Pecan limb burl winged bowl

[Travis Stinson]

This is all I was able to salvage from a 48" diameter Pecan from my Brother's place. It seems his Father-in-law is driven to burn any tree that hits the ground. :mad: I had told my Brother to keep him away from it until I could get over there to cut some up. He called the Wed. before I was planning to go.............."He burned it........." :eek: I cut this charred limb burl off and disgustedly threw it on the ground behind my shop. Decided to tackle it this weekend. Ended up at 16 1/2" across and 4 1/2" deep. Buffed gel poly finish.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Well done Travis! Question.....do you find pecan to be heavier for a given volume than other woods?

[Travis Stinson]

Ken, Pecan IS a very dense wood. I haven't really compared the weight per volume to other woods, but I would have to say that it is heavier.

[Ernie Nyvall]

Travis, you should take this bowl and show your favorite person what he burned up. You sure saved a nice piece and did a fine job on it.

Ernie

[Bernie Weishapl]

Travis that is a beauty. I like the form and finish. I am with Ernie take it over and show the burner what could have been.

[Tom Sherman]

I agree Travis that is a nice piece, to bad about the rest of that wood could have held some real treasures.

[George Conklin]

Your art work never ceases to amaze me. I always look forward to seeing what you will post next.

[Curt Fuller]

Holy Smokes Travis! That's amazing how you saved a chunk of burned wood and turned it into that. I guess you could call that an NBE, natural burned edge. It's a beauty.

[Andy Hoyt]

Travis, you should take this bowl and show your favorite person what he burned up. You sure saved a nice piece and did a fine job on it. Ernie I agree. But don't leave it with him. Anything could happen to it - again!

[Horst Hohoff]

Brilliant work, Travis!
Horst

[Barry Stratton]

Incredible - both the "save" and the resulting piece of art. WOW!

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

Absolutely lovely work, Travis. I would agree with using this piece to open a discourse with your brother's FIL. It seems a shame that he would burn anything that hits the ground, however he may have his (possibly misguided) reasons...

[John Miliunas]

In a word, "WOW!" :D Magnificent, Travis! Yeah, I'm with the other guys: Take that piece over to your bro's FIL and let him see what can be created out of his "firewood"!!! :D :cool:

[Jeff Myers]

Travis, I can't stop scrolling back up to look at the pix of this piece,,,
this one really is beautiful !!!

[Mark Cothren]

Travis, that is a knockout! You made the best out of that bad situation. Great character in that piece!

[Travis White]

Wow! That is a very very nice bowl! And to think, some knucklehead was going to burn it.

[Ed Scolforo]

Another amazing piece of art!

[Corey Hallagan]

That's cool Travis. These pieces like this scare the hell out of me to think what they looked like spinning on the lathe!

corey

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

I'm going to start calling anything "DROP DEAD GORGEOUS" a "STINSON."

Do you EVER do anything that is NOT "A STINSON?"

Bruce

[Travis Stinson]

Thanks everyone. I do believe I'll show it to him, maybe he'll get the hint.;)
Corey, they're actually not that bad. Just pay close attention to the "ghost", and make sure it clears the rest and banjo before you spin it up. They're easier to turn with a little more speed than normal, as long as there's no vibration. Jim Ketron showed a video of him turning a winged bowl, on his website.:cool:

[Vaughn McMillan]

Gorgeous work, Travis. Definitely a "Stinson". True art.

I think if my father-in-law tried to burn something on my property that I didn't want burned, he'd only try once. :cool: (As it is, I don't have a FIL, and although my MIL lives with us, we get along well.)

- Vaughn

[Jim Ketron]

You should call that Piece
OUT OF THE ASHES
Awesome piece Travis!

[Raymond Overman]

Travis,

I gotta tell ya, I'd burn my woodpile if I thought I could get a few pieces like that out of it. I think the charred rim and other figure go hand in hand. It's a stunning piece in the picture and I'm sure it looks even better in person.

Though I wouldn't be too happy about a guy burning a whole tree when I had asked about it, would you have burned the rim on this piece and would it have had as much character if he hadn't? At least there was a silver lining on that dark cloud.

[Keith Burns]

Absolutely stunning ! What more can be said?:) :)