Spalted Sycamore

[KimG]

A new bowl off the new lathe, this is the first item I have done that I liked well enough to post a picture of up on the forum.

All comments welcome.

 

[Paul.J]

That is lovely Kim

 

[Grahamshed]

I hope I can do as well when I get my lathe.

 

[jordec66]

Looks great, I love the polished lustre, it really brings out the beauty of the wood.

 

[henton49er]

That is lovely Kim

+1

 

[woodyturner]

That is so very nice Kim simply beautiful and very practical well done keep em coming

 

[gus3049]

Lovely simple shape and great finish. You did the wood proud. Nice one.

 

[nev]

Lovely simple shape and great finish. You did the wood proud. Nice one.

+1

 

[WoodMangler]

That looks lovely - what's the finish ?

 

[KimG]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone!

The finishing was sanding to 400, Chestnut finishing oil, 3 coats (which soaked right in) dried for a day then buffed with the two abrasive compounds and finished with a liberon wax stick and the soft buffing wheel/dome.

 

[boysie39]

What a lovely bowl ,a really great piece of turning and finishing .Well worth waiting for !!! =D> =D>
You picked a beautiful piece of wood and enhanced all the more with your skills .
Well done look forward to many more pictures of your work .

 

[CHJ]

Basically it's all been said by others, very practical form and lets the wood shout its beauty.

Well done in finding a piece of spalted sycamore with such clean and well defined markings, so often that which comes my way has an abundance of dark water stains that overpower the pure spalting.

 

[KimG]

Thanks Chas, The wood was a couple of logs from a tree we felled last year for my Dad, they were stacked on top of each other in a shed rather than outside, I was a bit surprised that any spalting had happened as I assumed it would need a fair bit of damp, I guess the stacking must have held in the moisture long enough to allow it without overly staining it, a handy way of inducing a better quality of marking if that is how it occurred maybe?

 

[CHJ]

Yes the fungi inducing the spalting seem to be happy enough living on the sugars and natural moisture in the wood without excessive damp.
In fact I have had Beech spalt that was in slabs intended for chopping boards and perfectly clean when stacked and I was convinced it had not been subjected to undue exposure to Spalted wood or conditions.

 

[Paul.J]

Thats interesting to know as i have some large-ish blocks of Beech that i have had kept in the shop to keep em clean,so i will have to check em out :wink:

 

[MattF]

Very nice the shape shows the spalting off very well =D>


Matt

 

[Harlequin]

nice work, good selection of timber as well
a slightly smaller foot would give more lift and lightness

 

[Jacob]

Nice shaped bowl. Not bothered about spaltering myself - it's firewood IMHO compared to nice clean wood.