Yesterday I was doing a little cleanup in the shop, and I started off by clearing out some shavings. It was very windy and with the back door and the side door both open, the shavings and dust were blowing all over the place. I shut the side door and without the wind the dust wasn't a problem, but it did start getting a tad warm. So when I uncovered a sisso (indian rosewood) bowl blank that had been completely buried in shavings, I took that as a sign that I had shoveled enough shavings for the day.
I knew that I was going to add some embellishment, so I went with a round bottom bowl, and since I knew part of the embellishment would be on the rim, I decided to make it a thick walled bowl.
I turned some v-grooves to border the embellishments on the rim and sides. I used a few different burning tips to brand the side band and then ebonized it with black gesso. For the rim, I ebonized with black gesso first, then used a rotary carving tip to cut the grooves.
It's 7 1/4" x 3 1/2" and finished with a coat of antique oil.
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Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.