Tom Canfield showed a chinaberry bowl that he subdued successfully after
several attempts. The thing flew off of the lathe at least twice because of
very punky wood. Finally he attached to a small piece of walnut attached to
a glue block and finished. He took the bowl to the S&T (called Instant
Gallery) at Waco and here it is. Larry Walton’s anaqua piece was of interest
in that he was able to get a single work of uniform thinness and striking
color out of complex array of limbs. Dale Lemons had a nice surprise and a
new piece, The “total” disaster of a horrible catch and explosion of his
bowl of last month was retrieved removing the top, and substituting a
quilted maple top with a nice turquoise ring to highlight the area of join.
George Taylor and L.A. Cude joined forces in an interesting dyed and
textured bowl that George wanted to have an “L.A. Finish” on. Because the
white wax filling the texturing of the side prevented the lacquer from
drying, it was decided that the texturing would have be sanded down. This
was done, the lacquer was re-applied and the rest, as they say, is history.
Harold Dykes won a piece of myrtle in the July raffle and turned it into a
strikingbowl. Vern Hallmark showed a nice pair of sycamore bowls of smooth handwork
.
Ken Morton showed two items, an ash bat that I would like to try out and a
“holey” myrtle cup.