Spalted Hackberry Bowl

[Anthony Cayll]

Thought I'd post a few pics of my spalted hackberry bowl. This is one finished of many rough outs of this beautiful spalted hackberry. Finished with a spray, non yellowing ,matte finish. Measures 11" dia x 4" deep. Sorry if the pics are too small. Not sure how to make them bigger..255411255412255413

[paul vechart]

Very nice Anthony...love the spalt!

[Brian Kent]

"Oh, my gosh, that is so awesome" he said, his eyes wide open with glee!

[Jim Burr]

The pics are to small cuz that wood is crazy cool!!!

[Jon Lanier]

I concur with Jim. "Crazy good."

[Richard Jones]

Wow.........

[charlie knighton]

very nice....

[Bob Bergstrom]

Some of the best I've seen in quite a while!

[Timothy Mann]

Now that is spalting! Very nice bowl you turned Anthony. Did you find or buy the wood like that, or did you mix up something to put on the wood to get the spalting growing yourself? I have several piles of maple I started late last summer with different mixes on them but I have yet to get anything as nicely spalted as this yet.

[Baxter Smith]

Great wood and a very nice bowl Anthony! Hackberry almost never fails to amaze me!

[Jamie Donaldson]

Hackberry sometimes spalts in amazing ways like this example, and the process is enhanced by the slight sweetness of the sap. Unfortunately there is a short time between spalt and punk, and the sweet sap also attracts carpenter ants which hollow out the trunks for their colonies.

[Ted Calver]

Awesome spalt. Some of the best I've seen. You caught it at just the right time and did it proud. It would make some beautiful hollow forms too.

[Kathy Marshall]

I'll echo the others... Wow awesome spalting and a very nice bowl!

[Jerry Marcantel]

It's all been said, so Droooool, drooool.(salivating or foaming at the mouth) hehehe...... Jerry (in Tucson)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow that is nice. That wood is awesome.

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

That is the most dramatic spalting I've seen. I was so taken with the grain pattern I almost forgot to look at the shape of the bowl. Very nice and good choice of finish. I hate to see such a light colored wood yellowed by tung oil or varnish.
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[Anthony Cayll]

Got the wood for free. Electric dept. dropped it and I was the lucky new owner. We left it sitting outside for about 6 months and then started roughing it out. We let mother nature do the spalting for us.



Now that is spalting! Very nice bowl you turned Anthony. Did you find or buy the wood like that, or did you mix up something to put on the wood to get the spalting growing yourself? I have several piles of maple I started late last summer with different mixes on them but I have yet to get anything as nicely spalted as this yet.

[Anthony Cayll]

Thank you for all the comments. I need to have better pics to show the bowls shape better.