Candle Bowl

[skot]

This is only my third attempt at a bowl so I thought I would make something for my daughter who lives away from home & loves to have candles around her to sooth her mind...calm her shakra...or some other hippie twaddle like that.

Just kidding, she is a social worker and says the lit candles around her while she is having a bath helps her forget her stressfull job so I thought I would use a piece of jacaranda I had lying around and make something for a tea candle. I created a bowl shape around the candle for some coloured glass balls/pieces for the light to bounce off.....sorry about the fuzzy pics also.

On a slightly associated matter, I didn't realise how cheap those Tea candles are. I got 50 thats right 50 for $3.50 from one of those cheap discount stores..."Crap 4 Less" of something like that.

[Sawdust Maker]

Nice
lovely piece of timber
I'm sure she'll be pleased with it

[Ed Reiss]

Nice work Skot :2tsup:

[artme]

Great use of the Jacaranda Skot!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[ElizaLeahy]

Your daughter is going to love it! Great idea about putting the coloured glass around the edge! I'm going to have to steal that idea I think! ;)

I also think it's a good use for a wooden bowl! I mean, we collectively make a lot of bowls, they can't all be salad services (and I'm leaving out those amazing art pieces, just talking about normal bowls here) so finding a different use for them is good!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Nicely done! I'm sure she'll love it. :)

Just make sure she uses coloured glass marbles and not those plastic capsules of bath-oils. I dunno if it's true of all of 'em, or whether we were given cheap chinese knock-offs, but we found out the hard way that ours were flammable! :oo:

[Rattrap]

Very nice Skot, great idea too. I bet my missus would love 1. i can see some brownie points for me!

[Texian]

Nice work Skot! Pictures aren't too bad. Just use a white sheet for a background and focus a little closer to the front of the object. The depth of field (what is in focus from front to back) is about 1/3 in front of the point where you are focused and 2/3 behind it. But you already knew that.

[skot]

Thanks for the comments...looks like I'll have to do one for the wife as well.