Yew Bowl *PICs* (Feedback welcomed)

Yew Bowl PICs (Feedback welcomed)

4/21/04, 11:57 AM #1

David Eaves
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Yew Bowl *PICs* (Feedback welcomed)

David Eaves

>Hi there,

I turned my last bowl for about 10 weeks last Thursday. This bowl is an evolution of the form I have been exploring over the last few weeks. The wood is English Yew (Taxus Baccata). I'd been saving this piece as it has lovely bits of sapwood and bark inclusions. I really like Yew and it takes a finish really well. I think it is quite oily so build up quite a shine on it's own.

Here's the bowl 9" diameter by 3" tall. was remounted in my improvised vacuum chuck to get the tenon sorted. This is the roundest base I've gone for and is thin all the way down. It makes it really light but also really stable. Although it rocks it would never tip.

Sanded up to 600 grit sanding sealer used and then waxed.

Any feedback on the form or other aspects is always appreicated.

On the first photo the lines in the sapwood are wood detail and not my doing :o)

Thanks

David

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4/21/04, 12:34 PM #2

Mike Schwing from Md.
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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Beautiful David. You really do this form well and your work is inspiring.

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4/21/04, 4:16 PM #3

Chuck Ludwigsen
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Chuck Ludwigsen

>This is very nice, David. As are all of the bowls you post. This one seems to take a sharper curve from side to base than others you have posted. But you did a very nice job of hold that up and drawing it in to a small base. It really lifts it up.

I am sorry to hear you won't be turning for a while. I've been busy camping with the kids and getting the house ready for some out of town visitors, so I haven't been keeping up as much. Is everything alright?

Hope all is well and your time away from the lathe is short.

Chuck.

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4/21/04, 5:40 PM #4

David Eaves
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David Eaves

>Thanks Mike. It's thanks to the great feedback here I've been getting that has helped me improve these. I'm inspired all the time here as well, just not enough time though in the days :o)

Cheers

David

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4/21/04, 5:46 PM #5

David Eaves
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David Eaves

>Thanks Chuck,

Good observation on the shape. I let the wood influence me here as I wanted to keep the bark inclusion on the face that is like a "squiggle" it shifted my standard shape so I ended up with a sharper curve. The buldge in the side is lower too for the same reason.

Thanks for your concern too. I'm fine, it's just the lathe is 200 miles away as I'm back at University for my last term. It's the reason why my turning has been in sporadic bursts over the last few years. I've never really had a continous run at it. Over the Easter break this time I feel I've come on leaps and bounds. Hopefully I won't lose it over the next 10 weeks :o)

Hope you can find time for your lathe again soon too.

Cheers

David

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