I'm a very new turner, so be nice. J/K. Please give suggestions. These aren't my first bowls; I've made a couple dozen, but these are some of the first that I'd be willing to show people! Hah. A neighbor took down several cherry trees, so I hauled ass over before the arborist crew cut all the pieces up. I got close to 150 bd ft of lumber (most still in log form yet to be sawn--next month) and several very nice turning blanks. These are about 6.5 and 7.5" wide, and roughly 2 and 3" tall. Unfortunately, the pics don't show it, but there's a ton of birdseye figure in the first and last two bowls. They were turned green, allowed to dry for a few weeks, then finish turned. I sanded each to 400, then put a light coat of seal coat, then deft satin lacquer. There's an obvious crack on the birdseye figured one, but it doesn't stand out too much when you look at all the other figure and very red pitch pockets. It looks kinda rustic, IMHO. The middle three pics on the green background, a relatively large shallow bowl is also cherry, and about 14" x 3.5", and just coated with BLO. It is much duller than I would've hoped, but as its going to be a food bowl, and my lady is very particular about chemicals in her food, I thought it best to stay with a natural oil finish. There's also a large crack that I didn't find until I got down into finishing the bowl, and decided to just use CA glue and some gap filling epoxy. Its dark and really shows up, but, the big one is the very first bowl I finished. Anyway, I have a lot to learn I know. especially in finding wood that hasn't started to check yet! Finishing bowls and sanding end grain is a lot different than sanding flat work. Its more fun, though!!!!!
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