not much turning

I have not turned much last week + but got to make some shavings today...roughed out a box elder bowl.  I purchased a couple of new tools...square scraper, another bowl gouge and a mini gouge to do details....

Shows

I had 2 bowls in the Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo.  I had two of the Ambrosia Maple bowls.  There was a lot of varied artwork, painting, pottery, glass, jewlry, and some mixed media.  My friend Pam Berry got me motivated to be in the show, had some of her pottery in it and went with us to the Friday opening.  Richard Webster was the only other woodturner in the show.  I set my prices high and didn't fill out an artist's statement and led to no sales but I was glad to get them out there...

I am also in the TurnedWood 09 show in Columbia, MD.  This is a juried show of woodturners.  It was with our club Montgomery County Woodturners and the Chesapeake Woodturners.    It was another bowl from the amborsia maple logs in the other show.  It is one of 45 in the show of all turned bowls.  Again it is priced high but I am just glad to have it in the show.

Woodturning in 1926

This is very cool, very close to what I would do today...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_Ph6nZfGE

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A mixed day of turning emotions.  I went to pick up my bowls from the Glen Echo show.  Ok, I know that I priced my bowls a bit high, but I hoped I would sell one.  I was dumb also on not having a sheet about myself but didn't know what to write.  I am bad a self promotion..

Good news was going to get the bowls I saw some wood along side the road, went to look at it and it was flame red box elder!  I split 3 of the 4 logs I brought home and cut 2 of them in half and roughed out 2 bowls..not sure how they will turn out...some cracking going on along stress of chuck and close to the center...

Meeting on thursday...might have to try my burls after that ...  I have walnut in sanding mode and an oak bowl in sand mode as well.  always seems to be something in the pipeline...