recent try at turning

[Jack Wood]

I recently made this bowl from Chittamwood. The wood has been air drying for 10 years and really has a lot of character to it.

[John Hart]

That's really nice Jack. What is Chittamwood? Looks a lot like some exotic burls but the name sounds domestic. How big is the bowl. It's cool! :)

[Jack Wood]

Thanks John, chittamwood is also known as "smoke tree". It's a small gnarly tree that has smoke like blooms(I think) in the spring. THe bowl is 8" wide and 3" thick. The limbs and roots of this tree are very irregular with crevices and holes in them. The picture doesn't do the wood justice. When you hold it the wood looks different from every angle.

[Dick Parr]

That sure is beautiful looking wood Jack, very nice.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Nice to see another beautiful piece from you, Jack.

Thanks for showin' it.

Bruce

[Carole Valentine]

Nice bowl, Jack. I thought "Smoke tree" was the same as Mimosa, but looking at that piece, it doesn't resemble any Mimosa I have ever seen. It also looks like a burl and a pretty one at that.

[Ernie Nyvall]

That is some beautiful wood Jack and you did a fine job on it.

Ernie

[Keith Burns]

Great piece Jack !:)

[Mark Cothren]

Yeah, a lot going on in that piece! That's a great piece of wood and a nice bowl you turned out of it.

Thanks for the picture!

[Mike Forsman]

The wood and the turning is very nice.

[Jack Wood]

Thanks for the kind words!

[Andy Hoyt]

Hey Jack. Looks good from way up here in the top right corner too.

Next time you post a pic try to make the image bigger so we can enjoy the piece all that much more. And if you need help in figuring out how to do that, just say so.