Photos A Walk in Nature

Hi folks, forgive me for deviating from this thread a little.
I thought about posting elsewhere however this is directly related to our island adventure so I'll share it here with a bit of context.

I'd like to show you what I worked on today in my little woodturning shop.

I wanted to bring something that would remind us of the good time we had out in nature on that island.

As we were about to leave I noticed that there were a few logs leftover from our fire.

The rangers come once a day and refill a container with bags of hardwood. You take how many bags you need and leave a check/credit card info in a safe besides the wood.

And so it happens that a couple log were saved from the fire :)
( notice the green bags and the wood by the tree )

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And I brought them home.
This one had a lot of spalting going on :thumbsup:
I cut it in half and mounted it on the lathe.

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I was beyond happy with how things were "turning out" :) . The wood certainly had a lot of character :thumbsup:

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Just as I was about to take the piece off the lathe disaster struck.
As I was applying the final polish I cranked the rpm to high. This, made worse by the excessive pressure I was applying from the inside to buff the piece caused it to break and sent 1/3 of the bowl flying, hitting the back wall of my shop.

I was so very disappointed, my heart literally sank. This piece was coming out perfect and I wanted it to be that special memento of our adventure.

I took it off the lathe and glued the huge chunk that had broken off. Still there was a small piece missing. I searched in the pile of wood shavings on the floor but no luck.

So I mounted the other half of the log and started going at it again.

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Turning wood is almost meditative. As I turned the second bowl I decided to keep working on the first one and save it.

I was reminded of the Japanese art of "Kintsugi" where broken bowls are repaired with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. It is similar to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, an embracing of the flawed or imperfect

So here it is :)

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When I came inside and showed it to my wife and my daughters they all agreed that the "broken" one was the nicest and the one we should keep if I ever decided to give away one of them :)

It is is a lesson for me. No everything has to be perfect because actually nothin is ever perfect.

Our adventure was not perfect either, but it was a beautiful and memorable experience :)
 
CelloDan said:
Very cool my friend :cool: :thumbsup:

I am trying to guess in which pocket the lambsfoot wizard carries his special HHB … but there is too many :)
I'll play and say it's in the left top vest pocket … yes ?
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Thanks Dan, 22 pockets is perhaps excessive! :D Lambsfoot always goes in my right front leg pocket :thumbsup:

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(Left top vest pocket is my camera pocket ;) )

CelloDan said:
Hi folks, forgive me for deviating from this thread a little.
I thought about posting elsewhere however this is directly related to our island adventure so I'll share it here with a bit of context.

I'd like to show you what I worked on today in my little woodturning shop.

I wanted to bring something that would remind us of the good time we had out in nature on that island.

As we were about to leave I noticed that there were a few logs leftover from our fire.

The rangers come once a day and refill a container with bags of hardwood. You take how many bags you need and leave a check/credit card info in a safe besides the wood.

And so it happens that a couple log were saved from the fire :)
( notice the green bags and the wood by the tree )

1tgPZfH.jpg


And I brought them home.
This one had a lot of spalting going on :thumbsup:
I cut it in half and mounted it on the lathe.

8PQlZJ5.jpg

NY0afve.jpg


I was beyond happy with how things were "turning out" :) . The wood certainly had a lot of character :thumbsup:

NEX14rh.jpg


Just as I was about to take the piece off the lathe disaster struck.
As I was applying the final polish I cranked the rpm to high. This, made worse by the excessive pressure I was applying from the inside to buff the piece caused it to break and sent 1/3 of the bowl flying, hitting the back wall of my shop.

I was so very disappointed, my heart literally sank. This piece was coming out perfect and I wanted it to be that special memento of our adventure.

I took it off the lathe and glued the huge chunk that had broken off. Still there was a small piece missing. I searched in the pile of wood shavings on the floor but no luck.

So I mounted the other half of the log and started going at it again.

4rK4Hjz.jpg


Turning wood is almost meditative. As I turned the second bowl I decided to keep working on the first one and save it.

I was reminded of the Japanese art of "Kintsugi" where broken bowls are repaired with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. It is similar to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, an embracing of the flawed or imperfect

So here it is :)

YtAyZmf.jpg


nlgKGkR.jpg


gwrJgaJ.jpg


When I came inside and showed it to my wife and my daughters they all agreed that the "broken" one was the nicest and the one we should keep if I ever decided to give away one of them :)

It is is a lesson for me. No everything has to be perfect because actually nothin is ever perfect.

Our adventure was not perfect either, but it was a beautiful and memorable experience :)
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Sorry about your mishap with the first bowl Dan, but it still looks fantastic, as does the other :) :thumbsup:
 
Those bowls are very beautiful Dan. Good save and good that you were safe from the flying debris. I imagine these both will have continuing stories as the dynamics of the drying wood could reveal. No matter - they are especially fine mementos. Very nicely done. :thumbsup:
 
CelloDan said:
Hi folks, forgive me for deviating from this thread a little.
I thought about posting elsewhere however this is directly related to our island adventure so I'll share it here with a bit of context.

I'd like to show you what I worked on today in my little woodturning shop.

I wanted to bring something that would remind us of the good time we had out in nature on that island.

As we were about to leave I noticed that there were a few logs leftover from our fire.

The rangers come once a day and refill a container with bags of hardwood. You take how many bags you need and leave a check/credit card info in a safe besides the wood.

And so it happens that a couple log were saved from the fire :)
( notice the green bags and the wood by the tree )

1tgPZfH.jpg


And I brought them home.
This one had a lot of spalting going on :thumbsup:
I cut it in half and mounted it on the lathe.

8PQlZJ5.jpg

NY0afve.jpg


I was beyond happy with how things were "turning out" :) . The wood certainly had a lot of character :thumbsup:

NEX14rh.jpg


Just as I was about to take the piece off the lathe disaster struck.
As I was applying the final polish I cranked the rpm to high. This, made worse by the excessive pressure I was applying from the inside to buff the piece caused it to break and sent 1/3 of the bowl flying, hitting the back wall of my shop.

I was so very disappointed, my heart literally sank. This piece was coming out perfect and I wanted it to be that special memento of our adventure.

I took it off the lathe and glued the huge chunk that had broken off. Still there was a small piece missing. I searched in the pile of wood shavings on the floor but no luck.

So I mounted the other half of the log and started going at it again.

4rK4Hjz.jpg


Turning wood is almost meditative. As I turned the second bowl I decided to keep working on the first one and save it.

I was reminded of the Japanese art of "Kintsugi" where broken bowls are repaired with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. It is similar to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, an embracing of the flawed or imperfect

So here it is :)

YtAyZmf.jpg


nlgKGkR.jpg


gwrJgaJ.jpg


When I came inside and showed it to my wife and my daughters they all agreed that the "broken" one was the nicest and the one we should keep if I ever decided to give away one of them :)

It is is a lesson for me. No everything has to be perfect because actually nothin is ever perfect.

Our adventure was not perfect either, but it was a beautiful and memorable experience :)
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Thanks for sharing that story Dan, there’s a great lesson there…it’s more than a bowl. 😉👍
 
Thank you guys for the kind comments and pm following my post about our little adventure and the bowl turning.
It is much appreciated it :)

The GAW at the Guardian's thread reminded me of our porch friend Ron Half/Stop Half/Stop whose kindness flowed sincere and generous.

This picture picture I posted in the Guardians was the last he commented on for me.
He liked the close up and how it showed the grain in the wood.
R.I.P Ron

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Mostly it's genetics. They don't want the weaker genetics hurting the wild stocks survival. Usually they would return to their hatchery but the hatchery had a problem with leaks in their tanks so their water is shut off and the salmon from there are heading on upriver looking.
 
Here are a few pictures of my little fishing trip. This spot had some really good dry fly fishing last evening.58D958E0-FECA-472A-AF20-5327CCF0FC7F.jpeg
Spotted a few otters fishing as well.9E9CD821-E4EA-413B-9A84-595CEF140873.jpeg
This is a very productive riffle, my son caught 14 fish in here five years ago, I got 5 this morning, guess that why we call him the Trout Slayer.😊
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Here’s one from this morning. Keep’em wet! 😉👍5687DAC3-6826-41B9-A77F-20A90B93F41D.jpeg
 
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