Glenda Marais
05-22-2013, 1:56 AM
As Chris mentioned in his post, one gets so wrapped up in day to day living and the kids, that our hobby is sometimes put on hold for months on end and one gets a bit out of practice.
The last 2 weekends I did get some shop time and it was great. The firs Saturday I just threw apiece of crotch Apricot on and as it was really actually just to practice, it did not matter that it was not cut correctly and that it contained some pith. I wanted to turn it quite thin, but just when I started to go thinner, the LOML walked in and said she likes it the way it is, as it is heavy and she wants to put it on the counter where wethrow down our keys to house these. Trying to explain that this is not my best work, fell on deaf ears.
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The next Saturday I mounted a piece of “Boekenhout” – Cape Beech it is an indigenous tree that grows at our coastal region. As I turned, a piece of Bark that was completely enclosed in the wood became visible. I wish I knew about it earlier, as I then would have incorporated it abit more into the design, but it came out OK. I got a bit of tear out on the rim, but the bark piece became a bit unstable so I was not going to risk the whole bowl to get it out.
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Here is a bit of a description of the tree:
Boekenhout – Cape Beech – Rapanea melanophloeos
Rapanea melanophloeos is a dense, graceful, evergreen tree.Its leaves, stalks and berries often have a purple or maroon colour. This treeis usually dioecious (male and female flowers on different trees) and birds are attracted by its tiny, dark purple berries. The natural range of this statelytree is from Cape Town in the south, to Zambia in the north. In the EasternCape it is sometimes found alongside its smaller coastal relative, Rapaneagilliana. Despite its common name it is not a close relative of the familiar Beech tree of the northern hemisphere, and it is actually more closely relatedto the Rhododendrons. Rapanea grows easily from seed.
The last 2 weekends I did get some shop time and it was great. The firs Saturday I just threw apiece of crotch Apricot on and as it was really actually just to practice, it did not matter that it was not cut correctly and that it contained some pith. I wanted to turn it quite thin, but just when I started to go thinner, the LOML walked in and said she likes it the way it is, as it is heavy and she wants to put it on the counter where wethrow down our keys to house these. Trying to explain that this is not my best work, fell on deaf ears.
262841
The next Saturday I mounted a piece of “Boekenhout” – Cape Beech it is an indigenous tree that grows at our coastal region. As I turned, a piece of Bark that was completely enclosed in the wood became visible. I wish I knew about it earlier, as I then would have incorporated it abit more into the design, but it came out OK. I got a bit of tear out on the rim, but the bark piece became a bit unstable so I was not going to risk the whole bowl to get it out.
262843262842
Here is a bit of a description of the tree:
Boekenhout – Cape Beech – Rapanea melanophloeos
Rapanea melanophloeos is a dense, graceful, evergreen tree.Its leaves, stalks and berries often have a purple or maroon colour. This treeis usually dioecious (male and female flowers on different trees) and birds are attracted by its tiny, dark purple berries. The natural range of this statelytree is from Cape Town in the south, to Zambia in the north. In the EasternCape it is sometimes found alongside its smaller coastal relative, Rapaneagilliana. Despite its common name it is not a close relative of the familiar Beech tree of the northern hemisphere, and it is actually more closely relatedto the Rhododendrons. Rapanea grows easily from seed.