Maple Vase

This is my very first successful turning of a piece of maple that's been in the shop for quite some time now. I tried turning other pieces with it, but the rotting / spalting of it was so bad that it was hard NOT to ruin a piece. I'm so proud of this piece, with it's red streaks & knots, It's going to be hard to see this one go, should someone buy it. Also going to be hard to price, as I just love it so much...How can you price that?! Anyways, it measures 6" tall X 3 1/2" in diameter. All comments welcome (as usual).

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Bertminator

Registered: October 2006
Location: Manitoba, CANADA
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Date: Mon February 15, 2010
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Robert Greene

Bob

Beautiful wood. Beautiful work. Don't sell it...
Bob

#1 Mon February 15, 2010 6:32pm

Frank Van Atta

Beautiful work and beautiful wood. Looks like Box Elder.

Pricing is easy: just keep adding dollars until you get to the point where you'd rather have the money than the vase . . . that'd be your minimum selling price.

#2 Mon February 15, 2010 7:35pm

Don Leydens

Don Leydens

Beautiful work, Bert! I'm with the other guys, if you can possibly afford not to sell it - don't. It means something special to you and the moment it sells will never mean as much as having a piece you're so proud of.
Don L.

#3 Mon February 15, 2010 11:47pm

Brendan McAreavy

Great work Bert. If you want to keep it, keep it.

#4 Tue February 16, 2010 12:14am

Makepeace

Leo Makepeace

Love it Bert,
Start at 10k. if it sells yippee, if not then yippee

Ruining lots of good wood to get a few average bits.

#5 Wed February 17, 2010 1:50am

Bertminator

It's been 11 years since I posted this piece. I still have it, however the red streaks are no longer red. I suppose over time once it totally dries up, it just becomes brown.

If you want to view some of my woodturning videos, you can go to my Youtube Channel here https://www.youtube.com/@Bertminator/videos

#6 Fri December 3, 2021 9:32pm