African Sumac Textured and Beaded

Of the last batch of bowls I did this is my favorite. It is African Sumac 12x3 with a textured band with beads on both sides of it. The finish is Tried and True original formula (food safe) and it was buffed with just the wax wheel.

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Comments and Critiques are appreciated.

Mike,

I like the deceptively simple lines of this bowl. The beading and texturing add a touch of class without detracting from the elegance of the bowl's shape and the rich, deep, color of the wood. Great bowl. Great job.

David said it all. Beautiful, Mike. Hope someday to get that elegant with some of mine. :)

Absolutely perfect on all counts Mike !

Beautiful Mike. I really like the texture treatment.

Gorgeous! What tool did you use to cut the beads?

Mike - I like your sense of style! Beautiful bowl! The beads and texture are a nice variation on your classic form! Great looking wood - nice warm finish! Always a treat to see your work! Thanks for sharing!

I really like your bowl forms and the texture is icing on the cake. Very nice!

Thanks everyone I appreciate the comments.

Scott - I have one of the Sorby beading tools that I use for my beads on bowls. It works very nicely you just have to make sure to sharpen before your final cuts or else you will get tearout.

Perfect proportions Mike!

I really like this one!

Wonderful.

And how did you cut the texture.....very clean (changed sentence and used texture since I could not spell texturizing the surface)

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Originally Posted by Chris Barnett

And how did you cut the texture.....very clean (changed sentence and used texture since I could not spell texturizing the surface)

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Another Sorby tool
http://www.robert-sorby.co.uk/spiral_texture.htm

I feal like they owe me advertising money on this thread.

Thanks again guys.