The Woodshop Shed

Trio - Plum Gorgeous Natural Edge Bowls

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


A few weekends ago I spent a pleasant morning with a new friend cutting down his diseased Ornamental Plum. He was sad to see it go as it was an old friend, but felt it best for a woodworker to make something of it, rather than burn it. And as I cut into it, was glad I'd taken the project on, because this wood is really pretty.I spent several more hours that weekend processing the largest part of the trunk into blanks and coating the end grain with Latex paint. And then just for fun I made the first cute little bowl you see in the last three pix. It's turned really thin and so it's moving pretty good as the wood dries out and contracts.This past weekend I processed some more of it and turned two more bowls. They are all moving delightfully as the moisture leaves and the wood contracts. The previously round bottoms are now oval shaped, and the wings are dipping down on one side, and waving up on the other.And this wood is… well… Plum gorgeous!About 5-7 inches wide, and 1.5 to 2 inches tall. Finished with two coats of wipe on Polyurethane.

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