Category: November ’20: A Chalice and Touchy-Feely

A small chestnut bowl, 125mm diameter, 50mm high, with some texturing applied to the base and rim and beading applied to the bottom, in a continuous cut, inspired by Les…

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Ash branch 7 1/2” x5 1/2” coloured with intrinsic colours and iridescent paints from Chestnut! Enjoyed the process although it tested my skill level ?

A little something made from a firewood log

I’m calling this one finger bowl as my fingers fit into the concave curves perfectly when i pick it up, not planned, but a happy accident. I love the figure…

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Here’s a bowl I turned using Brazilian Cherry, very hard and dense wood. I used the arbortech mini grinder to texture and added some gold embellishing wax.

A Chalice with a captive ring, made from an uninteresting (non branch) piece of monkey puzzle tree. Finished in black intrinsic with a little white and silver embellishing wax. (Approx…

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Chalice in Ash, 7″x3.5″. Coloured using Metal reactive paints

3 1/2 inch 7 in height. Texturing and two captured rings. Shellac spray on finish.

Made from a 6 by 4 inch piece of sycamore . I gave it a heavy base as it is a chalice not a goblet.

a piece of eucaliptus finished with HS gloss wax ..might try a wider and lower one next time ?

From a Cherry Tree cut down March 2019

A small (75mm high, 75mm diameter) chalice in some rather nice olive wood. It feels really nice, too, so. bit touchy feely!

Tactile Yew turned and carved

As a newby not sure if this meets the challenge, perhaps I should set my sights higher.

This is the base of my gold leaf bowl.. At least spell checker didnt change the work this time …gggrrrrr

Not sure what touchy feely was but I made this bowl with feeling for someone but also inlaid brass on outer and gold leave and iridescent paint finish in bowl.…

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