Thank You Gary, Thank You Phil at Shady Acres Woodshop.... Gary I had no idea what your plans were for this piece of Olive wood and it was so much fun watching your turning. All the while trying to figure out "what was Gary going to make?" Always enjoy & look forward to your adventures. HA, Gary, at 6:39 you stopped to make some coffee & I also stopped to some MORE coffee, OH YEA!!!! .. Gary that Olive wood sure comes alive with finish!!! .. I like the glass insert but I also like the looks of the piece with that rounded top. .. Beautiful turning this morning Gary and until next time..........TM
Thanks so much TM. I have to admit for almost a year I was not sure what I was going to make out of it. I know I did not want to ruin it after almost doing just that. I decide which end I I wanted to keep and just went with that. It was sure a lot of fun to do. Take care my friend, Gary
Good afternoon, Gary. I did like your video. Olive wood is a gorgeous wood to work with. Excellent job with the vase and the design change. You and Phil have been two of my favorite woodturners. All the best to you.
Excellent instructional sense, Gary! Your descriptive powers are vivid followed by clear modeling of the technique. After watching many turning videos, I'm persuaded that few (probably none) turners are more effective. You definitely are my "go to" turning mentor.
It does not get much better than that, Gary. That is a stupendous looking piece of Olive wood! I love that inclusion that you left intact. It really is a game changer for that piece. Great video, my friend. Really enjoyed this one. Thanks for sharing! All the best, …..Gord
Thank you very much Gord. Hard to mess up Olive wood but I tried a year ago. I was going to make a globe out of it but decided that was not a good idea. Sure happy I figured out a way to save it. Take care my friend, Gary
Thank you very much Wes! I still have one very nice piece that I have been saving. I see it sitting there and have not forgot about it. Just waiting for the right time. Take care, Gary
Olive wood is on my list to turn. I have a good sized piece from Jerusalem. I have been saving it for something special. This turning is gorgeous! That would be a great piece done with silk flowers too.
Thank you so much Todd. I am sure my wife will find some very nice flowers to put in it. As it was these were the last four still growing. Wow my dream is to get a nice piece from Jerusalem. Thanks for watching, Gary
That is so beautiful. My possibly new favorite wood is olive wood. I like the laser work. I have loved cherry wood best for years. Olive wood is climbing up past everything else.
Beautiful vase! I like the shape so much better after the design change...more elegant and graceful. Good call there! Just spray paint that plastic bottle black and it's a perfect insert. Always a pleasure to watch you work.
Thank you Leigh. We have lots of spice bottles and I save them when empty just for uses like this. Some are glass and some plastic. Happy you enjoyed the video, Gary
Olive is one of my favorite woods to look at. But hard and brittle. I don't turn. But have used it. It also responds very well to oil finishes. This piece is lovely, brings out your eye for form as well as the wood's grain and features.
That Olive was in good hands with you at the gouge, Gary! Very nice design, especially taking into account the bark inclusions and natural areas. Those were a must save for sure! It was fun to hear the excitement in your voice as you revealed the beautiful grain this piece had to offer. Then when you applied the sanding sealer, oh my! Just an excellent turning and video and, oh yeah, great use of the laser, too! Very cool! Great job, my friend, keep'em coming! 😊 Phil
Thanks Phil I like it a lot. Especially the bark inclusions. But I treasure the day you gave me this beautiful piece of wood. Thanks again my friend, Gary
Beautiful vase, that olive wood sure is lovely! Your laser did a great job with your name and the other engravings you put on the bottom! Well done and thanks! Cheers Al
Thank you Denise, Olive wood is spectacular looking for sure. It was a wonderful surprise to get the Olive that Phil gave me. And I still have one whole piece and some smaller ones I cut from the piece I made this one from. Thanks for watching, Gary
That is the first of your videos I have watched and like you I am a lover of olive wood especially when it has lots of natural defects.Nice finished piece 👏👌 thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much Peter and I appreciate you watching. I do have a few other videos where I turned Olive from this same batch. Thanks for watching, Gary
...this is one gorgeous piece...very well done! Olive wood is one of my favorite woods, second only to Hawaiian Koa...curly Koa especially...but the grain and features in this piece are just beautiful!!!...👍
Thank you very much. I have 2 nice pieces of Koa and one is curly. The are both boards but I will do something with them. A friend had some sent to me from Hawaii and I did make two segmented turnings out of some of it. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank you Ken. It was a tough call as the glass I did have was too tall and I did not want that for sure. But I think you are right if it was the right glass it might look good looking through the window. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank you very much. I was not happy with myself when I choose not to use it for what I had planned and just waiting for the right thing to make. I know I wanted to keep a lot of those features. I am happy with how it turned out. Thanks for watching, Gary
Hi Gary, how are you, it was good to see you again, take care and stay safe, I hope you and your family have a really good merry Christmas and a really truly wonderful new year x
Thank you Maria. I have another piece where there will be a lot of nature left in it. Not sure how much it will be liked but it will be interesting. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank you Huw. It as very generous of Phil to give me the Olive Wood. The LaserPecker 2 was so easy to setup and engrave the bottom I just had to do it. Take care my friend, Gary
Good am Sir & beautiful turning… I am one of Your, Phil Anderson’s & Turn A Wood Bowl youtube channels. Im an American wood turner retired in the mountains of the Philippines. I have never seen a laser signature before & am interested to learn more from you Sir. Can you make a video just on how you chose & how you use your laser?
Thank you very much. I have made a couple of videos on using a laser if you go to my channel you can find them easy. They are very recent. www.youtube.com/@ThePapa1947
That's great, Gary. Olive wood is so beautiful and when you put the finish on, the grain really pops. I remember when Phil had you in his shop (his special guest). Bill
Thank you Bill. Yes Olive is one of the nicest for sure. And my wife really loves Olive wood as well. That was a very special day up there at Shady Acres. Thanks for watching, Gary
Love the natural look. It could not be matched by a painting artist. You use a Forstner bit to bore holes. Would it not be faster and cheaper to use a spade bit? Have a great day?
Thank you very much. I think the fact the spade bit only has to cutting edges it would not work so well. Not only not with the cutting but it would be very jerky when each blade hit the wood. Thanks for watching, Gary
You sir, are an artist! When you started the turning and decided to leave the bark inclusion intact, I wondered why. I didn't think it would look good. But you had the vision to see the final vessel and I'm glad you did. That feature makes the piece POP!! Thanks so much for sharing. I'll think twice before getting rid of imperfections and inclusions from now on. They can certainly make a piece much more interesting. 👍🏾
Thank you very much Greg for your kind words. They are much appreciated. There are some things I strive to make perfect but nature in itself is perfect and gives us lots of chances to keep it. Take care, Gary
I wish I could say but in 2006 I lost almost all of my sense of smell. I have a little every now and then. But it needs to be very strong. Thanks for watching, Gary
You and Phil are becoming a double act! Great to hear you both specking so passionately about grain, inclusions, cracks etc. Nature does most of the artwork all my herself, all we do is help reveal it. Have you git a vid on your laser engraver?
Thank you Ray. For sure nature gives us a lot to work with. Just need to know when to stop to avoid turning it all away . I have a few videos on the laser engravers. Just look through the last few months of my videos for them. Thanks for watching, Gary
Thank you very much Peter. I just finished something today you will see in a few weeks. Wow did I have to think hard on what to do with this one. I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching. Gary
That was a great performance, Gary. Simply making great calls at the right times. But, I was thinking, sometimes turning is a bit like fishing. You can prepare everything in your control, but not always know what's under the surface. In this case it was even more beautiful figure. I really appreciate how great both finish areas look, the majority turned and the live edges. Reminds me of an inversion of Phil's, whose often have more live edge. And about him and all of you RUclipsr friends, you make this feel more connected as a community when you mention each other and share materials or ideas in your videos. So, thanks for that. :)
Thank you very much Jay. As a fisherman I like your comparison. I have spent hours on the river not knowing if there was anything in the water or hiding behind a rock. Salmon and steelhead are good for that. Like wood turning those hidden things are a real joy when they happen. Thanks for watching, Gary
Outstanding! Olivewood is some of the most beautiful in the world, and you coaxed this small piece to its full potential. Thanks for saving the bark inclusions which add so much character!
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You and Phil saved this and let this wonderful tree live on!
Thank you Michael. It would be a shame to have seen this wood get burned. But I am sure a lot of it does end up as firewood.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Thank You Gary, Thank You Phil at Shady Acres Woodshop.... Gary I had no idea what your plans were for this piece of Olive wood and it was so much fun watching your turning. All the while trying to figure out "what was Gary going to make?" Always enjoy & look forward to your adventures. HA, Gary, at 6:39 you stopped to make some coffee & I also stopped to some MORE coffee, OH YEA!!!! .. Gary that Olive wood sure comes alive with finish!!! .. I like the glass insert but I also like the looks of the piece with that rounded top. .. Beautiful turning this morning Gary and until next time..........TM
Thanks so much TM. I have to admit for almost a year I was not sure what I was going to make out of it. I know I did not want to ruin it after almost doing just that. I decide which end I I wanted to keep and just went with that.
It was sure a lot of fun to do.
Take care my friend,
Gary
This olive wood vase turned out beautifully. I love the dark, rotten spots that you have turned into a sea of imagination! I truly love your work!
Thank you Mary. I really appreciate your comments and thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful vase Papa! I still love watching you work. Thank you
Thank you very much Barry. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
Garry, your good buddy Phil gave you some nice wood my friend it turned our really lovely well done
Thank you Alan and he sure did. Olive wood is one of the prettiest we get to work with.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
What a lovely vase! Such grain! Such character! Well done, and thank you!
Thank you Stephanie and thanks for watching.
Gary
Good afternoon, Gary.
I did like your video. Olive wood is a gorgeous wood to work with. Excellent job with the vase and the design change. You and Phil have been two of my favorite woodturners. All the best to you.
Thank you very much Ray. For sure Phil has been one of mine as well.
Take care my friend,
Gary
Very nice like the look of olive wood nice colors
Thank you Chris and thanks for watching.
Gary
Excellent instructional sense, Gary! Your descriptive powers are vivid followed by clear modeling of the technique. After watching many turning videos, I'm persuaded that few (probably none) turners are more effective. You definitely are my "go to" turning mentor.
Thank you Donald that is very kind of your. Just showing how I do it and happy you enjoyed it.
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful vase, Gary. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Thank you Crystal and thanks for watching.
Gary
It does not get much better than that, Gary. That is a stupendous looking piece of Olive wood! I love that inclusion that you left intact. It really is a game changer for that piece. Great video, my friend. Really enjoyed this one. Thanks for sharing!
All the best,
…..Gord
Thank you very much Gord. Hard to mess up Olive wood but I tried a year ago. I was going to make a globe out of it but decided that was not a good idea. Sure happy I figured out a way to save it.
Take care my friend,
Gary
Great job Gary, beautiful piece.
Thanks to Phil for giving you that awesome piece of wood.
Wes @ Piedra Designs
Thank you very much Wes! I still have one very nice piece that I have been saving. I see it sitting there and have not forgot about it. Just waiting for the right time.
Take care,
Gary
Olive wood is on my list to turn. I have a good sized piece from Jerusalem. I have been saving it for something special.
This turning is gorgeous! That would be a great piece done with silk flowers too.
Thank you so much Todd. I am sure my wife will find some very nice flowers to put in it. As it was these were the last four still growing.
Wow my dream is to get a nice piece from Jerusalem.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
That does look good. Turning olive wood has such a pleasant smell. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Tim. I can not speak for the smell but the grain sure is nice.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@timrauscher3965 limited on my sense of smell here😞
That is so beautiful. My possibly new favorite wood is olive wood. I like the laser work. I have loved cherry wood best for years. Olive wood is climbing up past everything else.
Thank you Judith! Olive is one of the nicest woods we have to work with.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful vase! I like the shape so much better after the design change...more elegant and graceful. Good call there! Just spray paint that plastic bottle black and it's a perfect insert. Always a pleasure to watch you work.
Thank you Leigh. We have lots of spice bottles and I save them when empty just for uses like this. Some are glass and some plastic.
Happy you enjoyed the video,
Gary
Great design for the blank to show off the features of the wood!
Thank you very much Julian and thanks for watching.
Gary
What a lovely piece it turned out fabulous Gary.
Thank you Jane. It was a great piece of wood to work with.
Gary
Beautiful Piece Gary. Great call on your design. Olive wood is always beautiful.
Thank you Carl. Yes Olive would is so beautiful. And my wife loves it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Olive is one of my favorite woods to look at. But hard and brittle. I don't turn. But have used it. It also responds very well to oil finishes.
This piece is lovely, brings out your eye for form as well as the wood's grain and features.
This Olive is pretty hard but I turned a piece of African Olive and it was really nice to turn.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Another very fine piece Gary
Thanks for sharing
Many thanks Stan and thanks for watching,
Gary
I do like Olive wood, nice job Gary
Thank you Judith. It is a wonderful wood.
WOW gary that turned out beautiful.
Thank Manjit
That Olive was in good hands with you at the gouge, Gary! Very nice design, especially taking into account the bark inclusions and natural areas. Those were a must save for sure! It was fun to hear the excitement in your voice as you revealed the beautiful grain this piece had to offer. Then when you applied the sanding sealer, oh my! Just an excellent turning and video and, oh yeah, great use of the laser, too! Very cool! Great job, my friend, keep'em coming! 😊
Phil
Thanks Phil I like it a lot. Especially the bark inclusions.
But I treasure the day you gave me this beautiful piece of wood.
Thanks again my friend,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 It was a good day indeed!
Always doing it another way! Love it
Thank you very much Lewis. Happy you liked it.
Take care,
Gary
Very nice Gary. Another fantastic turning
Thank you very much Dave and thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful vase, that olive wood sure is lovely! Your laser did a great job with your name and the other engravings you put on the bottom! Well done and thanks!
Cheers Al
Thank you very much Al, I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
Beautiful…Phill would love it too.
Thank you Roger and I think he will as well.
Take care,
Gary
That came out very nice, Garry! Just lovely!
Thank you Billy! I am very happy with it.
Take care,
Gary
Nice job Gary. I really like the work-around to leave all of that inclusion. 😊❤👍
Thank you very much Dave, For sure it makes the piece for me.
Take care,
Gary
Very beautiful work Gary. Keep up the great work. Olive wood is so beautiful and you made it more so with your design.
Thanks so much Dean. Happy you like it and thanks for watching.
Gary
Nice work Gary 👏! It was really nice of Phil to give you that wood. I know olive wood is hard to get ahold of. Take care and GOD BLESS 🙏!
Thanks so much Stephen and yes it was a wonderful gift for sure.
Take care my friend,
Gary
Bonjour Gary ! Encore une magnifique réalisation avec du bois d'olivier dont le grain est splendide ! Congratulation ! Cordialement, Jean-Luc
Jean-Luc merci beaucoup. Je vous remercie de regarder et de commenter.
Gary
Awesome Gary the grain is amazing stay safe friend 👍👍👍👍
Thanks radar. Hard to beat Olive for come cool looking grain.
Take care,
Gary
That's a beautiful piece Gary, take care, John
Thank you John and thanks for watching.
Gary
Beautiful piece 😍 i just turned my first olive bowl and the grain is spectacular. Well done Phil for gifting you such a lovely bit of wood
Thank you Denise, Olive wood is spectacular looking for sure. It was a wonderful surprise to get the Olive that Phil gave me. And I still have one whole piece and some smaller ones I cut from the piece I made this one from.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful work, Gary! Thanks for sharing
Thank you Mauro! Happy you enjoyed it.
Gary
That is the first of your videos I have watched and like you I am a lover of olive wood especially when it has lots of natural defects.Nice finished piece 👏👌 thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much Peter and I appreciate you watching. I do have a few other videos where I turned Olive from this same batch.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful wood and very nicely shaped vase.
Thank you Travis and thanks for watching.
Gary
Nice turning olive wood 😊
Thanks so much Sagar and thanks for watching.
Gary
Gorgeous wood, a very pleasing-- and useful, too! --shape.... Very nice!
Thank you very much Dave. This would is very pretty but it is also very hard. But well worth it.
Take care my friend,
Gary
...this is one gorgeous piece...very well done!
Olive wood is one of my favorite woods, second only to Hawaiian Koa...curly Koa especially...but the grain and features in this piece are just beautiful!!!...👍
Thank you very much. I have 2 nice pieces of Koa and one is curly. The are both boards but I will do something with them. A friend had some sent to me from Hawaii and I did make two segmented turnings out of some of it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 ...did you vid those pieces and can I go back and find 'em?
I'm impressed by your thought process on this one. 👏
Thank you very my Allen I appreciate your comment.
Take care,
Gary
Nicely done! The window might have been interesting with the glass tube.
Thank you Ken. It was a tough call as the glass I did have was too tall and I did not want that for sure.
But I think you are right if it was the right glass it might look good looking through the window.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Love it Gary beautiful vase
Thank you Bobby. Olive wood is so amazing.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
The base is beautiful! I love the wood and your design is perfect. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Beverly and thanks for watching.
Gary
What a great piece! Fitting design given the source of the wood!
Thank you very much. I was not happy with myself when I choose not to use it for what I had planned and just waiting for the right thing to make. I know I wanted to keep a lot of those features. I am happy with how it turned out.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Olive is a really nice wood to turn. I bet you had to sharpen up a few times. Great job
Thank you Chris! Yes this piece is very hard and I did sharpen a couple times for sure.
Take care,
Gary
I do like how Olive wood looks.
Thank you. It is hard to top the beauty.
Season Greetings Papa , Hope you and the family had a great Thanksgiving. Blessings from our home to yours and to all your followers.. God Bless
Thank you very much James. I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving as well. God Bless!
Gary
Excellent!!!!! You can never go wrong with olive it’s a blessed tree:):) imho
All the best
Yiannis
Thank you Yiannis, yes I agree with you. Olive Wood is a very special wood.
Take care,
Gary
that is absulutly beutiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you very much Don!
Take care,
Gary
She's a real beauty. Great job, Gary. Many thanks to Phil.
Thank you very much. Happy you liked it.
Gary
Another beautiful piece of art!
Thank you very much Anna. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Take care,
Gary
Very nice vase! Love the inclusion and that grain is amazing!
Thank you very much. Hard to beat Olive wood,
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Gorgeous work and grain and too
Beautiful for pencils ✏️
Thank you Gaetan! That is a good option as well.
Take care,
Gary
Really nice! I van smell that wood from here, so good!
Thank you Chris, I have heard it smells pretty good. I know for sure Olive Wood sure has some nice grain.
Thanks for watching,
Garu
Character. Beautiful.
Thank you very much!
Beautiful wood, unique design and a lovely end result.
Thank you Pauline, happy you liked it.
Take care,
Gary
That is a stunning piece! Awesome work!
Thank you very much Jiggsy. It was lots of fun to make and my wife loves it.
Take care,
Gary
nice work great job bob ebgland
Thank you Bob!
That would have Made a cool gobler too... with a handle ...
That it would have James! Not sure it would have held my drink but it would have looked pretty cool.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Hi Gary, how are you, it was good to see you again, take care and stay safe, I hope you and your family have a really good merry Christmas and a really truly wonderful new year x
Thank you very much Sue. Well it is almost here for sure. Hope you have a very merry Christmas as well.
Gary
Looking good Gary!
Thank you very much and thanks for watching.
Take care,
Gary
That come out beautiful Gary and an excellent job turning it as well!!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up for the support of your channel
Thank you very much. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful. Great finish 👍
Thank you very much Robert and thanks for watching.
Gary
Very well done, ik love your way of turning
Thank you very much and thanks for watching.
Gary
Original et très jolie travail bravo Gary 👍👏👋
Denis merci beaucoup. Je vous remercie de regarder et de commenter.
Gary
Beautiful vase Gary I love the natural features that you left in it they just make you want to see what you can find next, great job!
Thank you Maria. I have another piece where there will be a lot of nature left in it. Not sure how much it will be liked but it will be interesting.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Olive wood is so beautiful and Mr. Gary it turned out stunning excellent job. Happy late Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Thank you very much Donald! Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving as well.
Gary
Nicely done.
Thank you very much Josephine!
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful!🌻
Thank you very much Linda and thanks for watching.
Gary
Absolutely beautiful Gary and thank you Phil for giving Gary this piece.
The LP 2 did a great job as well.
Take care my friend.
Cheers, Huw
Thank you Huw. It as very generous of Phil to give me the Olive Wood.
The LaserPecker 2 was so easy to setup and engrave the bottom I just had to do it.
Take care my friend,
Gary
Really pretty!
Thank you Karen!
This looks amazing Thank you for sharing
Thank you Jerry and thanks for watching.
Take care,
Gary
Lovelyt 💙💙💙💙💙💙
Thank you!
Beautiful 🤩
Thank you very much!
Beautiful!
Thank you very much Doug and thanks for watching.
Gary
Really Awesome!
Thank you very much Thomas!
That was a great turning. Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it Garth and thanks for watching.
Gary
Good am Sir & beautiful turning… I am one of Your, Phil Anderson’s & Turn A Wood Bowl youtube channels. Im an American wood turner retired in the mountains of the Philippines. I have never seen a laser signature before & am interested to learn more from you Sir. Can you make a video just on how you chose & how you use your laser?
Thank you very much. I have made a couple of videos on using a laser if you go to my channel you can find them easy. They are very recent.
www.youtube.com/@ThePapa1947
great job
Thank you Mark!
Very nice!
Thank you very much Bob!
super and love the grain.
Thank you very much Marge! And thanks for watching,
Gary
That's great, Gary. Olive wood is so beautiful and when you put the finish on, the grain really pops. I remember when Phil had you in his shop (his special guest).
Bill
Thank you Bill. Yes Olive is one of the nicest for sure. And my wife really loves Olive wood as well.
That was a very special day up there at Shady Acres.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Oh that's nice!
Thank you Stuart and thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful
Thank you very much Wayne!
Great
Thank you very much!
Love your work brother beautiful piece I’ve always loved olive wood
Thank you very much! Olive is a very special wood. Thanks for watching.
Gary
Love the natural look. It could not be matched by a painting artist. You use a Forstner bit to bore holes. Would it not be faster and cheaper to use a spade bit? Have a great day?
Thank you very much. I think the fact the spade bit only has to cutting edges it would not work so well. Not only not with the cutting but it would be very jerky when each blade hit the wood.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
How very nice!
Thank you very much Luie!
look great
Thank you Delbert!
gorgeous
Thanks Robert and thanks for watching.
Gary
Beautiful vase, Gary. Sometimes we just have to let the wood do the talking and you amplified it's voice.
Thank you very much Josh. Yes this piece spoke pretty loudly and I heard what it had to say.
Take care,
Gary
You sir, are an artist! When you started the turning and decided to leave the bark inclusion intact, I wondered why. I didn't think it would look good. But you had the vision to see the final vessel and I'm glad you did. That feature makes the piece POP!! Thanks so much for sharing. I'll think twice before getting rid of imperfections and inclusions from now on. They can certainly make a piece much more interesting. 👍🏾
Thank you very much Greg for your kind words. They are much appreciated. There are some things I strive to make perfect but nature in itself is perfect and gives us lots of chances to keep it.
Take care,
Gary
I turned a piece of olive wood & it made my shop smell of olives, wondered if yours smelt also.
I wish I could say but in 2006 I lost almost all of my sense of smell.
I have a little every now and then. But it needs to be very strong.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
You and Phil are becoming a double act! Great to hear you both specking so passionately about grain, inclusions, cracks etc. Nature does most of the artwork all my herself, all we do is help reveal it. Have you git a vid on your laser engraver?
Thank you Ray. For sure nature gives us a lot to work with. Just need to know when to stop to avoid turning it all away .
I have a few videos on the laser engravers. Just look through the last few months of my videos for them.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful piece, Gary! I appreciate you including your thoughts for the decisions you make. You and Phil have been great teachers! Thanks!!
Thank you very much Peter. I just finished something today you will see in a few weeks. Wow did I have to think hard on what to do with this one.
I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching.
Gary
That was a great performance, Gary. Simply making great calls at the right times. But, I was thinking, sometimes turning is a bit like fishing. You can prepare everything in your control, but not always know what's under the surface. In this case it was even more beautiful figure. I really appreciate how great both finish areas look, the majority turned and the live edges. Reminds me of an inversion of Phil's, whose often have more live edge.
And about him and all of you RUclipsr friends, you make this feel more connected as a community when you mention each other and share materials or ideas in your videos. So, thanks for that. :)
Thank you very much Jay. As a fisherman I like your comparison. I have spent hours on the river not knowing if there was anything in the water or hiding behind a rock. Salmon and steelhead are good for that. Like wood turning those hidden things are a real joy when they happen.
Thanks for watching, Gary
Outstanding! Olivewood is some of the most beautiful in the world, and you coaxed this small piece to its full potential. Thanks for saving the bark inclusions which add so much character!
Thank you Robert. I agree on the beauty of Olive Wood and happy you liked my turning.
Gary