Olive Root Bowl

Wow.. like turning thin air !!!!

Fred in NC

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Dave Peebles Lyons, Ohio!

>Sean,

That is just incredible!! 20" and an 1/8" of an inch thick!!! Wow!!!

Great piece,

Dave

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Tom Mullane

>Now that is definately ART... cause it sure aint gonna hold soup... LOL...

BEAUTIFUL absolutely BEAUTIFUL...

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Dick Hines

>Great Job! Did you use tape to hold everything together while turning. I use tape in the outside of burls to keep them from blowing apart when I do the inside.

Another great big WOW here

Mike Schwing from Md.

>WOW!!!!

Sean, did you tape up or otherwise support the bowl while turning? Can't imagine those "wings" holding true otherwise.

Superb work.

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Sean Troy

>Thanks all for the kind words. Yes, I used a LOT of tape ! I turned at high speed hoping centrifical force would help hold the shape. I did have a lot of hand sanding to do supporting the winged parts with one hand and sand with the other. The bottom was done with a beading tool and the center was carved with a reciprocating carver copying Phil Brennions style on some of his pieces. He gave me the inspiration to try this.

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Mark Kauder

>Fantastic, Sean.

Though you should have call it an air bowl with Olive Root accents.

Mark

Mine look like that too...

steve antonucci

>But I can never find all of the pieces after the big pop!

Faceshield and body armor I suppose?

Just plain sweet.

steve

Wow

Gil

>Quite the impressive piece. Must have been tons of hand sanding eh?

-Gil

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>while not a big fan of arsy-fartsy stuff I must say that this is a very impressive piece! WOW! is right.

Todd O.