A pair (pare!) of Pears...

Purty!

Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Dang that stuff looks nice. I particularly like the second bowl. I tend to enjoy the appearance of a natural edge piece more if the profile of the bowl approximates one of the curves on the top.

In regards to the blo - yeah, it needs to harden before it'll have the effect you desired, far as I know. You could have tried a coat of cellulose sanding sealer over it and then finished from there. I have good success with that method on "flat work".

Re: A pair (pare!) of Pears...

Mike Rubes

>Hi Marc,

Very nice! Wonderful bark treatment on both of them. I like the shape of the first one. The only comment or critique I would make, and it is worth exactly what you paid for it, is I think the first one would have looked better if you had curved the foot under instead of taking it straight down to the table. It's not that the current foot looks bad, I just think the other way could have made it look even better. Again, just my opinion :)

Thanks for the pics,

Mike

Hindsight on my own bowls is always 20/20 in Apex, NC :)

Re: A pair (pare!) of Pears...

Marc Phillips

>Thanks for the comments... I only wish I knew what you meant!

Did you mean slightly round over the hard edge of the bottom, or did you mean round it over before it reaches the bottom... or..?

Sorry... just didn't get what you meant...

Thanks...

Marc

Re: A pair (pare!) of Pears...

Mike Rubes

>Hi Marc,

No problem, it really wasn't very clear. My own preference is that I like a foot to curve under and sort of let the bowl "float" on its own. I'll steal this post from Dominic which shows a wonderful box elder bowl with a good example of what I mean by this:

Dominic's Box Elder Post

Espcially on a piece like yours, where the top already looks so wonderfully elegant, having a nicely curved bottom, to me, just highlights the natural edge.

Also, just curious, but do you know what kind of pear that was? I've got some as of yet unturned Bradford pear and was just curious if yours was the same or if yours was a fruit bearing pear.

Thanks,

Mike

Flatwork's got the lathe covered in dust for the time being in Apex, NC...

Re: A pair (pare!) of Pears...

Marc Phillips

>Thanks for the link... that totally explained what you meant.... and I agree, that looks great!

It was a bradford pear... not much grain, but I really like the contrast between the bark and the bowl...

Thanks again

Marc