Hollow Form "Flying Saucer" Pecan Goodie Box

Now, how about this!?!  A truly unique shaped box for your goodies or treasures.  Basic shape is like a flying saucer, with the interior hollowed out also making this a hollow form piece.  Wasn’t sure just which category to put it in so I decided on boxes.  Turned from truly magnificent pecan wood, this piece has everything that would make a rustic fan happy.  You have some worm holes, you have natural edge, you have spalting, and even a knot hole or two.  Just doesn’t get any better than this.  This box holds a nice amount of 3 cups.  The outside measures 8 ½” and the inside lip is 2 ¾”.  The total height is 5” and the vessel height is 3 1/4”.  The depth of the vessel is 2 ¾”.  The hollowing of the interior follows the exterior fairly well.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a walnut oil and shellac mixture.  A combination such as this gives the box a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  26Mar19  BXP98

https://www.etsy.com/listing/693853385/hollow-form-flying-saucer-pecan-goodie

White Oak 2 Tier Dish

Talking about rustic looking and multipurpose, this 2 tier dish is amazing.  Turned from rugged looking white oak, it can be looked at being an accomplishment to finish this piece.  Not only rugged looking, white oak is rugged to turn.  Warm natural colors, knot holes, and odd and end natural wood blemishes, this has it all.  On the top tier there is even a knot hole that goes all the way through.  So if you put anything real tiny in the top tier it might fall through and land in the bottom tier.  The upper diameter is 3 ½” with a depth of about ½”.  The bottom diameter is 6 ¼” with a depth of around ½”.  The total height is 3 ¾”.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a walnut oil/shellac mixture.  A combination such as this gives the dish a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  16Mar19  SDWO3 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/677340584/white-oak-2-tier-dish

8 1/4" White Oak Dessert Stand

This is the first stand I have turned from white oak.  It brought back old lessons learned.  Be prepared for a fight if you let the white oak get really dry before turning.  Which is exactly what I did.  All of my white oak is really dry, therefore rather on the cantankerous side for turning.  This stand shows some of the typically natural defects in this wood.  You will see cracks and knot holes throughout.  But there is no worry with those.  They add to the rustic appeal of the stand.  Any cracks that were going to possibly cause any problems in the next several years were reinforced with clear glue and natural dust.  The knot holes I left alone.  The diameter on the top is 8 ¼” with a base diameter of 3 ½”, just right for stability.  The height of the stand is 3 ¼”.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a walnut oil/shellac mix.  This combination gives the stand a nice hard long lasting finish.  13Mar19  SDWO2

https://www.etsy.com/listing/690390325/8-14-white-oak-dessert-stand

8 1/2" White Oak Display Bowl

Looking at this bowl makes me think back to the saloons in the west back in the 1800’s.  The saloons were in the habit of having either salted peanuts or potato chips in bowls on the bar for the paying customers.  From what I have read both were loaded with salt for two reasons.  First is the salt was used to help preserve the goodies and also the salt made the customers thirstier so they drank more.  What a concept!  I just picture a bowl like this used for that.  This bowl has the usual characteristics I find in this wood.  Minor cracks throughout and some beautiful warm coloring.  This bowl does not hold liquids.  You may put whatever else you desire in it as long as it is more of a solid.  Like nuts, candy, fruits, and even popcorn.  Lots of uses for a bowl like this.  The diameter is 8 ½” with a height of 3” and a depth of 2 ¼”.  The volume measured to be 4 cups.  The wood was sealed with food grade walnut oil and finished with a walnut oil/shellac mixture.  This combination gives the bowl a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  6Mar19  BLWO18 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/674703782/8-12-white-oak-display-bowl

Beautifully Spalted Pecan Wood 2 Tier Dish

This heavily spalted piece is really something else.  First let me say it is all one piece of wood.  No glue or screws here.  Uhuh.  This 2 tier dish may be used for such a variety of things, it will amaze.  Use it for different kinds of nuts like the photos show, or candies, even jewelry!  This dish is certainly rustic in appearance with all the spalting and the worm holes.   The top has a bit of difference in color as it is more from heartwood whereas the bottom is more outer wood.  The wood was all sealed with food grade walnut oil and then finished with a mixture of walnut oil and shellac.  This gives the dish a nice hard long lasting natural finish.  The bottom diameter is 6” with a depth of about a ½”.  The upper diameter is 3 ½” with a depth of ¾”.  The total height of the piece is 3”.  12Mar19  SDP59 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/690125205/beautifully-spalted-pecan-wood-2-tier