Cherry Burl Goblet
Goblet of cherry burl with some bug or worm tracks. Stem is African blackwood. About 7-1/4″ tall, and the bowl is 3″ diameter.
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.
Rustic
Wormy ash hollow form. About 8.5″ diameter, 5″ high.
This was a crotch with 3 limbs that I found at our club’s wood lot. I turned it whole (leaving in the pith from all the limbs).
I decided to leave the cracks – too many to try to fill or patch. And I removed the frass from the worm holes (lots of those, too).
Finish is Osmo Poly-X.
I did a “Follow Along” post on the AAW Forum to demonstrate my progress and decisions along the way.
Hollow Form, 5" dia, 5.75" tall, Wormy Spalted Maple, Osmo Polyx finish
Wormy Spalted Maple Hollow Form
Hollow Form of Spalted and Wormy Maple. About 5″ diameter and 5-3/4″ tall.
Finish is Osmo Polyx oil.
Wormy Maple Hollow Form
This piece is about 7″ diameter and 3-1/2″ tall. Lots of worm holes around one side, which I have cleaned out of all the “bug dirt”.
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.