Star

I did not realize you could bleach walnut wood like that. It has a really cool look to it. My mother in particular loves 5-point stars, though the more fat looking kind. She’d love this. Nice work!

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

You always do something unique an beautiful Joe.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I love it! The possibilities are endless!

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

I just found your recent vessel and looked through the backlog of your projects.

Only once in a great while, maybe once every ten years I run into something that just stuns me and impresses me beyond belief. I know that sounds like so much hyperbole but your work fits that description. Just incredible. I could look at your work for days and days. Incredible depth and clarity.

Great great job!

-- Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Love the grain in the Walnut , but I’m wondering how you were able to bleach it and maintain the star shape without it running amuck .

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Joe, another woderful turning. It is always good to try something new and the finish on this piece is really eyecatching.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Very nice. The star just adds to the beauty.

it’s a beautiful piece.
looks like a lazy starfish has made the top of your vessel his new home!
love the grain and color of the walnut shown here.

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

Don’t you ever turn out any ugly looking ones?
Sales must be good or you must have a REALLY big display cabinet!

Beautiful work!

-- Eric

always very nice thanks for shairing

-- gagewestern

Major cool! I hope you have set up a classroom to start teaching! A really nice piece!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

A star for sure!
Wow, you keep hitting them out of the park!
I see a rising star…................................

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Very cool looking , nice work !!

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Great work nice turning keep it up

-- peruturner,lima peru

its really a beautiful piece…i like the bleaching of the walnut..its kinda hard imagining it being so small….but very good job.

-- The Grizzone

And again your thinking outside the box. Interesting idea bleaching out patterns. How did you do it?

-- Keith, Bolingbrook, Illinois. How did you do that? I just started with a bunch of wood and cut away anything that's not part of the finished piece...

Thanks for all the feedback. I brushed on a two part wood bleach.

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

You keep raising your own bar Joe, just like you say at the bottom of your posts ” My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one. You have held true to that statement. I believe you will succeed and continue that decree. As usual beautiful. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Great to see new things from you, looks great.

-- Dan Wiggins