Spalted Hackberry

[David E Keller]

Here's a fun little piece of spalted hackberry that I got from a patient a year or two ago. It has some of the more interesting spalting I've seen in a while. The top and collar are from African blackwood with veneer accents. I 'finished' this piece about a month ago, but I keep staring at the funial and thinking about changing it. I may still change it, but I thought I'd post it before I forget it exists.

Roughly 5 inches wide and 7 inches tall.

Your thoughts and/or suggestions are appreciated.

162765
162764
162771

Edit: I added the third photo to show the top of the funial.

[charlie knighton]

very nice, the form is good and overshadows the nice wood, hackberry is very hard once it dries

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work David! I think your funial matches the curve quite well! Is it hollow?

[Baxter Smith]

Looks good to me David. Pretty wood and it flows well into the funial. Maybe it would look like more of the norm if you changed it, but I think it is quite distinctive and fitting as is.

[David E Keller]

Nice work David! I think your funial matches the curve quite well! Is it hollow?

It's hollowed down the middle like a funnel. You can't see that in the photos... There's also a veneer band at the top of the funial, but I manage to take a bunch of photos that don't show it either.:o

[Roger Chandler]

You, my friend, are on a ROLL! Another home run! ;)

[Richard Madden]

Really like the grain and spalting. Not crazy about the funial shape, but I do like the veneer accent(s). A little more funnel in the funial might help.

[Pete Jordan]

Another Keeper David!

Beautiful wood and shape and I also like the funial.

[John Keeton]

This one could be a favorite of mine, David! I really, really like the veneer addition, and the overall look of the piece. The hackberry is very unusual and is an attention getter. The only change that I feel would add to this piece is to bring the curve of the top of the form into the base of the finial a little better so that it produces a clean reverse curve coming off the form. That said, this piece is a very nice turning!!

[David DeCristoforo]

Nice again. I love the veneered contrast at the top of the "funial" and again, a very different take...

[David E Keller]

Thanks for the kind comments and suggestions.