I had to travel to Ullapool to find this piece. It is 22.5 x 5.8 cm end grain Wych Elm.
There is none of this wood available in my area. I am grateful to Mark Sutton for directing me to Alec Mutch near Ullapool. What a nice man. Sometimes you meet new people and just wish you had met them sooner; Alec is just that man.
I wanted to show as much of the pattern as possible so chose a flattish hollow form. I've little experience with this form and no previous experience with flat end grain HFs, so welcome any constructive comments. I did think about a lid and finial but decided that it would detract from the fantastic natural patterns. Wall thickness is 10 - 15mm. I was frightened to go too thin with this wood in end grain . It can be seen to be checking around the knot close to the opening. The spalted section was very punky and would not take a scraper without chunks falling out despite a soak in thin CA glue.
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Constructive comments to help with more of this will be gratefully received
Regards
Nick