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All those bowls look like they are hits!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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Some nice looking work Odie. Do you want us to pick our own Christmas bowl? Not sure you have enough for everyone! lol
First pic: the second bowl from the left on the top row, is that a zebra wood or bocote? Not familiar with it. Nice looking shop and I see the guard dog is patrolling too!
Merry Christmas to you too!
First pic: the second bowl from the left on the top row, is that a zebra wood or bocote? Not familiar with it. Nice looking shop and I see the guard dog is patrolling too!
Merry Christmas to you too!
beautiful work Odie, like your shop, like your tool rack (functional with not hours spent putting together), happy holidays
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Thanks for sharing Odie.
So, about how many bowls are on the racks? I have mine all piled up so take less space but would probably drive you nuts. Looks like everything has a place and everything is in it's place!
Thanks for sharing Odie.
So, about how many bowls are on the racks? I have mine all piled up so take less space but would probably drive you nuts. Looks like everything has a place and everything is in it's place!
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Beautiful set of bowls Odie, I can remember when I had that much open room in my shop but no more. Your shelves full of bowls look quite familiar I counted for the first time today how many bowls I have drying on the shelves and when I got to 76 I was really surprised to find that many. Most are very wet but many just need to be finish turned.
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I like the bowl-in-a-bowl in the first shot.
It looks like the calabash style is one of your favorites.
Snooping around your shop, I am starting to wonder when you are going to get busy and turn some bowls. 😀
You might just have more bowls sitting on the shelf than I have turned all total. I turn a few bowls, but I like to play around with other things mostly. I do need to get busy and crank out some for the local Empty Bowls Project coming up early next year.
It looks like the calabash style is one of your favorites.
Snooping around your shop, I am starting to wonder when you are going to get busy and turn some bowls. 😀
You might just have more bowls sitting on the shelf than I have turned all total. I turn a few bowls, but I like to play around with other things mostly. I do need to get busy and crank out some for the local Empty Bowls Project coming up early next year.
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Your shop is way to clean and organized. How can you work in such a place 🙂
Odie,
What do you do with all the bowls your make? I know I sell some in a couple of galleries but mostt just pile up in a storage closet. ( Like a hundred or so)
Your work is terrific. Your shapes are classic and will stand the test of time.
I had one i9nstance where i donated some bowls to a food bank auction and the winning bidder took them and tried to sell them in a flea market.
I stopped putting my name on the donated ones.
I still haven't gotten my lathe working yet. It's been 6 weeks and we feel it is now the motor so I am waiting for the cleaning and repair ( bearings and brushes ) so I can put it all back together again for the 3rd time. I hope taht solves the problem. Gary--Thanks for your help.
What do you do with all the bowls your make? I know I sell some in a couple of galleries but mostt just pile up in a storage closet. ( Like a hundred or so)
Your work is terrific. Your shapes are classic and will stand the test of time.
I had one i9nstance where i donated some bowls to a food bank auction and the winning bidder took them and tried to sell them in a flea market.
I stopped putting my name on the donated ones.
I still haven't gotten my lathe working yet. It's been 6 weeks and we feel it is now the motor so I am waiting for the cleaning and repair ( bearings and brushes ) so I can put it all back together again for the 3rd time. I hope taht solves the problem. Gary--Thanks for your help.
Nice work Odie! I agree that your shop seems a bit to clean. 🙂
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Nice mornings work! 🙂
Should find some new homes for them quickly!
Thanks for sharing.
Al
Should find some new homes for them quickly!
Thanks for sharing.
Al
Great looking bowls Odie. You have a nice selection on the table and an amazing group on the shelves. You are a very productive turner. I'm really impressed. I think you dog is saying, "What happened to all of the shaving that were on the floor yesterday? I was looking for a nice pile to nap in."
Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
Steve
Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
Steve
clean shop
Odie-do you get your dog to wag his tail into the shavings bin??????😀 My cats sometimes play with the shavings and small disc cutoffs. Now why should I ruin their fun by cleaning them up?????? 😀Gretch
Odie-do you get your dog to wag his tail into the shavings bin??????😀 My cats sometimes play with the shavings and small disc cutoffs. Now why should I ruin their fun by cleaning them up?????? 😀Gretch
Odie...How the #$$ did you turn a little dog like that? It's beautiful and I'm wondering how I could duplicate it with a Boxer like I have??? Does he/she beg for snacks like my 'Daisy' does and is she/he a 'funny dog' that cracks everyone up with her antics??? She/he looks like a real cutie and a perfect shop pal to help you do you best at turnings!!! 😀 I often feel guilty that I spend more time turning than I do with 'Daisy Dawg' but she's always looking for a new 'toy' to play with...🙂
Enjoy he/she/it while you have your puppy...they never last as long as we love them!!! Thanks for sharing and safe turning to you always!
Enjoy he/she/it while you have your puppy...they never last as long as we love them!!! Thanks for sharing and safe turning to you always!
Wow......thank you all for all the very kind and generous comments!
Thanks Brian.......Good eye! Yes, that is Zebrawood. The grain is dramatic, same as Bocote. I can see how it could be easily mistaken for Bocote. I have done a few Bocote bowls, and there are a few more waiting for me, but haven't done any in the very recent past.
Actually, there are two guard dogs, brothers from the same litter. This is Gus, and Roy is somewhere in the shop, as well! (Actually, we wanted a boy and a girl dachshund, but this litter produced all males! Now that they are both 2yrs old, they are irreplaceable members of the family. We are so happy that they turned out to be best of friends!)
Pete.....just a quick guess, but probably about 75 bowls on the racks, all in various stages of seasoning. There are others in storage boxes that are 12%, or less MC in block form, and other roughed bowls that have stabilized MC.
Bill.......Yes, I guess calabash, loosely fits much of my style. My style has been evolving over several decades, and mostly before I knew what the term calabash meant! I guess this is what most turners evolve to.......a style that is recognizable, and applies to an individual. I think it's the newer turners that are all over the map with styles, but eventually settle into a pattern that reflects individuality.
Even though I've been actively turning for a little over three decades, I am not a production turner. I probably only complete a couple bowls per month. I'm a turner who fiddles and fools around a lot in the shop, and don't get nearly as much done as I'd like........🙁
Gary......Hope to see you up and running very soon....you are a talented turner, in your own right! I've had my bowls in several art galleries in the Northwest, Arizona, and Carmel, CA.....but, these galleries have closed their doors in the past few years. 🙁 Right now, I'm without representation in art galleries. My turning has never been about the money, and always about refining my style and techniques to the best I can do, or am capable of. I'm not particularly interested in sales at the moment......and, the past few years have been monumental, that is, in my own evaluation of my progress.
I'm currently working on getting together an on-line outlet for sales......but, am snail-like in that effort. I'll be retiring at age 66, and my employer has expressed an interest in retaining me as a part-time employee.....am now 17 months away from that end. I see this as a great benefit to me in my artistic efforts, because I can maintain my desire to not let any thought of money become a focal point. Probably many here have no understanding of my beliefs concerning keeping money, and artistic effort completely separate......but, for me, it allows me to progress in a direction that gives complete freedom of creativity. When retirement does come, I imagine I'll begin to think a little more capitalistic!.......hopefully, it will come at a time when I'm more satisfied with my established pattern of creating these bowls that have for so long been my inspiration for something really worthwhile in life.
I have no problem giving these bowls away to ladies at my church, and sell a few donated bowls through the church. I also donate a few bowls to help pay expenses for children with cancer.....don't make a nickel for any of these things!
Thanks, Michael.......
Actually, the shop is a bit dusty, and shavings in the corners and crevices! You and John Lucas mentioned this.......I think what you're seeing is my great effort to stay organized. I do spend quite a bit of effort to have a place for everything, and everything in it's place. I have a knife maker friend that has a very disorganized shop, and he says he couldn't find anything if he organized......I can understand that, but I'm quite the opposite!
Gretch, you, Kenneth, and a few others seem to understand that our pets play a great part in breaking up the monotony of shop work. When I say "treat", the two boys head for the old coffee can where I keep the bacon bits. This is good for my soul, as well as good for relationships with them! They are my constant shop companions..........well, except when they suddenly need to go out to the back yard and bark at the imagined intruders into "their space"!
Again, thank you all........
ooc
Thanks Brian.......Good eye! Yes, that is Zebrawood. The grain is dramatic, same as Bocote. I can see how it could be easily mistaken for Bocote. I have done a few Bocote bowls, and there are a few more waiting for me, but haven't done any in the very recent past.
Actually, there are two guard dogs, brothers from the same litter. This is Gus, and Roy is somewhere in the shop, as well! (Actually, we wanted a boy and a girl dachshund, but this litter produced all males! Now that they are both 2yrs old, they are irreplaceable members of the family. We are so happy that they turned out to be best of friends!)
Pete.....just a quick guess, but probably about 75 bowls on the racks, all in various stages of seasoning. There are others in storage boxes that are 12%, or less MC in block form, and other roughed bowls that have stabilized MC.
Bill.......Yes, I guess calabash, loosely fits much of my style. My style has been evolving over several decades, and mostly before I knew what the term calabash meant! I guess this is what most turners evolve to.......a style that is recognizable, and applies to an individual. I think it's the newer turners that are all over the map with styles, but eventually settle into a pattern that reflects individuality.
Even though I've been actively turning for a little over three decades, I am not a production turner. I probably only complete a couple bowls per month. I'm a turner who fiddles and fools around a lot in the shop, and don't get nearly as much done as I'd like........🙁
Gary......Hope to see you up and running very soon....you are a talented turner, in your own right! I've had my bowls in several art galleries in the Northwest, Arizona, and Carmel, CA.....but, these galleries have closed their doors in the past few years. 🙁 Right now, I'm without representation in art galleries. My turning has never been about the money, and always about refining my style and techniques to the best I can do, or am capable of. I'm not particularly interested in sales at the moment......and, the past few years have been monumental, that is, in my own evaluation of my progress.
I'm currently working on getting together an on-line outlet for sales......but, am snail-like in that effort. I'll be retiring at age 66, and my employer has expressed an interest in retaining me as a part-time employee.....am now 17 months away from that end. I see this as a great benefit to me in my artistic efforts, because I can maintain my desire to not let any thought of money become a focal point. Probably many here have no understanding of my beliefs concerning keeping money, and artistic effort completely separate......but, for me, it allows me to progress in a direction that gives complete freedom of creativity. When retirement does come, I imagine I'll begin to think a little more capitalistic!.......hopefully, it will come at a time when I'm more satisfied with my established pattern of creating these bowls that have for so long been my inspiration for something really worthwhile in life.
I have no problem giving these bowls away to ladies at my church, and sell a few donated bowls through the church. I also donate a few bowls to help pay expenses for children with cancer.....don't make a nickel for any of these things!
Thanks, Michael.......
Actually, the shop is a bit dusty, and shavings in the corners and crevices! You and John Lucas mentioned this.......I think what you're seeing is my great effort to stay organized. I do spend quite a bit of effort to have a place for everything, and everything in it's place. I have a knife maker friend that has a very disorganized shop, and he says he couldn't find anything if he organized......I can understand that, but I'm quite the opposite!
Gretch, you, Kenneth, and a few others seem to understand that our pets play a great part in breaking up the monotony of shop work. When I say "treat", the two boys head for the old coffee can where I keep the bacon bits. This is good for my soul, as well as good for relationships with them! They are my constant shop companions..........well, except when they suddenly need to go out to the back yard and bark at the imagined intruders into "their space"!
Again, thank you all........
ooc
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Bill......I think you are talking about this bowl. Actually this is an unplanned shape, and I've done this one before out of necessity. Sometimes I run into cracks, voids, or other imperfections near the bottom, and in the process of eliminating it......come up with a very tall foot to the bowl. Either I can just shorten it, or leave the tall foot. This one, I decided leave the tall foot, and dish out the interior to match the foot. The result is a "bowl within a bowl" shape. The shape makes a fairly good alternative to reducing, and/or wasting the height......
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