This Hollow Form is Walnut, about 6-1/2″ around and 5″ tall.
Turned from a full log, so the pith (center of the log) runs thru the sides.
The stress around the pith usually leads to cracking. After it sat for a while and developed some cracks, I repaired them with Maple Pewa patches
There is a void in the side, where the tree grew around its own bark, likely due to some damage or a broken branch.
This Hollow Form is Walnut, about 7″ around and 4″ tall.
It was turned from a full log, so the pith (center of the log) runs thru the sides of the form. There is a lot of stress around the pith, and it usually leads to cracking.
After it sat for a while, it did crack. I repaired those cracks with Pewa (butterfly) patches and Huini pegs, both made of Maple.
On one side of the form, there is a place where it appears a branch had broken off and the tree grew around it.
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.
I made a hot air balloon that floats!
The balloon is a cottonwood hollowform, colored with dyes. The basket is black palm wood. The base is also colored cottonwood.
The base supports a vertical pole, and the balloon has a tube running through its middle. The balloon just slides onto the pole.
I put strong magnets in the basket and the base, and that’s what makes it float.
I’ve been enjoying making hollow forms recently. This is just a sampling of some of the recent ones.
Beetle-Kill Pine:
Maple, with a bit of spalting on the top:
Aspen:
Cottonwood:
Another cottonwood form. I like how layering various colors of dye brings out the figure in cottonwood.
This hollowform really shows off some nice Aspen grain figure.
5″ diameter, 5.25″ tall, with about a 1″ opening.
$55 – Sold
This is a small hollowform – just 2.5″ diameter and 3″ tall. It is Aspen, with a cap (attached, not a lid) of ebonized Walnut.
Not for Sale
