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Ernie Nyvall
06-11-2005, 11:30 AM
It is 4"x3". Finished with Watco Natural and buffed. This wood is real dense. It started a sheen at 100 grit. The brown spot was blood red when I cut it and now looks like dried blood. I left the pith in it and it did crack on the surface as you can see, but everything I turned from this wood was cracking before I got it formed. So as I am experimenting with hollow forms, I decided to leave the pith to get the whole diameter of the bush. I didn't figure on finishing it, but when I saw the crack had stopped, I filled it with ca.
Of course your comments, suggestions welcome. Thanks for looking.
Ernie
Michael Stafford
06-11-2005, 11:43 AM
The brown spot was blood red when I cut it and now looks like dried blood.
Ernie
Whew, Ernie, before I read the rest of that sentence I thought that was not the way I would choose to stain a piece. :eek:
Photinia, as in photinia the landscape bush/small tree? It really looks quite nice. That is a very nice semi-enclosed form! :)
Ernie Nyvall
06-11-2005, 12:03 PM
Photinia, as in photinia the landscape bush/small tree?
Yes Michael, the red tipped photonia. It had three branches about 4" in diameter. The trunk is much bigger... about 12" x 12". It's still in the ground though.
Ernie
Mike Ramsey
06-11-2005, 12:14 PM
Ernie,
Great job! It's a beautiful piece. I love the shape, hope to do as well one of these days. It looks a lot bigger than you describe,which to me means your pretty good with the camera too...
Ed Scolforo
06-11-2005, 6:23 PM
Great piece, Ernie. I really like the form.
Ed
Mark Singer
06-11-2005, 7:58 PM
Photinia fraseri....beautiful!
John Hart
06-11-2005, 8:23 PM
Ernie,
That is wonderful! Quite an "experiment" if you ask me! :)
Don Henthorn Smithville, TX
06-11-2005, 9:41 PM
Nice shape to the hollow form, Ernie. I like the wood too, but haven't a clue to what it really is.
Jim Ketron
06-11-2005, 10:01 PM
Nice job Ernie! Beautiful shape and nice finish too!
Ernie Nyvall
06-11-2005, 11:24 PM
Don, a Red Tipped Photinia is mostly planted as a shrub. It has green leaves except for the new growth which comes out red. Hence the name Red Tipped Photinia. Mine was a single bush that was trimmed to grow tall with three main branches about 4" in diameter.
Thanks everyone for the kind words.
Ernie
Carole Valentine
06-11-2005, 11:33 PM
Beautiful Ernie! I like the form and the wood. I had no idea Red Tip got that big.
Fred Ray
06-13-2005, 12:07 PM
Nice work, Ernie. Beautiful wood, Great form and execution.
Brad Schmid
06-14-2005, 1:27 PM
nice job Ernie. i like the form. nice finish on some great looking wood too.
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