Now I can get back to weird stuff

Beautiful Bowl, Mike !

Brad Vietje

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David Hammond, in Powder Springs GA

>Oooh Mike! Nice, nice bowl - don't get too buggy on us to leave these peices behind; this one's really great.

David

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RonZ

>On the otehr hand, you don't know how he feels about his wife or if she just needs a spitoon. =o)

Seriously, nice bowl. I just got through paying 12,000 shekels per cubic meter of American walnut. BTW the rate is 4.3 shekel top the dollar. I only got a board not a cubic meter but geez.

Hi Mike!

Dominic Greco at home in Richboro, PA

>Mike,

Love the profile! When I read that it was turned from walnut, I was like "Naw! Can't be!" That's got some gorgeous figure in it.

You wrote:

"...when someone thinks enough of it to give it to their wife, it makes me more proud, and humble at the same time, than when a collector pays high dollar for it."

That is high praise indeed! You gotta love it when people dig your work that much! I betcha' your friend's wife really loves this bowl.

There's something about going over someone's house and seeing the bowl you made for them (or gave them) being displayed, or used on a daily basis. I can think of no higher praise.

See ya around,

Dominic

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Gary Evans, Tallassee, TN

>Ron,

I've got a bunch of walnut. How do we go about getting it to Israel?

Gary

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RonZ

>Thanks for the offer but it's the shipping costs that's the killer.

thanks everybody

Mike Schwing from Md.

>I usually pass on black walnut as it makes such a mess when it is wet turned, but this bowl has made me change my mind, I think.

The little "stand" in the corner pic is simply 3 triangles of 8/4 walnut arranged so the bowl sits on them. It looks like an "offering" or something and I think I might expand on that idea in the future. If the customer hadn't asked for a bowl with a stable base I would have made it smaller and then the stand would have looked pretty neat.

Whenever I see a cleverly designed stand for a bowl or other work I always think "I just can't do that stuff" but decided to give it a shot anyway. I can see how it can take some experimenting, but just this first shot made me a little less hesitant about trying it again. If anyone wants I'll show a blow up of that corner pic. It makes for a neat way to display a bowl.