Natal Mahogany Natural Edge Bowl

This is an unfinished natural edge bowl I made today out of Natal Mahogany. The wood seems to weep a beautiful purple colour as can be seen in the images. I also tried out my new Robery Sorby Sanding Master. Wow it is a really nice piece of kit and results in a fantastic finish.

I am hoping that I can maintain the purple "weeping" from the wood. It gives the bowl a unique look and almost resembles a birth mark.

I will post once I have finished the project, but for now I must leave it to dry.

African Paddock Bowl

This is a bowl that I made out of African paddock. The wood has a natural red/orange colour which is very striking. Turning this wood is very messy and the dust almost looks like brick dust.

Nick Arnull Demo

Above: Nick Arnull and his Celestial Bowl

Last night the PEWG hosted Nick Arnull who gave us an amazing demo of the "celestial bowl". It was a fantastic event and Nick was brilliant. I really liked the demo because it was a relatively simple concept that a novice could do, but is such an amazing effect.

Nick seems to have an incredible talent for using colour on wood to give it a totally different, vibrant look. The celestial bowl is a great example of using colour to highlight the center of the piece and showing off the qualities of the wood by framing them.

He brought some of his other new work with known as the Coral Series which are amazing. Again the use of colour and texture combined with his mastery of turning make these pieces an absolutely spectacular sight.

Sneezewood Lidded Box

This is a sneezewood lidded box I made over the weekend.