@odie I appreciate your posting. I was not looking for you to comment on my style other than the bowl. When I am turning a Native American piece I am connected to that turning. Just because it is not a bowl doesn’t mean there is not a connection. The added “embellishment” is part of that connection. It is no different when I am turning a bowl. I am connected to that piece, some may be embellished and some in the pure form. I turn local woods mostly, mainly because of cost, but have turned exotics. You pick and buy your blanks where I am there with a chain saw on a downed tree and get what I get. A plain cherry bowl is just that, a plain cherry bowl. If I could just pick and choose exotics and highly figured blanks, embellishment wouldn’t be necessary on a bowl. The ship in my media is of significance. As a turner it has always been a desire to turn something no one else has. (Hockenberry suggested the ship). The ship was made from a bowl, cut in half, and then glued together and finished. I estimate 75% was turned on a lathe, I even turned 20 1/8” diameter cannon balls. You asked me if I could make the cut in the above post. I said yes. Can you make a pirate ship from a bowl? You don’t need to turn bowls only to establish a connection to the turning.
Back to your original post, You have your preferred grind to achieve the finish you want. I have a different grind. It doesn’t mean yours is better or mine is better. But I feel mine is just as effective to achieve that finish. Yes, I do embellishments, but that really doesn’t detract from the turning aspect.
Right now my interest is making my brother a wood cowboy hat for his birthday. The concentration is a very high level to do this, maybe as this is the first time trying. I’ve made a few mini hats and will make a few more before I try a full size. Do you think you can make a cowboy hat?
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