Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-4, страница 17
^ mmmm-_ Bringing an Edge to your Bowls By Betty Scarpino A variety of rim designs can be achieved with a bit of imagination, paint, carving and bleach. A few items from my arsenal of rim decorators are shown above. Designs can be applied to small, medium or large bowls. istent, flowing from a carved surface into the body of the bowl. There are no rules, although some folks insist on applying the golden mean. I figure, if it looks good, it looks good. Whatever you do, make it look like you meant to make your rim the way you made it! When you select the wood for a bowl, take into consideration the type of rim you want to make. For instance, if you're going to paint and carve a rim, then you might want to select a fine-grained, easy-to-carve wood rather than something like curly maple. On the other hand, curly maple bowls with painted, carved rims can be lovely if you pay attention to the wood's grain. The wood I'm using in the photos on page 28 is Queensland silver ash: Queensland, as in Australia, from when I visited three years ago. In my first column for the Journal, I discussed the three parts of a bowl: the rim, the body and the base. Most experienced woodturners give attention to how they create each of these aspects of their bowls, but I've found that many beginners don't. In particular, they fail to give much attention to the rim — then ask me why their bowls don't seem to stand out in a crowd. The rim of a bowl is as important, or perhaps even more important, than the rest of the bowl. An embellished rim will command attention, even if you're using plain-grained wood. In fact, plain-grained wood is an ideal candidate for embellishing. There are an incredible variety of ways and methods to embellish the rim of a bowl: carving, turning beads and grooves, applying texture, paint and other materials. The techniques I'll cover here are relatively straightforward so that even a beginner can jazz up a bowl! Size of the Rim and Wood Species The rim of a bowl can be any size in relation to the body of the bowl, from very narrow to many times the diameter of the body. Or for that matter, it can be almost nonex- 26 Subscribe now at www.woodworkersjournal.com/digitaledition August 2008 Woodworker's Journal |
