Item # 27 A Bowl
Item 027 is a small decorative bowl. This unique bowl is made from rare spalted walnut harvested from a neighbor’s tree that had to be removed.
I once thought that spalting on walnut was impossible because of the natural juglone in walnut trees that is toxic to other plants/ insects. It turns out that spalting does happen but the effects are limited to the sap wood, which makes keeping the spalting difficult because the sap wood is a small part .of the outer shell of the tree.
Unfortunately, the spalting was turned off of this piece, but the grain pattern is still amazing because the bowl was made at the juncture of the middle of a small section of the trunk and a branch, leaving three distinct grain rings. The centers have ben treated with super glue and then epoxy to stabilize these sections.
This decorative bowl measures 2 ½ inches tall and 5 ½ inches at the widest point. I enjoy how the band interrupts the cone shape and highlights the grain of the wood. This unique item is simply finished with shellac and polished with a mixture of beeswax and mineral oil.
Item 027 is a small decorative bowl. This unique bowl is made from rare spalted walnut harvested from a neighbor’s tree that had to be removed.
I once thought that spalting on walnut was impossible because of the natural juglone in walnut trees that is toxic to other plants/ insects. It turns out that spalting does happen but the effects are limited to the sap wood, which makes keeping the spalting difficult because the sap wood is a small part .of the outer shell of the tree.
Unfortunately, the spalting was turned off of this piece, but the grain pattern is still amazing because the bowl was made at the juncture of the middle of a small section of the trunk and a branch, leaving three distinct grain rings. The centers have ben treated with super glue and then epoxy to stabilize these sections.
This decorative bowl measures 2 ½ inches tall and 5 ½ inches at the widest point. I enjoy how the band interrupts the cone shape and highlights the grain of the wood. This unique item is simply finished with shellac and polished with a mixture of beeswax and mineral oil.
Item 027 is a small decorative bowl. This unique bowl is made from rare spalted walnut harvested from a neighbor’s tree that had to be removed.
I once thought that spalting on walnut was impossible because of the natural juglone in walnut trees that is toxic to other plants/ insects. It turns out that spalting does happen but the effects are limited to the sap wood, which makes keeping the spalting difficult because the sap wood is a small part .of the outer shell of the tree.
Unfortunately, the spalting was turned off of this piece, but the grain pattern is still amazing because the bowl was made at the juncture of the middle of a small section of the trunk and a branch, leaving three distinct grain rings. The centers have ben treated with super glue and then epoxy to stabilize these sections.
This decorative bowl measures 2 ½ inches tall and 5 ½ inches at the widest point. I enjoy how the band interrupts the cone shape and highlights the grain of the wood. This unique item is simply finished with shellac and polished with a mixture of beeswax and mineral oil.