Back about the turn of the year, the owner of Tucson Woodcraft, Randy, acquired a bunch of Olive wood. I just happened to be there for some reason or other, and he gave me a piece. Well, here it is finished.
This first picture is showing the beauty of Olive wood. I don't know what brand it is, but it's absolutely beautiful stuff. Included are a few of my flintknapped pieces and at 10 o'clock, a real live artifact from near Kerrville, Texas, a Kerrville Knife. Also included in this picture is a large pig of Desert Ironwood carved by the Seri Indians of Mexico. The stuff other than the bowl has no real significance for the picture other than I was too lazy to remove them from the only flat spot in my house so I could place the bowl on to take the pictures.
You should be able to see 4 dowels around the top of this bowl. They were put in place to help stabilize the cracks that were in this piece. The dowels are Olive that I made on my lathe with a jig I made.
This picture below is a 180 from the first picture.If you look closely between 4 and 8 o'clock, you might be able to see the dowels on the rim.
This next picture shows the foot. if you look real hard, you might be able to make out a dowel or two. Sorry, not a real good picture to show off the dowels.
This last picture is the interior of the foot. I was going to put a finial on it, but had the tenon nub removed before I remembered that was my plan..
This piece is 2 3/8" tall, 6 5/8" OD, with 1/4" thickness. It's a gift to Randy so no finish as I'll let him do that. It was sanded to 180, Scotchbrited and steel wooled. ..... Jerry (in Tucson)
This first picture is showing the beauty of Olive wood. I don't know what brand it is, but it's absolutely beautiful stuff. Included are a few of my flintknapped pieces and at 10 o'clock, a real live artifact from near Kerrville, Texas, a Kerrville Knife. Also included in this picture is a large pig of Desert Ironwood carved by the Seri Indians of Mexico. The stuff other than the bowl has no real significance for the picture other than I was too lazy to remove them from the only flat spot in my house so I could place the bowl on to take the pictures.
You should be able to see 4 dowels around the top of this bowl. They were put in place to help stabilize the cracks that were in this piece. The dowels are Olive that I made on my lathe with a jig I made.
This picture below is a 180 from the first picture.If you look closely between 4 and 8 o'clock, you might be able to see the dowels on the rim.
This next picture shows the foot. if you look real hard, you might be able to make out a dowel or two. Sorry, not a real good picture to show off the dowels.
This last picture is the interior of the foot. I was going to put a finial on it, but had the tenon nub removed before I remembered that was my plan..
This piece is 2 3/8" tall, 6 5/8" OD, with 1/4" thickness. It's a gift to Randy so no finish as I'll let him do that. It was sanded to 180, Scotchbrited and steel wooled. ..... Jerry (in Tucson)
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