Drift

Joe: That’s another great vessel. Nice job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

This is gorgeous! Where do you score all this incredible wood?!

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

Joe as always a wonderful creation with outstanding wood

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Really interesting wood. Looks like the remnants from a seismograph needle.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

The spalting on this piece is incredible. Very nice piece. Can the spalted wood be dyed or is it better to leave natural? I turned a small vase out of spalted silver maple ( I still haven’t the courage to hollow it out yet) and I am not sure if I would lose the the spalting with dye. Thanks for any advice you can share.

Thanks for the feedback.

Loucarb, you can view a dyed spalted maple piece here:

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/16852

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

Thanks Trifern. I think I like the natural look a little better, but I will try some different colors on some scrap stuff to see if i like it better. Thanks again. Lou

Joe, Another great piece. I’m like Christopher, where do you score all this incedible wood. It’s awesome! BTW, how did you do at the last show you did? I’m sure you where a hit.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Ho hum; just another great piece! ;-)
Your work is truly inspiring Joe. Thanks for posting.

-- Gary, Florida

What an incredible pattern in the spalting! I love the shape of the turning too. Great stuff!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Another beautiful job….I realy like the coloration and the finish on this one….You keep improving perfection…

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Thanks for all the comments. I must confess though, the majority of the spalting and brown shading were applied with Prismacolor markers and pencils. I wanted to see if anyone would detect my added coloration. This was created for the people who prefer “natural” wood with no added color.

John, the show went well. I received 1st place in the juried portion.

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

You are so ho hum about it Joe, you should be like “Gold, I just struck Gold” then do the happy dance. You know the one Humphrey Bogart and that old guy did in the “Treasure of the Sierra Medrra.” I know you have just won too many awards now and it’s old hat to you. What’s another 1,000.000.000 dollars. Right? I’d give my right testicle, if I had one, for one juried award. I have T envy. LOL Hope you can take my sick humor. luv ya babe. mike. Nice vase.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

I was wondering what you meant by “enhanced spalted hackberry” Then I read the comments. Great job on the “enhancing” It all looks natural to me.

Your turnings are allways so special. It is nice to see a “natural” wood one. Fantastic job, as allways.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Another beautiful turning. How the spalting got there isn’t so important, it looks great. You are a true artist. Congratulations on your, I’m sure, well deserved first place at the show.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Another beautiful piece Joe.

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Beautiful project really like the wood

Thanks for all the feedback. I appreciate them all.

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

Very unusual pattern Joe. Great work.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python