Red Malle Burl NE

Red Mallee Burl natural edge bowl
3 3/8" dia. x 3 1/2" tall x 3/16" wall
Finish: 5 coats of Tung Oil Finish, wet sanded to 1500, buffed with Zam.

This was the piece I started months ago for the 2010 calendar. I just got around to finishing this week after having a bit of a break on the leatherworking orders.

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Chris Wright

Registered: November 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 1,684

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Date: Wed January 19, 2011
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Keywords: red mallee burl natural edge bowl

Comments

Greg Plank

Beautiful

Greg Plank

#1 Wed January 19, 2011 4:48pm

Chris Wright

Thanks Greg

#2 Wed January 19, 2011 6:06pm

JimQuarles

Looks like you still have it!

#3 Wed January 19, 2011 7:14pm

Frank Van Atta

Very nice piece. Unusual shape for Mallee Burl (at least for those of us who mostly get only burl caps).

#4 Wed January 19, 2011 8:36pm

Chris Wright

Thanks Jim & Frank.

Frank - it was an unusual cut which is why I bought it and 3 more like it when I saw them 4 years ago. The vendor had a brain fart (his words not mine) and when cutting blanks out of a stack of burls grabbed the wrong one and started blocking it into cubes and such. 1/2 the burl was cut up before he realized what wood he was cutting so he finished it off and sold them. Compared to what RM usually goes for, I got them for a steal due to the odd shapes. Wink

#5 Wed January 19, 2011 9:27pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Looking good there, Chris. Love the calabash shape you gave this burl. Beautiful wood and work. How does it feel to get back in front of spinning wood? Good I would imagine. 8^)

#6 Thu January 20, 2011 4:43am

Michelle Rich

lovely color, abd it looks so natural..like it just grew that way. Super

#7 Thu January 20, 2011 12:35pm

David Hamann

very nice.

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#8 Thu January 20, 2011 6:12pm

Chris Wright

Thanks Rev. Funny thing is I've been at the lathe quite a bit in the last few months but the burnishers I've been making are all the same - production style - work so I felt like spinning something different. The old drive still isn't quite there but it was fun.

Thanks Michelle, that's what we shoot for right? Wink

Thanks David

#9 Thu January 20, 2011 6:27pm

David Seaba

Outstanding Job Chris! I love everthing about this piece. This wood would look great in a Duck Call!

#10 Thu January 20, 2011 8:02pm

Roger Smith

Beautiful

#11 Tue January 25, 2011 1:43am