Plum bowl

A bowl from a green plum tree that was in my neighbor's yard where I grew up. They cut it down a few months ago (after I stepped in about 100 plums over the years).

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Ryan Jackson

Registered: July 2010
Posts: 19

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Date: Mon July 26, 2010
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Keywords: plum bowl

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David Seaba

Very Nice Ryan!! I like the color.I've turned a little plum. I made a Duck Call out of some and some pens

#1 Mon July 26, 2010 10:50pm

Ryan Jackson

Thanks David! Very odd colors in this piece, as you noticed. I wish I could get more of it!

#2 Mon July 26, 2010 11:00pm

Don Leydens

Don Leydens

What a beautiful bowl. Great wood and great turning skills.
Don L.

#3 Tue July 27, 2010 12:49am

JimQuarles

Nice. Size?

#4 Tue July 27, 2010 1:01am

Ryan Jackson

Thanks guys. The size is 6 1/2" diameter, 3/32" thick. As green as it was I wanted it thin to let it warp a lot.

#5 Tue July 27, 2010 1:13am

Robert_Harper

Plum is wonderful wood. I've turned some old, semi rotted plum that looks fantastic. I'd love to turn some green plum too but I can't bring myself to cutting down a tree that I'm still enjoying the fruit from.

Sometimes letting them warp makes the pieces more interesting. I love to both turn to final green and let it go wild and turn blanks, dry, and finish symmetrical. They all have their place.

Live long, love lots, and turn fast.

#6 Tue July 27, 2010 1:22pm

Brad_Mortensen

Looks very nice.
Every piece of plum I have turned has cracked and split on me, even though I love to turn it and think it is beautiful wood, mainly because of the colors.
Good luck on yours it is really beautiful.
Brad

#7 Wed July 28, 2010 3:37pm