False-Acacia bowl

[Les Symonds]

This is the piece of what I thought was acacia, but turned out to be robinia pseudoacacia (false acacia). It was turned from a wet log and its natural edge retained. the bark, and some of the cambium layer, had started to rot, so it needed stabilising, here and there, plus a bit of filling where it had torn out - - I did this with Brummer Stopping (Medium Oak).
I particularly like the smudging in the grain, and the strong arrangement of the cells. Overall size is quite big, at 28cm diameter x 16 cm high, 11" x 6.5" and it's finished with carnauba over 2 coats of Danish Oil. I usually give my bowls a foot, but kept this plain so that the curve swept nicely around the bowl and didn't appear to give it a 'flat' to sit on.







C&C always welcome...Les

[Rlewisrlou666]

That is a lovely bowl, Simple but the grain pattern flows very well.

Question though how in the hell do you guys tell the difference between tree species?

[Les Symonds]

Question though how in the hell do you guys tell the difference between tree species?

There's an excellent web-site called The Wood Database. http://www.wood-database.com/

There are certain criteria that always help, but the main one is the cell-structure...anyway, visit the database and see for yourself.
Les

[Les Symonds]

..... the grain pattern flows very well.

That's the beauty of natural-edge bowls. Mother nature grows the wood to a random shape, so if you keep that shape intact, the grain inevitably flows around the bowl well.

Les

[Rlewisrlou666]

Thanks for that info on the Wood Database I can problem solve some of the scraps I've got now.

[Bryan Milham]

Les,

You've done well with this one. All the edges balance in height (end to end, side to side) and the wall thickness is even.

And the shape, spot-on.

[seventhdevil]

Thanks for that info on the Wood Database I can problem solve some of the scraps I've got now.

it's a great website but you could always ask me, i supplied eric with 70-80 of his samples.


experience wins out in the identifying game to be fair. the tricky ones can be distinguishing between species in the same genus for example telling the maples apart. nearly impossible except for putting them in to soft and hard catagories...

[edbanger]

Great simple shape which is well finished. Love it 

Ed

[Graham]

You mean the name doesn't run-through the middle ? Rats.

Like the bowl