BOWL TURNED FROM CANARYWOOD

This bowl, with its distinctive ogee profile, is my tribute to the fabulous English woodturner, Bert Marsh—one of the most influential figures in my own development as a turner. Marsh was the great master of the ogee profile (ogee is a term from medieval cathedral architecture), and I learned from studying his work just how subtle the curve is.

This bowl was turned from a flawless, and quite dramatic, piece of Canarywood, [Centrolobium spp., family Leguminosae]. It is a very beautiful and colorful turning wood from tropical America, Canarywood has a wide range of yellow to red hues (it takes its name from the yellow evident in this bowl.  It is an ideal turning wood and takes a great finish.

Technically, this is one of the very most successful pieces I’ve turned over the past 35 years. The ogee profile is precise in proportions; the walls of the bowl are turned to a delicate and consistent thickness; the foot is exactly what is required to lift the bowl; the finish is flawless.

I hope this might have pleased Bert.

5" dia x 2.5" high