Dragon Egg

[Jack Mincey]

Here is a HF that I turned from the crotch of a walnut blank I got in the fall of 2010. It is just over 12" high by around 8" in Dia. I finished it with Antique oil. It looks like an egg with fire in it so I named it Dragon Egg. It is almost a square shape looking down on the top of the bowl. You can see how some of the sides a some what flat in the pictures.
Jack
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[Curt Fuller]

That's a beauty Jack! Really an interesting shape. I like it.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Interesting form - beautiful wood! Love all the curl!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really interesting form Jack and some really nice wood.

[John Keeton]

Jack, the figure in this piece is outstanding - very appropriate title! It is different, but I like it!

[charlie knighton]

very nice....

[David E Keller]

That's really cool, Jack. Is is squarish because of the way it dried or because you altered the centers?

[Baxter Smith]

Very pretty wood and aptly named! Did you turn it all the way green?

[Roger Chandler]

Interesting..........different............cool turning! Nice figure in that walnut!

[Jack Mincey]

Thanks everyone. The wood kind of pushed me into this shape as most of my unusual blanks end up doing. The really neat thing about this one is that I was able to turn out all the pith by turning the top down as it is. The pith came together below the dark section of the HF, but to get it out of the light sap wood I made the top smaller. It is the first end grain bowl I've turned with the center of a tree that has no pith in it. Baxter, I did turn this one to finial thickness about 1/8" green. I didn't think that I had much of a chance of it drying without problems with all the different grain it had without getting it thin to start. The unusual grain caused it to warp squarish as it dried. Hollowing the bulk of the wood out of the bottom of this one proved to be the hardest HF I done yet. I might have to get a captive system some day if I keep doing forms this deep.
Thanks Again,
Jack

[Harry Robinette]

Jack
Really nice piece I love the wood with the contrast and curl it's very pretty.

[Michael James]

Awesome piece, and the finish looks flawless! bravo

[Ron Bontz]

Now that's really neat.