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Wide Mouth Elm Vessel

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Wide Mouth Elm VesselThis wide mouth bowl was an exercise in refining the surface and using a new finish.
I am calling it elm but it may very well be chinaberry or possibly hackberry. Any feedback on what this species may be would be appreciated. I was very happy by the smooth texture of the finished piece. There was a bit of endgrain tearout that I tried cutting in reverse and then sanding through grits 80# to 320#. This is one aspect that I am still working on. Along with the dark coloration there are light colored speckles or flecks.
Its a mid size piece with the widest part of the bowl measuring 7 inches across and the depth of the bowl is 4 inches. The wall of this piece is about 3/16ths of an inch.
I used a homemade wipe on (Danish) finish. It is equal parts of tung oil, mineral spirits and polyurethane. I lightly sanded between the wipe on coats. I then applied a couple of shellac coats that I burnished into the surface. Lastly I used Renaissance Microcrystaline wax. It dulled down the shine a bit more than I hoped it would.This piece is from the same tree that I used to create Speckled Elm Bowl
Comments and criticisms welcome!



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posted at: 12:00am on 07-Apr-2022
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