Sadly I lost a 20-year-old grand-nephew July 5th. His mom, my niece, had the body cremated and is not ready to let go and asked for an urn. This is my effort.
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12" high without 'finial' (about 15" with) and 8 1/2" diameter. About 1/4" wall thickness. Primary wood is locally sourced Jakaranda while cap is Bubinga and flame is Australian burl (Jarra?) Sanded with Walnut oil, coated with DO and buffed and waxed with Ren wax.
Unfortunately when I prepared the log, there were cracks in the log. Due to having a defibrillator, I can no longer use my gas chain saw and the cheap-o electric burned out. So the last cut was not deep enough to get totally past a crack. I removed another 2" on the lathe, but when I hollowed the top 4" through a 1 1/2" hole the crack opened. So I removed enough of the top to remove the crack and replaced it with the bubinga cap. This also removed the spot where the off center pith exited at the top. The was some minor pith cracking too. The pit can be seen exiting near the bottom, but no cracking there. the top piece is slotted to resemble the brass wick guard on an oil lamp with the burl forming the flame. I came up with this idea for another hollow form that will probably be my next major project.
I will deliver the urn when I return to NC in Sept.
C&C welcome as always.