Yesterday I took a pile of scrap plywood (thus the many resultant tonal stripes, three per layer) that I had lying around and cut it up into six inch squares, then stacked it five or six high, held together with glue, and then left it clamped overnight to cure. Today I took that stack and bolted it to the faceplate of my little lathe. I wasn’t sure whether it would survive the process of rounding it, but it did, and I had lots of fun grinding it down into a bulbous fat-walled bowl. Actually, fun isn’t quite the right word — I find it very relaxing grinding away the wood to reveal the object that’s hidden inside, and there’s something… I don’t know… “honest” about it. To finish, after sanding it smooth I stained it and glued some felt-like fabric to the bottom. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
Nefarious and I also did another very cool project this weekend, but that’s in the fridge hardening right now so check back tomorrow. Other than that, we’ve started reading the first book in Joseph Delaney‘s Wardstone Chronicles, “The Last Apprentice (Revenge of the Witch)”. I was worried because it’s on the horror end of the fantasy genre and I thought it might be nightmare fuel, but she’s loving it, and so far I have not suffered any 3AM wake-ups. Fingers crossed. Oh, and Caitlin biked to a yard sale this morning hosted by a friend of hers that’s moving to Thailand to dedicate herself to fighting. She returned with a big Ikea lamp that’s flooding the room with a wonderful warm glow.
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Did Caitlin ride her bike back with the big Ikea lamp? I choose to imagine she did :-)
She did, yes. I *think* it collapsed into a form that was not too reckless.
The bowl turned out amazingly well. Thanks so much for posting it.
Holy crap it’s more awesome even than the carved wooden cutlery. Love it! Knife handles using the same principle would also be cool. Maybe you could play with staining the seperate pieces? I bought Chris a dagger that was beautiful and had multiple layers of stained wood. I’m so unoriginal, I know but it looked so cool. Got lost in the backseat of our first car… *wink,nudge*
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