Bowls from cherry stump/root

[Marc Martindale]

I haven't done much on the lathe lately but I got busy the past couple of days...

This cherry bowl was turned from a piece of stump wood from a friend's burn pile. It's the first one I felt like putting my name on the bottom of...

It's 6" in diameter and 2" high, It should have been deeper, but I was trying to get rid of the punky spot you can see on the bottom of it. I should have just left it in as I never did get it all out. It probably would have been closer to 3" high with a more natural curve to it rather than a side and a bottom.


The second bowl was made from the same piece of Cherry as the last one. It's 5" x 2". I went ahead and left the punky stuff in it, and used CA to firm it up. This bowl gave me nothing but trouble on the inside concave sides, so I quit before I ruined it. I was going to try for thinner sides than the 1/4" ones I have on it and the other bowl.

I just got the Ellsworth PM bowl gouge and watched his video, used the gouge and the techniques on these. Except on the inside of the smaller one where I was using a scraper to finish it.

Both pieces have outstanding grain pattern due to it being from the stump area. Finished with Danish oil and Beall Buffed.

Thanks for looking.

[Nancy Laird]

Marc, both of these bowls are just beautiful - wild grain really moving around. But I truly like the form of the second one. It just grabs me.

Nancy

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work on both bowls Marc! I like the finish, each of the forms and you managed to highlight the grain in each as well. Again, nice work!

[Jonathon Spafford]

Look beautiful to me... they have awesome finishes and the wood is spectacular! Great job, Marc!

[George Van]

Hey Marc, good to see you posting these bowls, that is some great grain pattern and would have been a shame to stay in the firewood pile. The finish looks great as do the beads in the foot. Do you go to the new AAW group in Wausau?

[Paul Engle]

Nice bowls Marc, I like the second one also, great shape even better save!! Good call on the finish , oil really brings out the grain.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Marc those are a couple of beauties. Very nicely done. I really like the wood. It has a lot going on in it.

[Mark Pruitt]

Nicely done! One of these days I need to head over to my boss' house to harvest the root and bottom 3-4 feet of a cherry tree. Seeing your pics makes me look forward to it all the more.

[John Timberlake]

Nice job on a terrific piece of wood.

[Ken LaSota]

Nice job Marc a lot going on in those bowls.You never know what you will find in the wood pile.
Ken

[David Tiell]

Nice save from the burn pile! Great grain, nice finish, and I really like the shape and the contrast of the "punky" stuff in the second!

[Art Mulder]

Ditto what Nancy said... I really like the shape of the second one.

[Jim Shaver, Oakville Ont]

What Art said.....:D

[Marc Martindale]

Thanks for the kind words!