JimFnt

Very nice concept and well executed.

Great look. I would have been afraid to do the negative space and made a smaller rectangular panel. This may give more courage to get outside the box. Thanks for sharing.

The bucket was done with power tools. Table saw and jointer. Rip and crosscut to size, 1/4" dado for bottom and champher inside bottom of stave then taper on the TS. Bevel sides on the jointer. Glue up or dowel bottom and cut circle with jig on bandsaw. Use circle waste as fence on router table with panel rasing bit to bevel bottom to 1/4". The hoops were made per instructions in FWW #40 PG 75.

The Process: chainsaw for rough block and jointer to square up a bit. Placed bowl on radial arm saw, locked carrage over centerline and cranked down to form kerfs every inch or so. Knocked our short cross grain and cleaned with hatchet. Shaped outside on tablesaw. Used angle grinder with Lancelot tool then sanding disk on inside and handles. Finished with hand scrapers. I wish I could write that I used my hand adz and draw knife and spokeshave etc. on this one but "Christmas was a comin'..."
Jim

Very nice. Great lines and curves.