Photinia Vase

[Ernie Nyvall]

It is 4"x3". Finished with Watco Natural and buffed. This wood is real dense. It started a sheen at 100 grit. The brown spot was blood red when I cut it and now looks like dried blood. I left the pith in it and it did crack on the surface as you can see, but everything I turned from this wood was cracking before I got it formed. So as I am experimenting with hollow forms, I decided to leave the pith to get the whole diameter of the bush. I didn't figure on finishing it, but when I saw the crack had stopped, I filled it with ca.

Of course your comments, suggestions welcome. Thanks for looking.

Ernie

[Michael Stafford]

The brown spot was blood red when I cut it and now looks like dried blood.

Ernie

Whew, Ernie, before I read the rest of that sentence I thought that was not the way I would choose to stain a piece.

Photinia, as in photinia the landscape bush/small tree? It really looks quite nice. That is a very nice semi-enclosed form!

[Ernie Nyvall]

Photinia, as in photinia the landscape bush/small tree?

Yes Michael, the red tipped photonia. It had three branches about 4" in diameter. The trunk is much bigger... about 12" x 12". It's still in the ground though.

Ernie

[Mike Ramsey]

Ernie,
Great job! It's a beautiful piece. I love the shape, hope to do as well one of these days. It looks a lot bigger than you describe,which to me means your pretty good with the camera too...

[Ed Scolforo]

Great piece, Ernie. I really like the form.

Ed

[Mark Singer]

Photinia fraseri....beautiful!

[John Hart]

Ernie,

That is wonderful! Quite an "experiment" if you ask me!

[Don Henthorn Smithville, TX]

Nice shape to the hollow form, Ernie. I like the wood too, but haven't a clue to what it really is.

[Jim Ketron]

Nice job Ernie! Beautiful shape and nice finish too!

[Ernie Nyvall]

Don, a Red Tipped Photinia is mostly planted as a shrub. It has green leaves except for the new growth which comes out red. Hence the name Red Tipped Photinia. Mine was a single bush that was trimmed to grow tall with three main branches about 4" in diameter.

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Ernie

[Carole Valentine]

Beautiful Ernie! I like the form and the wood. I had no idea Red Tip got that big.

[Fred Ray]

Nice work, Ernie. Beautiful wood, Great form and execution.

[Brad Schmid]

nice job Ernie. i like the form. nice finish on some great looking wood too.