Rustic Hawthorne clock

[stevenw1963]

Asked for a ''rustic'' looking mantelpiece clock.
Had this piece of Scottish Hawthorne log kicking around for a while but didn't look anything special - until I cut it up, lovely grain pattern inside.

Finished with Teak oil & 2 coats of Acrylic gloss lacquer.

C & C welcome

 

[wallace]

Nice piece, I think hawthorne is one of my favourite woods for turning. the colours and grain patterns are brilliant.

 

[stevenw1963]

Thanks Wallace,

yes, this bit surprised me when I cut it, lovely pattern inside.

 

[WandrinAndy]

Great result! As a newbie, I genuinely didn't realise that some woods could give this effect.

 

[stevenw1963]

Andy,

Some of the plainest looking pieces of wood surprise you when you cut / turn it.

I had this kicking around in log form & it looked grotty so hadn't done anything with it apart from taking the end off one log which was just plain white, made a pen out of that piece.

This looked great when sprayed with the teak oil, really brought the grain pattern out.