Olive bowls

[turnerted]

G'day
Here's three olive bowls Iv'e just finished off which came out of the olive stump I scored about a year ago .I have been pushing these along so I can include them in our club sale which starts in just over a week . The first two are about 230mmx70mm and the third is 160mmx40mm . The finish is DO. Hope you like.
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[turnerted]

For some reason the pictures got mixed up, so in the first four pictures,the pairs are above and below one another . for the third bowl, they are side by side.
Ted

[artme]

Yum!!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[A Duke]

For some reason the pictures got mixed up, so in the first four pictures,the pairs are above and below one another . for the third bowl, they are side by side.
TedI think it depends on the size of your screen. I get 5 in the top row and 1 on the second row.
Nice job anyway and thanks for sharing.
Regards

[wheelinround]

Ted very nice Olive has a real nice scent when turned.

Will the sale be on at the old Fire Station and when?? We could do with a drive and your fellows always put some excellent things out there. Besides Fish n Chip down the harbour is the other draw card.:;

[mick59wests]

excellent bowls. I'll have to try and keep my eyes out for some olive. What woodturning group are you part of?

cheers

Mick

[turnerted]

Ray. Yes our sale is at the old firestation in Kiama starting 18/12 pm and finishing on 24/12 afternoon .
Mick. I am a member Kiama Woodcraft Group and Bankstown branch of Sydney Woodturners.
Ted

[smiife]

hi ted ,
well done ,they look great,i would love to get some olive but have
never seen any around did you buy it or grow it????????
nice bowls by the way:cool:
cheers smiife:2tsup:

[Jonzjob]

As well as te vines there's loads od olive tree around here, but getting hold of any is a different matter :C I managed to get some last year that had just been pruned, but it is all small stuff.

Those bowls are delightful and a nice change to the ones that French turners seem to chuck out. They are normally thick and heavy. Most of the ones I've seen look very clumsy.

[Christos]

Now that is encouraging. Much to see in the grain of this tree.

[turnerted]

Thanks for the comments.
Smiife . The property owner next door had the tree cut down when he was preparing the place for sale .I have about 30 roughed out bowls drying from this. I now also have a large olive rootball that the new owner dug out of the back yard .
Ted

[Toymaker Len]

We found an old olive orchard in Maclarenvale S.A. that had been pushed over to make way for pasture a couple of years ago. I got a trailer load of this wonderful wood. Smells just like kallamatta olives when worked. It amazes me that someone would cut down an olive to "improve" a property.