More wedding goblets

Seems to be a 'thing' for me to make goblets as wedding gifts. After many 'formal' goblets I have decided to try going a bit 'organic' ranging from some that were pure flower design to this one that melds the two styles. Seems to lean a bit after turning and setting for a couple of months. I finished it last night. A light coat of rattle can lacquer buffed out with Don Pencil's PL compound and waxed with hand-buffed Ren wax.

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Cherry about 7" tall.

She requested the Yin-Yang symbol which is burned in. On the photography - I seem to be getting too much light on the base - reflection off the lower edge of the light box, I think. Lighting was natural morning light filtered through the box. I think this box and backdrop are going to improve my pictures, but i need to play with it for a while. Just need a bit better camera than the fujifilm though.

Cool pieces! Good job on the pyro work.

Thom.........what tool do you use for hollowing the cup portion? I ask because different turners do it different ways and use different tools. What have you found to do the best and quickest job at hollowing the cup?

Nice job on these, btw!

Cool goblets and nice pyro.

Roger, for the most part I just use a 1/4" bowl gouge.

Very nice Thom! They should be very happy to receive those!

Thom,
did you turn them wet? Is the stem twisted from the drying process, or did you plan that?

Eric, I turn goblets from kiln dried stock. I used offset turning followed with some rasp work to shape the stem.
Kathy, I presented the goblet to the bride-to-be yesterday and she was ecstatic. I told her to be sure to rotate it on the display so that the date shows about a month before each anniversary. :-)

Thom,
You did a great job on the offset stem.

Very nice Thom, just the right curve to be very elegant, well done.