Woodturning - June, 2008

With Ann away from home for the weekend with her sister and nieces in Swain County, NC, I spent some time on the lathe. This first bowl is made from a piece of wood brought back from Ecuador by a friend, Ron Bartlett. He cut it off a roof truss in a building that was being torn down. The Ecuadorian name of the wood is Colorado, which means simply "Red."

The second bowl is an attempt to duplicate an earlier bowl, requested by daughter-in-law Barbara. It's made from South American purple heart, sandwiching black walnut and poplar.