Hello, about a year ago i started watching woodturning, and the more i watch the more i got sucked in to this beautiful profession sadly i cant start my own woodturning journey but im still here and i love everything about taking raw nature sources and turning them into this beautiful things, thank you woodturners for being in inspiration for me
A superb bowl Martin, looks absolutely beautiful mate. The pyrography on the lion is brilliant, and the color rim is spot on in my opinion. Great video. Cheers Mike
Just subscribed. If my body had not defended itself so clearly by wooden dust, this would be my favorite thing to do. As a substitute I can watch your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful bowl, Martin. I love the subtle contrasts of the dark purple and pyrography. You made me want to try something similar with an ebonized rim and a pattern carved away.
Love the end result. I agree with you:" Purpleheart is not the easiest wood to turn. For me, it is mainly the dustiness of the wood, but, I think the end results, once darkened, are worth dealing with the excess saw dust. The pyrography was a nice touch. It's one of the things the missus wants to get into at some point when life slows down a bit. LOL.
Great piece of wood, the colour is very rich. I have been doing some milliput decorated bowls and I think the white would contrast very well with the purple hart.
Very nice Martin. I think it turned out to be a lovely bowl. Purple Heart seems to be a very interesting timber a bit like Paduk but that changes from almost orange to a rose wood colour very quickly. Perhaps one day I may have the opportunity to try some.Thanks as always for sharing you videos very inspiring.Kind Regards Col
I am not a great fan of purple heart as of yet but this bowl worked out very well. I think the texturing and burning was a great idea and broke up the wall to wall purple . Lovely work. James
Purple Heart is one of my favourite woods along with California Lilac for colour. This turned out wonderfully. Have you ever done anything with Indian Rosewood or ebony?
Great piece, not sure I would have the patience for 4 hours of burning :) When I use purple heart I just leave the finished piece in the sun for a bit. Might be tricky moving into winter but an hour or so of direct sun light and the UV brings the purple straight back. Same effect will happen indoors just a lot slower. I have thought you could use this to "print" a pattern on the end result but have no idea how you could stop area's from changing colour once the pattern had formed.
Lovely as usual, though more of a rim than a bowl ! The top seems more purple than the bottom, it would be interesting to see if they equalise over time.
Hello Mr smith your work is superb. I have a question. Why do you use a tenon on your turnings? would it not be safer to use a mortise on the bottom? Then you would not have to turn the bowl around and have trouble lining it up again. I am not trying to critique your work just a question. your work is awesome. I really enjoy your comments they are very helpful. looking forward to more videos. Ray Harvey
Hi Raymond. Tenons are generally accepted as being safer as the jaws of the chuck squeeze the fibres of the wood together. With a mortise, the jaws expand into the wood and push the fibres apart. Add that to the spinning of the lathe 'pulling' at the bowl, and the resultant forces can (rarely) blow a bowl apart - particularly if the wood is weak, like spalted woods can be. Also, there is less chance of going through the bottom of the bowl when hollowing it out if you use a tenon than there is with a mortise. I hope that explains it.
I love this! Purple is my favorite color....well, one of many of my favorite colors....the pyrography is wonderful! Did you really count 7200 dots?!?!?!?!?
very nice and your patience levels are on par with Steve Twydel!! the buffing wheel in the jacobs chuck at the end.. , I'm thinking about adding a few wheels to my old short bed lathe for a permanent buffing station and was wondering if you use any type of buffing compound or buffing sticks on the wheel prior to buffing the bowl? or just left clean ? I've seen verious turners using a buffing wheel for pens and other small items but not bowls until this vid :)
Hi Martin, very nice piece, like you I did not like it at first, but then after the oil was applied I did like it, turned out really nice. As a suggestion you might consider "Purple Rain" as a title.
Thanks very much for the mention Martin. You have inspired me to post my second TH-cam video titled “Coastal Carvings - A Timeless Collaboration”. It is a video of the pieces I have created with artist Jeremy Humpherville.
Beautiful, I was unaware that Purple Heart would recolor with heat. Will time change color again? Again quite nice and now to find some Purple Heart. pottsy
Hi Martin. great bowl as always. would the heat treatment to bring out the purple work on pen turning or would it be to small. I turned a pen 2 weeks ago and it still looks brownish still. thanks and again great bowl Rob
Great looking bowl Martin. I love the purple heart, just beautiful. This video started me thinking...that's always dangerous. ;-) I wonder how a similar bowl would look, using very dark wood or even stained dark and add a similar pattern. Instead of burning the pattern maybe make small dimples with say a dremel and a tiny spherical burr bit. Then paint the dimples white or some other light contrasting color. I might give it a try, but I have no where near your artistic talent, so maybe a test piece first for me. If it doesn't look good I can always use it to stay warm this winter. :-)
Why 7200? Sorry don't mean to sound negative to start with. The bowl on the video did look too dark with the purple. Not sure if the final image is the correct brightness of the purple but it looks far better, in fact it looks perfect. Glad to see you finally got some success with the Purple Heart. Really enjoyed watching this, well done!
Lovely piece again. Martin, just a thought... have you ever made a bowl with a double rim? I'd imagine it would look like a bowl within a bowl possibly rather than just a dent in a wide rim. I'm not sure exactly what it would look like or even if it's worth doing. As I said, just a thought.
Hi I Thought you might like to have a look at what Peter Brown made for doing the back of the bowls may be you could make something like this to help with the problem :-)
Very different Martin but then I'm sure we all expect that (lol). Title is puzzling me. Seconds in two hours, download error message, walking dead, steam locomotive. Mmmmm. Whatever it's different but really well executed & I like it. All the best, Geof
I'm sorry the link did not work this time I tested the link to make sure that it went to Peter Browns bowl chuck m.th-cam.com/video/_2y8omkU3Ug/w-d-xo.html I hope this works this time but I did test the link before pasting it here first 🙃
Well what I mean martin is a smaller lip to the edge of the bowl. like a standard bowl you get from the supermarket. I would eat my breakfast out of one of them.
Hello, about a year ago i started watching woodturning, and the more i watch the more i got sucked in to this beautiful profession sadly i cant start my own woodturning journey but im still here and i love everything about taking raw nature sources and turning them into this beautiful things, thank you woodturners for being in inspiration for me
A superb bowl Martin, looks absolutely beautiful mate. The pyrography on the lion is brilliant, and the color rim is spot on in my opinion. Great video.
Cheers
Mike
hi Martin you did a beautiful job with that purple heart. I absolutely love the deep purple and the pyrography amazing job!! thanks Bob
Just subscribed.
If my body had not defended itself so clearly by wooden dust, this would be my favorite thing to do. As a substitute I can watch your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Very nice Martin and I like the way you darkened the Purple Heart. Thanks
Beautiful video, Martin.
The bowl looks great, by the burn pattern, it looks even better.
Martin,
A very nice piece and for what it is worth I think the purple works well with the black.
Thanks for videoing and sharing,
Jim
Beautiful bowl, Martin. I love the subtle contrasts of the dark purple and pyrography. You made me want to try something similar with an ebonized rim and a pattern carved away.
I admit I was a bit skeptical at first, the wavy lines and the pyro, but it turned out brilliantly!! Well done sir! A joy to behold!
Excellent! At last someone with good luck turning purple heart.
Regards
Brian
Nothing short of brilliance, beautiful.
A torch really brings out the color of the Purple Heart and turns the wood into a jewel..
That looks great Martin, very inspiring.
The piece is brilliant. Nice work.
-Todd
I love Purple Heart and the dark color on the bowl is awesome. ;)
Yay my purple heart pen blank is famous! Love the bowl
Very cool piece. Thanks for sharing sir.
Excellent, beautiful piece...
Cheers...
That is stunning Martin it reminds me of a nebula cloud, thank you for another great turning episode, well done.
very nice piece of art. happy turning.
Love the end result. I agree with you:" Purpleheart is not the easiest wood to turn. For me, it is mainly the dustiness of the wood, but, I think the end results, once darkened, are worth dealing with the excess saw dust. The pyrography was a nice touch. It's one of the things the missus wants to get into at some point when life slows down a bit. LOL.
A great bowl Martin. I have a small bowl blank of Purple Heart waiting to be turned. I have an idea, so we will see. The pyrography looks superb!
That's a good job. I would never have thought to decorate Purple Heart but I've learned something tonight.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
Great piece of wood, the colour is very rich. I have been doing some milliput decorated bowls and I think the white would contrast very well with the purple hart.
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you martin, that really turned out well, beautiful.
Hi Martin very nice project. Thanks
Lovely job Martin. I bet it sent you dotty. Cheers, Jim
Beautiful!
it's very beautiful . Good work .
Hello, Ahmed. Thank you. Much appreciated.
Martin
Hello Martin . really you do A great Job . i appreciate that so well . God bless .
wonderful work. reminds me slightly of a viking round shield.
Very nice Martin. I think it turned out to be a lovely bowl. Purple Heart seems to be a very interesting timber a bit like Paduk but that changes from almost orange to a rose wood colour very quickly. Perhaps one day I may have the opportunity to try some.Thanks as always for sharing you videos very inspiring.Kind Regards Col
Col Taylor
Really very nice!
fantastic lovely bowl martin. would you consider another purple bowl with a times lip? All in all brilliant ☺
Very nice Martin
I am not a great fan of purple heart as of yet but this bowl worked out very well. I think the texturing and burning was a great idea and broke up the wall to wall purple .
Lovely work.
James
Beautiful piece Martin 👍 After being forced to study pointillism at art school... you have my sympathies. Totally worth the work though. Nice job 👍
Looks great
Purple Heart is one of my favourite woods along with California Lilac for colour. This turned out wonderfully. Have you ever done anything with Indian Rosewood or ebony?
that looks beautiful is the wood easy to buy in the uk? (its mostly US turners i see use it) maybe next time use gold leaf with it for contrast
So, how has this bowl held up since it was made?
Great piece, not sure I would have the patience for 4 hours of burning :)
When I use purple heart I just leave the finished piece in the sun for a bit. Might be tricky moving into winter but an hour or so of direct sun light and the UV brings the purple straight back. Same effect will happen indoors just a lot slower. I have thought you could use this to "print" a pattern on the end result but have no idea how you could stop area's from changing colour once the pattern had formed.
Lovely as usual, though more of a rim than a bowl ! The top seems more purple than the bottom, it would be interesting to see if they equalise over time.
Hello Mr smith your work is superb. I have a question. Why do you use a tenon on your turnings? would it not be safer to use a mortise on the bottom? Then you would not have to turn the bowl around and have trouble lining it up again. I am not trying to critique your work just a question. your work is awesome. I really enjoy your comments they are very helpful. looking forward to more videos. Ray Harvey
Hi Raymond. Tenons are generally accepted as being safer as the jaws of the chuck squeeze the fibres of the wood together. With a mortise, the jaws expand into the wood and push the fibres apart. Add that to the spinning of the lathe 'pulling' at the bowl, and the resultant forces can (rarely) blow a bowl apart - particularly if the wood is weak, like spalted woods can be.
Also, there is less chance of going through the bottom of the bowl when hollowing it out if you use a tenon than there is with a mortise.
I hope that explains it.
very nice well done
I love this! Purple is my favorite color....well, one of many of my favorite colors....the pyrography is wonderful! Did you really count 7200 dots?!?!?!?!?
very nice and your patience levels are on par with Steve Twydel!! the buffing wheel in the jacobs chuck at the end.. , I'm thinking about adding a few wheels to my old short bed lathe for a permanent buffing station and was wondering if you use any type of buffing compound or buffing sticks on the wheel prior to buffing the bowl? or just left clean ?
I've seen verious turners using a buffing wheel for pens and other small items but not bowls until this vid :)
Hi Martin, very nice piece, like you I did not like it at first, but then after the oil was applied I did like it, turned out really nice. As a suggestion you might consider "Purple Rain" as a title.
Iwatch you dothe purpleheart bowl with the wood burner on Roku and enjoyed it very muchLawrence Brandon
Hi Lawrence. Thank you for your comment. I hope you continue to enjoy the videso.
All the best,
Martin
Martin, I looked at Douglas Fisher's site. Beautiful original work, but my gosh...the prices. Wonder how many he sells?
Love it wish i could have it awesome
Thanks very much for the mention Martin. You have inspired me to post my second TH-cam video titled “Coastal Carvings - A Timeless Collaboration”. It is a video of the pieces I have created with artist Jeremy Humpherville.
Hello again!
I've inspired you?!? Wow...I'm heading over to find your Coastal Carvings video. I have the book and look through it regularly.
Thanks very much for getting our book Martin. ps... Happy New Year.
Beautiful, I was unaware that Purple Heart would recolor with heat. Will time change color again? Again quite nice and now to find some Purple Heart. pottsy
Thanks for the info. Really enjoy your art. pottsy
Hi Martin. great bowl as always. would the heat treatment to bring out the purple work on pen turning or would it be to small. I turned a pen 2 weeks ago and it still looks brownish still.
thanks and again great bowl
Rob
+Martin Saban-Smith brilliant thank you
Great looking bowl Martin. I love the purple heart, just beautiful. This video started me thinking...that's always dangerous. ;-) I wonder how a similar bowl would look, using very dark wood or even stained dark and add a similar pattern. Instead of burning the pattern maybe make small dimples with say a dremel and a tiny spherical burr bit. Then paint the dimples white or some other light contrasting color. I might give it a try, but I have no where near your artistic talent, so maybe a test piece first for me. If it doesn't look good I can always use it to stay warm this winter. :-)
Nice work. Call it PURPLE GALAXY.
Very Nice Martin What make is your Lathe?Thanks Anthony
Thanks Martin Looking forward to your latest video.
You are so welcome Martin .
Hi Ahmed. Thank you very much.
Martin
you are so welcome Martin . i want to see something new . you do nice things with Wood .
Ahmed Mohamed Hi...there are at least 5 more project videos uploaded since this one!
Ok Martin i will try to watch it . thank you so much .
Ahmed Mohamed g
Great bowl Martin, love the texture and colour the pyrography gives. Where did you get you pyrography pen from. Cheers MIke
Why 7200? Sorry don't mean to sound negative to start with.
The bowl on the video did look too dark with the purple. Not sure if the final image is the correct brightness of the purple but it looks far better, in fact it looks perfect.
Glad to see you finally got some success with the Purple Heart.
Really enjoyed watching this, well done!
How much could I buy one from you for?
Lovely piece again. Martin, just a thought... have you ever made a bowl with a double rim? I'd imagine it would look like a bowl within a bowl possibly rather than just a dent in a wide rim. I'm not sure exactly what it would look like or even if it's worth doing. As I said, just a thought.
yeah although I'm not sure how it could be pulled off....I'm sure you'd be able to do something great with the possibilities.
Looks very nice and Purple Heart is a beautiful wood but that has to be a heavy bowl
Very nice peace
Hi I Thought you might like to have a look at what Peter Brown made for doing the back of the bowls may be you could make something like this to help with the problem :-)
I was dubious when you started to burn it, but it turned out just beautiful
Beautyful bowle
Very different Martin but then I'm sure we all expect that (lol). Title is puzzling me. Seconds in two hours, download error message, walking dead, steam locomotive. Mmmmm. Whatever it's different but really well executed & I like it.
All the best,
Geof
What ever it looks like I don't mind! your choice. just a price range on your products so I can show my wife and others
You would be wise to use some dust extraction
I'm sorry the link did not work this time I tested the link to make sure that it went to Peter Browns bowl chuck m.th-cam.com/video/_2y8omkU3Ug/w-d-xo.html I hope this works this time but I did test the link before pasting it here first 🙃
Well what I mean martin is a smaller lip to the edge of the bowl. like a standard bowl you get from the supermarket. I would eat my breakfast out of one of them.
do you Mack video s
I lick it