Hi everyone,
I'm a little bit late in posting this challenge--life has a way of getting away from you. Whew!
For this month's challenge I wanted to do something that was form-forward, but also a bit different than last month's box challenge. After mulling it over, and being inspired by a couple of folks' posts elsewhere, I decided to take it back to the original intention for turning: utility.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to make a set of four identical plates or bowls. These do not need to be large, but they should be big enough to actually use. Let's say a minimum size of 4" diameter for bowls, and 6" diameter for plates. Larger than that is fair game as well. The form/design can be anything you like, and you can choose to embellish the wood or keep it natural. Keep in mind that these need to be identical (or as close as possible), so if you add embellishments to one, you need to add to all. We all know what bowls and plates look like, so I don't really need to post examples; however, for the sake of displaying some attractive sets, here is a bit of inspiration (turners, respectively: Hayes Rutherford, Eugene Schlaak, Rod Talley):
Best of luck with the challenge. The most important aspect is to keep the forms as identical as possible. Here are the rules, as determined by AAW Forum legal counsel Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe:
I'm a little bit late in posting this challenge--life has a way of getting away from you. Whew!
For this month's challenge I wanted to do something that was form-forward, but also a bit different than last month's box challenge. After mulling it over, and being inspired by a couple of folks' posts elsewhere, I decided to take it back to the original intention for turning: utility.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to make a set of four identical plates or bowls. These do not need to be large, but they should be big enough to actually use. Let's say a minimum size of 4" diameter for bowls, and 6" diameter for plates. Larger than that is fair game as well. The form/design can be anything you like, and you can choose to embellish the wood or keep it natural. Keep in mind that these need to be identical (or as close as possible), so if you add embellishments to one, you need to add to all. We all know what bowls and plates look like, so I don't really need to post examples; however, for the sake of displaying some attractive sets, here is a bit of inspiration (turners, respectively: Hayes Rutherford, Eugene Schlaak, Rod Talley):
Best of luck with the challenge. The most important aspect is to keep the forms as identical as possible. Here are the rules, as determined by AAW Forum legal counsel Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe:
- Bowls must be a minimum of 4" diameter (depth is flexible, based on specific function), and plates a minimum of 6" diameter.
- Entries must include two photographs: one showing the top/front of the pieces, and the other showing the bottom/back.
- Entries must be posted in this thread by ~11:59 pm Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on March 27, 2025.
- As always, this is a turning contest, not a "moldy oldie" photo contest, so in fairness to everybody, make sure your work is something you have made since this challenge was issued on March 11, 2025.
- You may not post any photos of your entry in this month’s challenge in any other thread or in the gallery until the voting has ended and a winner has been declared.
- Voting will take place from March 28, 2025, through 11:59 pm UTC on March 31, 2025.
- Solicitation of votes will result in disqualification.
- The winner might have to pass a lie detector test before collecting the grand prize of a dogleg high-carbon continental gouge. Good luck, have fun, make shavings, and let the chips fall where they may!!
