Spalted Birch Vase

This is another in the reverse turning series. This is from some heavily spalted birch I rescued from a burn pile at the lake. 7 3/4" tall by 4" wide. Finished with Danish oil. The oil deepened the colors and really brought out the spalting.

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Robert_Harper

Registered: December 2009
Location: Sandy, Utah, USA
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Date: Tue January 10, 2012
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Keywords: spalted birch

Comments

Michelle Rich

great spalt..very pretty. good save!

#1 Tue January 10, 2012 12:49pm

larry mccartney

nice vase. wish I could find some burnt wood like that.

#2 Tue January 10, 2012 2:42pm

Robert_Harper

Larry, it wasn't actually burnt, it was just in the "to be burned" pile by the fire pit. I thought it looked too good to go up in flames and I didn't think my drunken sailor buddies would notice. Punky in spots but pretty once it is finished.

Live long, love lots, and turn fast.

#3 Tue January 10, 2012 11:23pm

Scott Wheeler

Scott Wheeler

Nice piece Robert I relly like these reverse turnings you've been doing latley

#4 Wed January 11, 2012 1:39am

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Another great piece. I think I would rather have a rim that that was a touch smaller, but that is being pretty picky. Very cool. 8^)

#5 Wed January 11, 2012 3:52am

Robert_Harper

Rev. I agree with you to a point but I wanted to go a bit extreme. Just for novelty sake. I have some where the rim is as wide as the body and the neck is very small and much shorter. From the top they look like a flower and I think they have their own appeal. I think I'm still searching for that killer shape that sings. Until then, I'll have a lot of fun looking for it.

Live long, love lots, and turn fast.

#6 Wed January 11, 2012 4:07am

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Sounds good to me. I was just thinking that it might look good with an even wider rim. Give it a go with this length neck and a wider rim. Might just be the ticket. 8^)

#7 Fri January 13, 2012 12:18am

Eldon DeHaan

Nice piece Robert...I think that if you could lose the shadow in photo it would clean up the line of the work... Great job.

#8 Mon January 16, 2012 7:20am