I recently finished turning these 4 Heavenly Angels from plan by Nick Cook in AAW Turning Holiday Ornaments project book. Linda painted them.  They were a challenge to turn because  I needed to use a small chisel on the lathe because it was held onto the lathe by the skirt of the angel alone.  Gary Bingham

Made three new bowls.  Two are made of walnut and one is made of cherry woods.

New Type Painting of Bowls
I just finished these three bowls with the specific purpose of doing a unusual decoration and painting.  I dripped acrylic paint on shaving cream and rolled the  bowls on the cream.  After the paint had briefly dried, I washed off the shaving cream.  This did not work out as well as I saw it in YouTube.  Also, I was suppose to do this process on wood that had not been hollowed.  Unfortunately the wood cracked.  I filled the cracks with a combination acrylic paint and epoxy.  Linda likes them and I do not.  So much for new techniques. 

I just finished turning, sanding, painting these three bowls. The two in the back are made of silver maple using milk paint to color them. The one in front is box elder. Gary

Four New Bowls: Carob, Acacia, Camphor by Gary

My roughed turned Acacia bowl blew apart on the lathe today. I have four other bowls whose tung oil finish is drying as a final step. Gary

Finished turning 50 beads.  Linda will make them into ornaments to be hung.