Mark Cothren
09-24-2005, 6:34 PM
The bark comes off this wood in one piece now that it's all dried out on the ground. I chose this one - for whatever reason - for my first attempt at a NE bowl. Quite a puckering experience, I might add!
This bowl was still a little green/wet. I soaked it in DNA and was gonna let it dry, but then thought I'd better go ahead and try to finish it before it dried and warped too bad. I soaked it with about three thousand coats (okay, I exaggerate a bit) coats of TO/BLO.
It's sanded thru 220 and is thicker on the bottom than the sides. It's a nice piece of wood with lots of grain and color. It has a big dark green spot in it that probably doesn't show up well in the picture.
It's 10" wide at the widest at 9.5" on the other end - 4" at the peak. Walls and bottom ~1/2".
I'm callin' this one Noah's Ark...:-)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/noahsark1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/noahsark2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/noahsark3.jpg
This bowl was still a little green/wet. I soaked it in DNA and was gonna let it dry, but then thought I'd better go ahead and try to finish it before it dried and warped too bad. I soaked it with about three thousand coats (okay, I exaggerate a bit) coats of TO/BLO.
It's sanded thru 220 and is thicker on the bottom than the sides. It's a nice piece of wood with lots of grain and color. It has a big dark green spot in it that probably doesn't show up well in the picture.
It's 10" wide at the widest at 9.5" on the other end - 4" at the peak. Walls and bottom ~1/2".
I'm callin' this one Noah's Ark...:-)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/noahsark1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/noahsark2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/markfromark/noahsark3.jpg