Hollow form from an Ash crotch. Sliced and reassembled with Wenge pewa. About 7-1/2 ” diameter, 4″ high. Finished with lacquer.
American Woodturner, April 2023, Vol 38, No 2
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Apple
Just an apple. Dyed Ash. Carved “bite”. Lacquer finish. Leather stem.
Dyed, Torched, and Sliced Hollow Form
Ash. Burned to highlight the growth rings and dyed red. Sliced with an arc with Wenge pewa. About 5″ diameter, 3″ tall. Lacquer finish.
Diagonally Sliced Hollow Form
Ash, sliced diagonally, with Wenge pewa. About 5-1/4″ diameter, 2-1/2″ tall. Lacquer finish.
Sliced Hollow Form
Ash, sliced with an arc, with Wenge pewa. About 4-1/4″ diameter, 2-1/2″ tall. Walnut oil finish.
Sliced Hollow Form
Ash, sliced in an arc, with Wenge pewa. About 5-1/2″ diameter, 3-3/4″ tall. Walnut oil finish.
Another Wormy Ash Hollowform
Wormy Ash, 7.5″ diameter, 4.5″ tall.
This piece has a nice bark inclusion running up the side. I might have left that alone, except that several other cracks developed during drying.
So I fixed those cracks with Wenge pewa (butterfly inserts) and also bridged the bark inclusion so it would look more complete.
The wood has lots of worm holes – these were quite a bit of trouble. The worms leave the holes filled with packed sawdust, which I like to clean out. That makes for a lot of detail work with dental tools and compressed air..
This piece was selected by the American Association of Woodturners Forum as Turning of the Week for Nov 29, 2021.
Wormy Ash Hollow Form
Ash, full of worm holes. The piece is about 8″ diameter and 4.5″ high.
Burned and Dyed Ash
These ash hollowforms were burned with a torch. The torch charred the early wood (large pores) before burning the late wood (more solid places). I then used red dye to color them.
Black Ash Burl Goblet
This goblet’s bowl is a burl of Black Ash, about 3.75″ diameter. The stem is Walnut. The base is from the same piece of ash as the bowl.
The goblet is about 7″ tall.
