natural edge

[francè]

I could not think of anything different with this piece of olivecomments and criticism very welcome


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[Willy Nelson]

Well
I reckon it looks good, my only critism would be the wall thickness, other than than that, I think it has lovely shape, nice grain and well done for leeping the bark attached
Willy

[francè]

Well
I reckon it looks good, my only critism would be the wall thickness, other than than that, I think it has lovely shape, nice grain and well done for leeping the bark attached
Willy

Hi Will , you're right, the wall is a little too thick, but this piece will contain nuts and almonds, I thought I had to be strong many thanks for your comment :)

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Mmm! That is gorgeous! :2tsup:

What a pity that the first time it's used it'll be filled with nuts, etc. to hide it's beauty! :rolleyes:

I suspect that if you made the walls much thinner you'd have started having problems keeping the bark attached.

[brendan stemp]

Good work France. I like what you have done especially given it will be a functional piece.

I find it interesting that the sap wood is darker than the heart wood, normally its the other way around.

Re wall thickness; I think the main consideration with natural edged bowls like this one is to get an even wall thickness so there doesn't appear to be a variation in it as the rim rises up and down around the circumference. It looks as though you have done this well. The other thing is that it is often harder to keep the bark on the thinner the walls get. And my last point is that the only people that seem to like thin walls on bowls are woodturners. I like a bowl with a bit of substance and weight to it as do a lot of the people that buy my work (and they aint woodturners).

[Paul39]

france,

The bowl is beautiful. I love the grain of olive.

On your side photos of the bowl it is dark underneath. In the attached sketch is my set up for photographing bowls.

The top red is a broad light, (could be a strong light bounced off a light ceiling) the curved black is the background, (medium to light gray) camera to right, bowl purple, the red line under the camera is a reflector. I use foam core board, light and rigid, available here from frame shops up to 40 X 60 inches.

Photo of bowl showing fill light under.

I use Picasa for adjusting photos: Picasa - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com (http://download.cnet.com/Picasa/3000-2193_4-10160334.html)

[francè]

when I want to save the bark, after roughing and before turning the final form I use to put the polyurethane paint (neutral color) on hanging bark and the wood seems to me that takes better, must be certain that the gouge is sharp, and the light hand :)

I'm not good at taking photos and these are made with the phone :- ...

many thanks to all for the comments and the advice .. :)

[powderpost]

Nice job France, I like the simple clean lines. :2tsup:
Jim