Calabash bowl from an ash crotch. Walnut pewa joining some cracks. No foot, just a little dimple. Some great figure in this piece. About 7″ diameter, 3-1/2″ tall. Walnut oil finish.
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Maple Crotch Hollow Form
Hollow Form, about 11.75″ tall, 7″ diameter. From a crotch of Maple. Lacquer finish. Maple pewa secure a bark inclusion and a crack.
Elm Hollow Form
Hollow from from an Elm crotch. About 10″ diameter and 6″ high.
Turned side-grain – that is, like a bowl, where the mouth of the form is pointing at the tree’s center (pith) and the foot pointing towards the bark.
Bark inclusion bridged with a single Wenge pewa.
Interior painted flat black to enhance the negative space of the interior. Exterior finished with walnut oil to highlight the figure and grain.