think I've found my new finish.



Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Small Birch Wood Dish


 This is a 3.5 inch diameter Birch dish. It has a Danish Oil finish. There's a small foot on the base. This was turned green, so there's some expected warping.



Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Small Maple Dish


 This is a 3 inch diameter Maple dish with a small pedestal. As an experiment, I used shoe polish to stain the interior of the dish. It didn't work so well but it didn't ruin it, so I'll go with it. 



Monday, February 12, 2024

Birch Wood Bowl


 This is a 4.5 inch diameter Birch bowl. It was turned green, so it warped, as intended, as it dried. I finished it with orange oil/wax.