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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Sliced Hollow Form
Honey Locust. About 6-1/2” diameter, 3-1/4 tall. Sliced apart and reassembled with wenge pewa. Interior painted black, exterior finished with walnut oil.
Wormy Ash Sliced
Wormy Ash. Hollowed with a small (1/4″) hole in the top. Sliced and reassembled with Wenge pewa.
About 5 1/2″ diameter, 6 3/4″ tall. Interior painted black, exterior finished with walnut oil.
Yes, I hollowed it through the bottom.
PatchWork
Hollow Form, probably Maple but I’m not really sure.
It’s about 6″ diameter and 6.25″ tall.
The bark inclusion was just too big, so I got a little guy in to wall it up.
There was a large crack along one side, which I patched with Walnut pewa.
The bricklayer left some bricks in the bottom.
Cracked Ash Dish
Ash Dish, about 9″ dia x 1.5″ high. Cracks repaired with Walnut Pewa & Epoxy. Finish is Walnut Oil.
Ash Sliced Hollow Form
Sliced Hollow Form, Ash, about 9″ dia x 4.5″. Sliced and reassembled with Wenge Pewa. Finish is Walnut Oil.
Sliced Hollow Form
Hollow Form, about 5″ diameter and 6″ tall.
Sliced apart and reassembled with Walnut Pewa. I made two slices at different orientations to yield an opening that flows between wide and narrow.
Pretty sure this was Cherry. Exterior finish is Lacquer, interior painted black.
Genie Escapes!
About 10″ tall and 5.5″ diameter. Ash, with Maple Pewa patches where Genie broke through the wall. Finish is Walnut Oil.
Hollowed from the bottom:
Mesquite Sliced Hollow Form
About 6.5″ diameter by 3.25″ high. Mesquite with Maple Pewa. Walnut Oil finish. There are some pewa on the bottom repairing some natural cracks.
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.