Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Ambrosia maple bowl
Mike Schwing from Md.
>Or is it box elder? This is from the same log that other piece was a few weeks go. The streaks were red before alcohol soaking.
13" in diameter. No finish, which is good because I see some sanding marks still remain.
Comments welcomed.
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Mike Schwing from Md.
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Wood Spinner
>Mike Nice piece, great color.
Looks like Maple to me.
Was the red strong before the alchy?
Bill
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Gil
>I love this ambrosia maple. Great piece Mike.
-Gil
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Dick Hines
>Who cares what kind of wood it is. IT looks great! The bugs really worked this piece over.
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David Hammond, in Powder Springs GA
>Nice peice Mike; I really like it. The wood is spectacular, of course - but the curve is great: very full, and it looks as if it is approaching a full radius; is it? I've turned a bowl or too with such a curve, and I like them. The detail on the base is nice too.
David Hammond
My Dad & Me, Inc. - Getting ready for an open house in Powder Springs.
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Mike Schwing from Md.
>Thanks David. This piece does approach, very closely a full radius. It was taller than I'd normally turn a bowl of such diameter and I had the thought that to keep it from looking like a vase, or a poorly proportioned bowl, that it might look neat if it were pretty much a half circle. It works! If you view it alongside my other bowls that are soon disappearing as family Christmas gifts, you notice that it is the only one approaching this profile, and it stands out clearly. I'll try this again when the blank calls for it, for sure. These pictures don't do this bowl even half justice.
I'm not surprised you noticed the different profile, and glad you like it. Thanks for the post.
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David Hammond, in Powder Springs GA
>I've ended up with a peice or two that has come close to full radius, and like you I find it a very appealing change. The taller shapes are more difficult, for me anyway, and I thoroughly enjoyed working on several deeper bowl forms lately. Those long vertical curves take some serious concentration. I've finished about 27 peices since July - I need to get some pictures taken for critique! Lookin' good Mike.
David
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Jorge Castaneda
>Mike,
Earlier this year I walked into my neighbor's shop when he was turning a box elder urn with a particularly bright red streaks, I did comment on that and he told me that it was made redder by bleaching the piece with the 2 part wood bleach from the orange borg.
If you may, try that on a scrap and see what happens,
$0.02
Jorge
Nice touch on the bottom!
Dominic Greco in Richboro PA
>Mike,
Very nice touch on the bottom here! Just the right amount of detail. Not too much, not too little either.
While I really love the profile, finish and the wood used, it's these little touches that really send me over the edge.
See ya around,
Dominic
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Mike Schwing from Md.
>Thanks Dom, and as you know, that is your influence, directly, on detail attention paid to the bottom.
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Jim Pugh, Ohio
>Mike, as has been stated before: red = boxelder.
Nicely done, Mr. Schwing
Mark Kauder
>Great wood selection and great shape/curve.
Mark
Very nice...
Jay Kilpatrick in TX
>Mike,
Very nice! Certainly better than my meager attempts to date. I think the bowl would look more balanced with the some subtle detail at the rim, as is on the bottom. I've only turned one piece of ambrosia to date, and its my favorite piece. My mother asked for it, and as much as I love her, she went home with a piece made from the apple tree that fell in her back yard.
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Wayne Cease - Atlanta
>Very nice bowl, as usual for you.
How do you sign your bowls? Do you sign them the same way for darker woods (cherry, cocbolo, walnut, etc)?
I have a branding iron for my flat work, but that won't work well on bowls. I tend to make more utilitarian intended small bowls; partly due to my small Delta midi lathe and my newness to turning. I expect them to have nuts, candies, or whatever in them and to be periodically washed/rinsed. I'd like to have the signing stick around for awhile.
Thanks,
Wayne
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Mike Schwing from Md.
>Thank you Wayne. For darker woods, I have a very thin "gold leaf" pen that I sign with, and then shoot a thin coat of spray lacquer over to seal it in. It works _OK_ but its not as nice as I would like.
