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Leo Van Der Loo
 
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Hello there Arch, and all, this is another one off those "musings" that
I read and grin about, yes I think we all have that question sometimes,
what is this? a bowl or what? and when someone else does not go by our
criteria then we might think BS that's a bowl, or that's not a bowl.
And like Darrell says where do you draw the line.
Last time our local turners chapter had a contest, the challenge was to
make a bowl with no dimension to exceed 4" (it must go through a 4"
hole), some members brought what I would call a box but then it's a bowl
with a lid for others, so you see we do not all go by the same criteria.
But if a customer asks me for a bowl I will not give him a platter (G) I
know the difference!!

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

Darrell Feltmate wrote:

Arch
This is a cool question/topic. When is abowl not a bowl? My kids have
learned the old saw "if it does not hold water it's art." Is a burled bowl
with negative space, i.e. holes, still a bowl. I think so. It has a bowl
like shape.
How about a vessel wit incurving sides but a large opening in the top? It
will still hold the potatoe chips but it might seem more like a hollow form
or vase. How elingated must a piece be before it changes in name from a
hollow form to a vase? As I look at what I turn from the faceplate I
categorize the shapes generally as platters, bowls, vases, hollow forms, and
other. I know I have a criterion but I am not always sure of what it is.