A natural edge, open sided, spalted birch bowl.
It’s approximately 7 inches tall and 6.5inches in diameter.
The wood for this bowl came from a tree that a river birch tree that a friend planted when he built his house about 30 years ago. The tree died of old age. (As pretty as birch trees are, they are a front of forest tree that help the bigger trees get established.)
This bowl is end grain turned. That means the grain (tree direction) goes from bottom to top. The grown rings look like layers going around the bowl. The spalting and mineral streaks look like I’ve wiped them from top to bottom. This style of turning takes a bit more patience to do properly as the grain does not like to be cut like the tips of dried spaghetti. It wanted to crumble and tear out at every opportunity. I’m kind of funny in that I truly like turning pieces this way. I think it shows more of the tree’s character in its natural ways.
As this was a natural tree that was air dried in our shop for about 2 years, there are small cracks (called checks) that have been filled in. This is part of the drying process. The water leaving a log both shrinks it from top to bottom, but also pulls the piece radially — which causes these cracks. They’ve been filled in and are stabilized the best I can.
The bowl is finished with a multi-layer process of tung oil, shellac, lacquer, and enamel.
This would be shipped insured and very protected. (duh...like I’d want it to arrive at your side broken…that’d make me very sad because I have a lot of work in this piece and want you to enjoy the final piece as much as I enjoyed making it.)
A natural edge, open sided, spalted birch bowl.
It’s approximately 7 inches tall and 6.5inches in diameter.
The wood for this bowl came from a tree that a river birch tree that a friend planted when he built his house about 30 years ago. The tree died of old age. (As pretty as birch trees are, they are a front of forest tree that help the bigger trees get established.)
This bowl is end grain turned. That means the grain (tree direction) goes from bottom to top. The grown rings look like layers going around the bowl. The spalting and mineral streaks look like I’ve wiped them from top to bottom. This style of turning takes a bit more patience to do properly as the grain does not like to be cut like the tips of dried spaghetti. It wanted to crumble and tear out at every opportunity. I’m kind of funny in that I truly like turning pieces this way. I think it shows more of the tree’s character in its natural ways.
As this was a natural tree that was air dried in our shop for about 2 years, there are small cracks (called checks) that have been filled in. This is part of the drying process. The water leaving a log both shrinks it from top to bottom, but also pulls the piece radially — which causes these cracks. They’ve been filled in and are stabilized the best I can.
The bowl is finished with a multi-layer process of tung oil, shellac, lacquer, and enamel.
This would be shipped insured and very protected. (duh...like I’d want it to arrive at your side broken…that’d make me very sad because I have a lot of work in this piece and want you to enjoy the final piece as much as I enjoyed making it.)
