early year smaller turnings

Some of my recent turnings and not sure I am really happy with them all. This first one I am most happy and disappointed with all in the same bowl. I think it had good potential and nicely thin and pretty consistent thickness. used the cole jaws and tailstock. when I took the piece of wood out from the tailstock, I tried making another cut and caught enough of it to crack it pretty badly. it did not go all the way to the rim and I super glued it and it is not horrible and usable. As the side view shows it warped even though I roughed it out and let it dry for several weeks. This is wood that I received from Brenda L. and it is from the land that she is building a house on. I did a similar move on another bowl that turned out to be very consistent thickness. I could tell this because it split into two pieces.

These three are pretty small, about 4-5 inches high. Left is Galeton Ash, turned pretty nicely. I liked how it came out. Didn't move much and nice lines. Middle one is cherry I think. Deb's wood I think and some natural edge. I like the small base and hope to try some more of that. The third is chestnut oak from Linda's WVA tree and shows (not in this shot) some of the interesting grain I found in parts of the tree.. some of this tree looked pretty bad but turned out very nice. If it is chestnut oak, it is related more toward white oak and smelled of tannins. This wood moved quite a bit in all the bowls I have done...

This is from the Mary F. Maple with the spalt and character. This moved some as well and I got pretty close in a spot at the bottom. It is not that noticeable and other than the the base not being very flat it is a pretty good bowl.