Wolf Kiessling
12-10-2006, 5:56 PM
The chunk of magnolia that started this bowl was cracked so badly I almost relegated it to the fire wood pile but then I decided to accept the challenge.
The piece is 9 3/4" wide by 5 1/4" tall. The diameter of the bottom is 3 1/4". That is where most of the cracking occurred and I had to turn away a lot of the wood. This is not my most favorite shape but in this case the log absoluted determined the shape. Anyhow, I added some additional "cracking" to make the natural cracks a little more pleasing, at least according to my eyes. These are, of course, filled in with a mix of turquoise colored inlace and crushed turquoise. It is finished with one sacrificial coat of fruitwood colored danish oil, a coat of cherry colored danish oil, steel wooled with 0000 steel wool, another coat of cherry colored danish oil and completed with a coat of wax. I used the colored danish oil because I absolutely do not like the natural color of magnolia wood. Also, you might be able to tell where I blew out one side of the bowl.
Oh yeah, I only turned the bowl 4" deep which means the bottom is 1 1/4" thick. This gives the bowl a nice heft and a great deal of stability.
Any comments regarding the inlay work, both negative and positive, would be welcome.
The piece is 9 3/4" wide by 5 1/4" tall. The diameter of the bottom is 3 1/4". That is where most of the cracking occurred and I had to turn away a lot of the wood. This is not my most favorite shape but in this case the log absoluted determined the shape. Anyhow, I added some additional "cracking" to make the natural cracks a little more pleasing, at least according to my eyes. These are, of course, filled in with a mix of turquoise colored inlace and crushed turquoise. It is finished with one sacrificial coat of fruitwood colored danish oil, a coat of cherry colored danish oil, steel wooled with 0000 steel wool, another coat of cherry colored danish oil and completed with a coat of wax. I used the colored danish oil because I absolutely do not like the natural color of magnolia wood. Also, you might be able to tell where I blew out one side of the bowl.
Oh yeah, I only turned the bowl 4" deep which means the bottom is 1 1/4" thick. This gives the bowl a nice heft and a great deal of stability.
Any comments regarding the inlay work, both negative and positive, would be welcome.