Segmented Bowl II

[Randy Gazda]

Many of you saw my previous post of a segmented bowl that I made during a class this winter. Attached are some photos of the final bowl I made during the class. As you can tell the winter was long in Montana and I can only watch so much tv, LOL!

The bottom of the bowl is a slice of maple burl from Oregon. The rest of the bowl is mostly hard maple and figured walnut. The feature ring is walnut, maple, bloodwood, ash, birch, wenge and probably a few woods I am forgetting.

As I mentioned in the previous post, this type of woodworking is mostly about sawing, sanding, and gluing, and finally a little bit of turning.

The bowl is about 10" across and 6" deep.

[Robert McGowen]

That is nice work. Like you said, it must have been a VERY long winter!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow - that's quite a few design features! Very interesting bowl!

[David Walser]

Randy,

That's a beautiful bowl. The feature ring shows a number of different ways to put segments together, yet they all seem to go together well. The joints all appear to be tight and the woods contrast and, at the same time, go together well. Best of all, the shape of the bowl is very pleasing.

Are my eyes deceiving me, or do some of the squares in your feature ring have the grain running vertically while others have it running horizontally? If my eyes are NOT deceiving me, won't the differing grain orientations cause problems as the wood tries to move?

Looks like it was a great class. You may have mentioned it in your prior post, but where was the class, how long was the class, who taught it, etc.?

[brian watts]

i need to take a class like that.. sweet looking bowl for sure

[John Keeton]

Patience, patience, patience.....!!!!!! Very nice, and way too complicated for me to attempt!

[Baxter Smith]

The amount of time and planning needed for these would probably keep me from ever starting! Looks great!

[Randy Gazda]

Randy,

That's a beautiful bowl. The feature ring shows a number of different ways to put segments together, yet they all seem to go together well. The joints all appear to be tight and the woods contrast and, at the same time, go together well. Best of all, the shape of the bowl is very pleasing.

Are my eyes deceiving me, or do some of the squares in your feature ring have the grain running vertically while others have it running horizontally? If my eyes are NOT deceiving me, won't the differing grain orientations cause problems as the wood tries to move?

Looks like it was a great class. You may have mentioned it in your prior post, but where was the class, how long was the class, who taught it, etc.?

David:

You are correct there is wood grain going in different directions. My cabinet making background said this was a no no. But the class instructor didn't seem concerned. Interestingly, I took the bowl on a long road trip to show it off to family and friends, and it doesn't show any cracks. It was in the car at 80 degrees down to 30 degrees and different humidity, but as we all know only time will tell if it will stand the test of time.

[David E Keller]

That's a great looking bowl... Tons of detail! I envy your patience. I'm positive that I would not be able to do something like that both for a lack of patience and a lack of skill.

[John Tomasello jr]

WOW that is one fantastic piece, you must have a lot of patience's or a very long winter.

[Norm Zax]

Thats as close to quilting as WT comes. Well done.

[Steve Vaughan]

When I grow up I want to be able to do work that good! Man, that's nice!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful bowl Randy. The winters can be long and cold in Montana.

[John W Dixon]

Nice looking work. I want to attempt some segmented work at some point. At our last club meeting we had a demo on seg bowls and it is amazing the amount of work that goes into one. Great job.

John