Trying to find time

peter blair · May 16, 2011

Hey all. I continue to try to find time to spend in front of some spinning wood but this time of year my small business generally keeps me out of the shop. Here are a few of the items I did manage to get done.

A natural edge spalted maple bowl finished with rattle can lacquer.

A small hollow form of Spalted Maple with a mystery wood finial. The finial wood was gathered from a glass pallet.

A spalted maple hollow form (space ship?)

Pete
http://www.woodbowlsandthings.com

Bart Leetch · May 16, 2011

Fantastic Peter I like spalted turnings they have a lot of character.

Matt Hutchinson · May 16, 2011

Excellent work Peter! Spalted timber is definitely one of my favorite things to see in woodworking!

Hutch

Bernie Weishapl · May 16, 2011

Really excellent work. The beauty is in the spalting.

Vaughn McMillan · May 16, 2011

Nice work with some really pretty wood, Peter. :thumb:

Rob Keeble · May 16, 2011

Very nice work Peter, i am particularly fond of the spalted wood look and when its turned it seems to show even better. Nice turnings. :thumb:

Paul Douglass · May 17, 2011

Beautiful, all of them. This begs the question I asked on another forum, are turners the only people that love rotting wood? They even go to lengths to try to make it rot!

Stephen Bellinger · May 17, 2011

Peter great job on some really beautiful wood.

Chuck Ellis · May 18, 2011

beautiful spalting in the maple... I have had a ton of that to work with over the past year... literally a ton... a lady offered me a tree that she had down in her back yard... it took two loads in my little Ranger to get it home and I only took the trunk pieces... there was another load of limbs cut up and stacked that I decided not to take... love the way the wood looks when it's turned... I'm not good a natural edges... yours turned out great... my favorite though is the hollow form... one of my favorite shapes to play with... great looking pieces.

Jim Krager · May 18, 2011

Nice work, I really like the natural edged bowl. :thumb:

Jeff Bower · May 18, 2011

Matt Hutchinson said:
Excellent work Peter! Spalted timber is definitely one of my favorite things to see in woodworking!

Hutch

Exactly!! Very well done Peter :thumb:

Wayne Bower · May 18, 2011

Those are some nice pieces, Peter. I am always partial to natural edges.

peter blair · May 18, 2011

Fantastic

I think it is fantastic that there are so many interested intelligent people who share my passion. I belong to quite a number of Wood Turning Forums and it never ceases to amaze me that there are so many of you who will share your thoughts. The other thing that amazes me is that I have received many, many response to my work and not one has been negative. The closest I have come is positive criticism. Which of course is alway welcome. This of course just wets my creative spirit and encourages me to continue to produce my art and share it with all of you.

Thanks to you all!!!

Pete
http://www.woodbowlsandthings.com

Jim C Bradley · May 18, 2011

Good pieces. I would be proud to own any one of them. I would be EXTREMELY proud if I had made one of them.

Thanks for the pics.

Enjoy,

Jim

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