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Popular, 2.25"x3.5", 02/2005, Not for Sale

When you are learning to hollow vases (aka hollow forms) you should start small and work thru a big hole. Not bad for my 1st try at hollowing.

Popular, 2.5"x3", 02/2005, Not For Sale

The shape of the vase is getting better. But the rim still needs work.

Early Vase, Popular, 3"x5", 2005, Not for Sale

An example of any vase where the rim is to straight up and down.

Also about half way up the vase there is a faint line around the rim. This is because the vase is paper thin at that point. Early on I had trouble figuring out were I was inside of the piece when hollowing out a vase. When I got it wrong I went thru the side and ended up with firewood. This one is almost firewood.

Low Vase, Elm, 3.25"x5", 2006, Not for Sale

Here is another unsuccesful attempt at getting the rim right. The shape of the rim is better but it is a little to small in relation to the rest of the vase and the rim is to thin.

Bloated Vase, Mahogany, 3.25"x4.75", 03/2006, Not for Sale

Another vase where the wood is nice but my shape and rim suck.

I really got the bulbous shape wrong on this one. Should not cut back in so much at the bottom. The rim is to straight up and down.

Bloodwood, 1.75"x3", 2006, Not for Sale

I had a small chunk of Bloodwood around that I wanted to try. I love the color but the wood was to small and hard for my early hollowing attempts.

The shape sucks. The bulbous shape does not flow into the rim.

Elm, Unfinished, 2.25"x3", 08/2006, Not for Sale

Unfinished. I explored some interesting ideas here. Someday I need to go back to idea and work on it some more.