Thread: small bowl

I will not comment on the critiques as they are just that critiques. Which is OK, because they included their reasons. That makes for improvements.

What I'd like to ask is did you design the shape or 'go with the flow' of the wood.

I have a lot of internal navel gazing when turning, whether to go with a practical or decorative/artistic shape.
I know you can blend the two, but for me it is difficult sometimes.

I like the finish on both of them.
Lyle.

If you asked me to choose between the two bowls I would gravitate towards the second bowl. I think the second bowl needed the bottom half to be a little shorter. It might then be giving the impression of a floating bowl.

Hi Guy's,
Thank you for all the comments they are appreciated the purpose of this exercise is to play around with shapes and keep equal wall thickness with the outside profile and see what effect the different profile has on the perception of the work. I have a few more on the go at the moment I think we would all agree that the second bowl looks heavier than the first this is not the case both have equal wall thickness but don't look that way certainly not in the photo's. With the 2nd photo I agree that the top is wrong but there are 2 different ideas as to what would be a better outcome shorter or longer in the top curved section funnily they are both are right either would have looked better than what I did with it but that is the purpose of the exercise to see what looks better and why so I am sure there will be some more shapes that will be liked and some that will not by me also but the playing around with shape is what it is about. As to finish they are both finished with Shellawax, Jeff as to the curved bottom inside quite often that is how I would go but when there is a strong change of shape in a profile I like to mirror this with the interior. I will post some more photo's when I finish the one I am doing now.
Regards Rod.

I haven't been able to get into the workshop much lately but this is another red forest gum bowl. The bowl is 245 x 45.
Regards Rod.

This one is Murry river red and the fiddle back is spectacular sorry about the photo's they do it no justice. The straight sides were the max width I could get between the holes for barb wire you can see whats left of one on one of the sides.
Regards Rod.

This photo shows the spectacular grain far better than previous. What do you think.
Regards Rod.

The second set of photos shows off the grain a lot better.


How come you are not starting a new thread for each bowl? You can always add a link to the original for reference.

Cheers Christos,
That was why I took the second lot of photos natural sunlight works much better than the flash for me I am no photographer always seems to go that way when I don't wait for morning to take the photos of finished work. Don't know why I didn't start a new thread for each I was just playing around with shape and keep adding them. Thanks for looking.
Regards Rod.