Spalted beech bowl

[Les Symonds]

This piece of beech was amongst a batch that I bought several months ago, from a turner who had hung up his chisels. Turns out that it grew less than half a mile from my workshop. Anyway...it's a smashing piece of timber that has been caught at just the right time - any longer and the cream-spalt on one side would have started going punky. I've kept the shape quite plain to let the timber's grain do all the talking. It's 11" diameter and out of a 2" thick board, finished with micro-crystaline wax.







C&C always welcome....Les

[georg]

       Think You Have Captured Something Very Special There LESS


           And not wishing to detract from that.......... but I can not help but ask.
   Is that a fast moving river at the bottom...... with storm clouds gathering above.

       DI and Tony

[Bryan Milham]

Les,

the internal photo belies the overall sweep of the outershape, I'd have guessed it was a shallow flat bottomed bowl.

Your finish is a perfect as always.

Not sure I see Di & Tony's river, I see the seas of N Wales bashing against the cliffs on a blustery day.

[edbanger]

 

[woodndesign]

I think it's Jolly old scar face and a map to Treasure Island .. X must be on the underside ... have you captured a ghost in the inner wall middle picture passing through the outer wall....  definitely you've made it a stunning piece.

Cheers  Dewi

[Graham]

Yes to the river and storm clouds. I love it when woodgrain shows other pictures in it.