This should probably go as an update to my "Things That Happen in Vegas..." thread but I have to admit to reading all those "My First Bowl" threads with wonderment if and when I would be doing the same.
Well, I just got back from 3 days with Jimmy Clewes and three other fine folks who were there for his class and here is my first bowl.
I also added an "in progress" shot as well as a shot of the bowl alongside my mallet that started out as a scrap piece of ash that I could learn various cuts on. Jimmy thought that it might have a new life as something other than kindling.
I'll add to my original post about my impressions of the class after I decompress. As a tidbit, I offer the punch line now; Clewes is a great teacher.