Natural Edge Bowls

A day at the coal face turning outside shape of 27 natural edge bowls. Galleries are needing bowls for Christmas holidays. Thought I'd fossick through my burl bins finding burls I've had for over 5 years. Forgot I even had some of these, salmon gum, yorkgum, rib fruited mallee, red morel & jarrah. So with an initial whiz past the bandsaw then onto the lathe I've got 1 gallery nearly covered.  Just 4 more piles like this and I'll be at the end of the week.

Kalgoorlie

GSTIG (Goldfields Specialty Timber Industry Group Inc) invited me to demonstrate a 2 day workshop out here in Kalgoorlie at John Paul College. What a group these guys are....Ian and Baden really look after you and those specially made sausages at lunch are great. 
All will be  turning a vase then embellishing the outside. I'm trying to push a few in the group that have been turning for quite a while and clearly need some encouragement to take the next step....so boys the inside of the vase will be nice and even. We had a few malfunctions yesterday with 4 vases departing their lathes, but nice to see these guys back again today to try again. 
Just love goldfields timber and will organise to freight different boards back to the coast to use in special projects

JAM Factory Adelaide

Visited JAM Factory in Adelaide to catch up with a friend who now works and creates furniture in the studio. Also was asked to speak and present a power point for other disciplines eg glass, ceramics, jewellery and metal sculptures. 
Oh and the wife supported the retail space......supporting other artists she calls it.
What a wonderful space 

Adelaide

Spent the weekend in Adelaide demonstrating for 2 days, hope everyone went away armed with inspiration to embellish and carve their next piece. 
Enjoyed the time there.........thanks