Here is the beauty shot of the finished grapefruit bowl.
It is 11 1/2" wide and 5 1/2" high.
The bowl is very lightweight considering its size;
perhaps due to the dried out state of this wood?
I was on a roll at the lathe and didn't feel like walking away
so I started another bowl
and it almost made itself! This Wood is from my son who saw someone cutting down a Fringe Tree and thought I would like a piece or two! Since the Fringe Tree is in the Olive family,
this wood looks very much like olive wood!
I turned this piece to mimic the shape of pottery.
It is 8" wide and 4 1/2" tall.
I'm glad I have another piece of this kind of wood to work!
I also did a bit more of the watercolor cards...I'm catching up on the one a day schedule as #9 and #10 are partially done.
And this is why I spent most of the day at my lathe....
Bill is having a yard sale of spectacular size.
He is emptying his collection of shed's (yes, plural) contents
and will sell this Fri/Sat and next week, too.
This was my view from my side of the garage where the lathe is; I could admire what Bill was doing
and enjoy viewing all he was re-discovering!
