I had a few hours to wind down today and thought I'd go out and just do something off the wall, just grab a piece of wood, no plans, just wing it, and see what where it takes me. 
This is what I came up with, it is simple, but I had fun.
It started with a piece of wood, some wood leftover from the rocker I am building.

Then it went to the band saw, and I knocked the sides flat with my #4 smoother, and trued it up with my #8 jointer.

And a nice simple little piece of wood appeared, it was fun.

A coat of BLO,

The bottom

And now the really cool part, my wife has been experimenting with pottery lately, taking classes etc.  I love her work, she is so talented.  So while I had the plate/bowl sitting on it's own, she brought in her pottery bowl that she turned on the wheel a few weeks ago in class.  And set it on my lil creation, and the magic happened, what a cool combination.

 

 

Thanks for looking, sometimes it's just fun winging it, no plans, just a piece of wood and a simple goal of just having fun.

That is way too cool. You may be on to something.

I can't do that I am to OCD. I have to make a plan and a list and all that stuff before I seem to be able to do anything.

The bowl is super nice.

John

Thanks guys for your comments, I am glad you can relate Steve. John, OCD, I am the same way, that is why I have a hard time following plans! So we just handle our OCD differently

Guys, I am sorry for bringing these oldies back up to the top, but some of them are really fun and inspirational, this is a cool little project you can do if you don't have a lathe, and you really get the hankerin to make a bowl, of some sort.

Classics never go out of style, John. May I ask how you hollowed the bowl?

John

Edited February 10, 20179 yr by HARO50

Just now, HARO50 said:

Classics never go out of style, John. May I ash how you hollowed the bowl?

John

You bet, right angle grinder and a whole lot of sanding!

I still have this today, sitting in our family room, with the same bowl in it!

Hey Haro, I just remembered, I used the same wheel I was using to dish out my chair seats for my rockers at the time. The company is called Kutzall, I was using the dish wheel.

Very nice. The two pieces go perfect together.

Hey would make a cool chip & dip with the dip in a small bowl beside the first. I do have lathes but also have 2 sizes of Arbortech which would make this a cake walk. Now if only someone in family liked pottery making.

No need to apologize John...all is new to me...Your creativity and piece is very nice, BUT gotta tell ya' your wife's bowl is what made it...

The bowl colors after fired are spectacular...I love the color contrasts...your fun creation just enhanced her creativity even more.

I hope she has stayed with her pottery work...most excellent.

I don't care how old it is.  It is still over the top cool.  I like it.

most excellent mind's eye to reality....

On 2/9/2017 at 9:44 PM, John Morris said:

Hey Haro, I just remembered, I used the same wheel I was using to dish out my chair seats for my rockers at the time. The company is called Kutzall, I was using the dish wheel.

John, what grit was the disk you used for this. I see the Kutzall disks are available in fine, medium course and very course. Would you recommend using various grits.

Just now, It Was Al B said:

John, what grit was the disk you used for this. I see the Kutzall disks are available in fine, medium course and very course. Would you recommend using various grits.

Hey Al, I used the Med Course, for just regular shaping of wood that is all you'd need, and you can finish it up starting with 60 grit and work your way through the grits.

23 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

No need to apologize John...all is new to me...Your creativity and piece is very nice, BUT gotta tell ya' your wife's bowl is what made it...

The bowl colors after fired are spectacular...I love the color contrasts...your fun creation just enhanced her creativity even more.

I hope she has stayed with her pottery work...most excellent.

Her bowl did make it! Without it, well, it's just a chunk of wood with a divett. Sadly she does not create pottery items anymore, she came down with some bad arthritis in her hands the past few years, and she cannot stand the force of a clay and trying to manipulate it. She is an artist though, she has not given up on her creativity, she loves water color and she is quite good! Now, how do I incorporate her water colors into a wood project?

Thanks John. I may give this tool a try.

On 2/9/2017 at 7:47 PM, Gerald said:

Hey would make a cool chip & dip with the dip in a small bowl beside the first. I do have lathes but also have 2 sizes of Arbortech which would make this a cake walk. Now if only someone in family liked pottery making.

The Arbortechs are the ticket Gerald! Nice tools. Chips and dip, heck ya!

2 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Now, how do I incorporate her water colors into a wood project?

Sorry to hear about her arthritis John...pretty young to be afflicted...I can empathize for sure...

As for incorporating her water colors, @Smallpatch can give you some pointers I bet...not only from his own projects but from some of his wife's stained glass work too. Many similarities. 

Just now, Grandpadave52 said:

Sorry to hear about her arthritis John...pretty young to be afflicted...I can empathize for sure...

As for incorporating her water colors, @Smallpatch can give you some pointers I bet...not only from his own projects but from some of his wife's stained glass work too. Many similarities. 

Great idea Gramps! Thanks for the reminder we have that talent here already. I'll look up Jess for sure.

Yep, the whole arthritis stuff runs deep in the women of her side of the family. She was also recently diagnosed with the beginning stages of Glaucoma, docs say not to worry too much right now, she has many years of sight left, but someday we will have to deal with that too, unless by that time they find a cure, sheesh. I really have had to watch my own health since that diagnosis, I am already planning for the worse, and I have started to take care of myself better, increasing the chances I'll live as long as my wife does, so I can take care of her during those challenging years.

She's a real trooper. Hard working mom, to the end, and my buddy for life.