7 1/2" diameter shallow Zebrawood bowl

This is gorgeous!

Never worked with zebra wood, but from your results, going to have to try it.

Beautiful, great pattern, excellent turn.

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That looks really sharp, I like it.

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Nice job…I like the grain.

Thanks for posting it.

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Beautiful Zebrawood. Have you ever considered making the foot a smaller diameter and not as deep? Sometimes that allows for a more fluid form. Nice job and thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Do you get a good deal on the blanks or what is the cost usually around of a blank like this? I’m guessing $30-$50….$70 seems expensive to normal people, but i think any LJ would agree that they’re getting a steal! What do others think? Glad you been selling them though Drew, after building up an online following you’ll definitely be unstoppable then…

Chris: I’ve only managed to sell 2 so far, and they were cheap 4” ones. IIRC it was around $18-20 for the blank. I recently upped all my prices after a number of people suggested I do so. The logic being if it’s inexpensive people will just look at it like an everyday item. If it’s expensive, it must be an object d’art.
Raising prices certainly hasn’t hurt sales: they weren’t selling before, and they aren’t selling now :D

trifern: I’m still very much figuring all this out. I’ve made some with a smaller foot, but on the wide bowls I figured it needed a wider foot for stability. Finishing the foot is one area I still need to improve. I’m hoping Santa will bring me a set of Jumbo Jaws so I can finish bottoms without the tailstock.

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