When people see this bowl sitting on
your table, they are gonna ask about it.
You know it. I know it. After all the natural coloring of hackberry
with the magnificent way the spalting runs in it makes it really stand out from
others. Now this bowl may be used as a
serving bowl for salads, veggies as well as smashed spuds. You might also use it as a display bowl for
fruits and nuts and pretty much anything else you want to put in it. Use the bowl with confidence as the wood was
sealed with food grade walnut oil. Then
the bowl was finished with a walnut oil/shellac mixture with a bit of walnut
oil based wax added while being rubbed in.
After that the bowl was buffed to a nice luster. You will feel on the outside of the bowl in
some areas where the wood is slightly burred.
It was sanded as far as I thought was a good idea without making the
sides too thin. The bowl is 12 ¼” in
diameter at the four corners and 9 ¼” squared.
The height at the corners is 5” and 4” and the low side. The volume measures at ¾ gallon. That is a lot of salad or whatever tasty
stuff you put in the bowl. 14Jan19 BLHB70
I love the colour of this hackberry bowl, the shape is very nice and with the four points of this bowl being rounded gives me an impression of a flower. Another well thought out design and really well turned. Well done.
ReplyDeleteHackberry is a wonderful looking wood, I agree. Glad you like the shape I came up with. Hackberry ain't good for much else than turning bowls. But, it certainly is good for that.
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