Last year this time I started on a slippery slope making some tree ornaments on the used Jet lathe I picked up on a good deal with some other equipment. Well now a year later, I'm running out of room on the breakfront for bowls so I decided to give some as presents to family and friends. So these are ~12" bowls from spalted elm finished with shellic or Waterlox and then Beall polished. Presented with sprigs of Xmas tree greens, holly and a candy cane inside. Smooth as a baby's bottom with some nice spalting lines.
So now the question .... do I have idiots for friends and family or do people say things like this to you also?
"Is it microwaveable?" "Is it dish washer safe?" "Can I wash it in hot soapy water?" "Will (various foods) hurt it?" (all comments by different recipients)
Do I have all practical utilitarian friends and family who don't see any artistic display value (these were really nice bowl forms with nice finish ...REALLY :) ) or do you get comments like these also? The only other bowls I've given out, were to people who gave me the wood and got some of their tree back in return. They seemd to view them as a display item.
Jerry