Various olive ash forms

[cornucopia]

hello folks

here are a few forms that i've made recently.

they are all ash most are half olive heartwood and half sapwood and a couple have the darker black heart colouration.

7"tall x 4"wide

6"tall by 3" wide

9" tall by 5 1/2" wide

4"tall x 4" wide

3 1/2"tall x 3 1/2" wide

6" tall x 4 1/2" wide

6" tall x 4" wide

4" tall x 4" wide

8" tall x 5 1/2" wide

7" tall x 5" wide

 

[Paul.J]

Excellent George,love the colour of the Ash
Is Olive Ash a seperate species of Ash or is it just a fungus that gets into a normal Ash tree to give it that colouring??

 

[henton49er]

A superb collection of hollow forms! I particularly like the grain patterns and darker colouration on the first and last ones.

 

[cornucopia]

Thank you for your comments

I belive its a fungus attack Paul- good to see you back on here.

 

[Paul.J]

Thanks George
So do you know if that would happen if the Ash was stored in log form or is summat that happens while the tree is living??
I have a few decent size logs of Ash that have been kept outside now for about 3-4 years.

 

[cornucopia]

while the tree is living Paul a bit like brown oak- all that happens to ash in storage is the sapwood discolours and sometimes slightly spalts.

 

[andersonec]

Olive Ash is purely the darker heartwood found in some Ash trees, used without the white section it is a dead ringer for Olive hence the name.

Andy

 

[Bodrighy]

I do like the smooth flowing shapes of these George. So simple but hard to achieve this quality. On a purely personal level feel the bead on the first few breaks the flow up and prefer the simplicity of the others.

Pete

 

[Paul.J]

Right got it now.Thanks both.
Best i can hope for then is some nice spalting.

 

[stevenw1963]

Some nice grain patterns on show there.
Nice shapes too.

 

[VikingAl]

Some amazing work there, the flow, the grain, the colours.....all impressive!.

 

[paulm]

Always enjoy seeing your work George

The last one is my favourite from a lovely bunch.

Cheers, Paul

 

[cornucopia]

Thank you for all of your kind comments

 

[duncanh]

Olive Ash is purely the darker heartwood found in some Ash trees, used without the white section it is a dead ringer for Olive hence the name.

Andy

I always thought that this was the case as well (told to me by my usual timber supplier). It's more likely to occur in bigger trees

 

[cornucopia]

I'm not sure that all heartwood in ash has olive figureing is correct- when i go to fetch my logs i dock the ends of dozens of logs before i find the olive figureing, most of the heartwood I find is just dull brown.

more reading here which links it to bacteria/fungal attack

more here which attributes it to older trees and bucking

I dont know what exactly cause's it or why i'm just glad i have access to lots of it :mrgreen:

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Excellent work. You've captured real Beauty in those pieces.

I have a photography related question. The graduated background, is that photoshop'd in or have you a card in situ in real life?

Actually any detail about the studio setup would be helpful in taking good quality images of turnings. I currently use a DSLR on a tripod with long shutter speeds. So I can get sharp focus, decent lighting and good depth of field. Just need to sort my backgrounds.

Thanks in advance

Rob.

 

[cornucopia]

thank you for your comments

I use a graduated background from calumet
then in good light and with my back to a large bay window I clip the background up and take the photo's free hand

then I edit them in picassa 3
I use a panasonic DMC FZ18 camera

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Most helpful. Much appreciated

 

[EnErY]

very nice collection of hollow forms well presented a pleasure to look at like the grain patterns
regards
Bill