Friday, December 13, 2019

Bowls Turned from a Rhodes Tree


I made this series of 10 bowls using Magnolia 
harvested from a tree near Burrow Hall  
on the Rhodes college campus.

Each bowl has the above statement printed on the bottom.

(click on the photos to enlarge)


The bowls have multi coatings of General Finishes Milk Paint
followed by a dark glaze  
and for durability two or more topcoats 
of clear General Finishes High Performance.



The bowls range in size from 11 to 14 inches in diameter.




The rims were left as natural wood.











This bowl features an all-over pattern of pyrography lines.



This large open vessel features
pyrography spirals on the rim and 
along the wood's grain lines on the exterior.


Detail of spirals.

(finished much the same as the red beaded bowls)