steven carter
05-20-2008, 2:50 PM
This is the first bowl from the sycamore tree I got when the highway department cut the tree from General Burnside's house. It was right beside a ditch that I could have walked through, but instead I went around to driveway(bridge) to get to it. (This is an inside joke to all you history buffs out there, if you don't get it then google burnside's bridge for the rest of the story. If you happen to live in Kentucky, the town of Burnside, near Somerset is named for General Burnside, and the modern phrase of sideburns is a takeoff from his name because of his prolific lamb chop sideburns.)
Enough trivia, the bowl is 11.5" x 3" with home made oil finish. The wood had a very soft spot in it that I left in to maximize the size.(I was afraid if I kept turning to get rid of it I would have ended up with an invisible bowl:mad:) The soft spot slightly became lower than the rest of the surrounding wood through sanding. You can see it in the right side of photo 1 and left side of the other 2. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm wondering if I should have tried some wood hardener on the soft area and if it would have helped? As it is my story is (and I'm sticking to it) it gives the bowl character.:cool:
Comments/answers greatly appreciated.
Steve
Enough trivia, the bowl is 11.5" x 3" with home made oil finish. The wood had a very soft spot in it that I left in to maximize the size.(I was afraid if I kept turning to get rid of it I would have ended up with an invisible bowl:mad:) The soft spot slightly became lower than the rest of the surrounding wood through sanding. You can see it in the right side of photo 1 and left side of the other 2. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm wondering if I should have tried some wood hardener on the soft area and if it would have helped? As it is my story is (and I'm sticking to it) it gives the bowl character.:cool:
Comments/answers greatly appreciated.
Steve