Item #31 A Large Bowl
Item 031 is a mid-large 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.
The grain pattern is amazing because the bowl was made at the juncture of the trunk, leaving two distinct grain rings and a hint of spalting on one side. I love the shape of this bowl and how the angled shape of the side highlights the grain of the wood, even though the spalting was turned off on the lathe. There is a crack running across the entire bowl that was stabilized with superglue and filled with epoxy.
This decorative bowl measures 3 inches tall and 9 inches at the widest point. This unique item is simply finished with shellac and polished with a mixture of beeswax and mineral oil.
Item 031 is a mid-large 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.
The grain pattern is amazing because the bowl was made at the juncture of the trunk, leaving two distinct grain rings and a hint of spalting on one side. I love the shape of this bowl and how the angled shape of the side highlights the grain of the wood, even though the spalting was turned off on the lathe. There is a crack running across the entire bowl that was stabilized with superglue and filled with epoxy.
This decorative bowl measures 3 inches tall and 9 inches at the widest point. This unique item is simply finished with shellac and polished with a mixture of beeswax and mineral oil.
Item 031 is a mid-large 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.
The grain pattern is amazing because the bowl was made at the juncture of the trunk, leaving two distinct grain rings and a hint of spalting on one side. I love the shape of this bowl and how the angled shape of the side highlights the grain of the wood, even though the spalting was turned off on the lathe. There is a crack running across the entire bowl that was stabilized with superglue and filled with epoxy.
This decorative bowl measures 3 inches tall and 9 inches at the widest point. This unique item is simply finished with shellac and polished with a mixture of beeswax and mineral oil.