Barry Richardson
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- Goodyear AZ
Hey All, Just finished my first major piece from my recent desert ironwood score. It's for my wife for Mothers Day. It was a quite a challenge, espically roughing out the blank, plus the dust was super-fine and super-nasty. I chose a pretty basic form because; a) the wood was completely dry and difficult to turn, b) my skills and turning tools were limited and, c) I wanted the "eye candy" of the wood to do the talking and not some wild form. It is 11.5" wide and 5.5" tall. The walls are about 3/8" thick and a little thicker at the bottom. This wood could have been turned very thin, but I wanted the extra heft to be part of the bowl's character. It was a pretty solid blank, I filled any cracks with epoxy and/or CA. Wet sanded to 1000 grit and finished with a couple of coats of wax. I'll probably not make another bowl from this because of the difficulty and it waste so much of the rare wood. Thanks for looking! Barry