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1899 Cottonwood burl centerpiece.
"Mantle of Power"
15" Ash Salad Bowl
15" Ash Salad Bowl
1899 Cottonwood burl centerpiece.
1899 Cottonwood burl centerpiece
Holey Vessel
"Roll Meone
odie

1899 Cottonwood burl centerpiece.

Completed 11/20/22, after initial roughing the 14% MC blank, the roughed bowl took 5 months to stabilize. 13 1/16" x 2 7/16", 1 lb 9.6 oz. Sold for $360. Very difficult to sand with such big voids, but do-able with some practice! :)
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Sam Fleisher
That's pretty awesome!

When I think of cottonwood I think of split fuzzy slats on throw away pallets.
Definitely didn't know it could turn out like that.
 
Russ Braun
You’re definitely the keeper of amazing bowl blanks Odie!! They just keep coming!! Nice effort.
 
Dean Center
Once again, it's unbelievable to me that you can get that kind of detail in cottonwood. You definitely need to give a presentation on your techniques at the AAW symposium
 
odie
Sam Fleisher said:
That's pretty awesome!

When I think of cottonwood I think of split fuzzy slats on throw away pallets.
Definitely didn't know it could turn out like that.
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Russ Braun said:
You’re definitely the keeper of amazing bowl blanks Odie!! They just keep coming!! Nice effort.
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Dean Center said:
Once again, it's unbelievable to me that you can get that kind of detail in cottonwood. You definitely need to give a presentation on your techniques at the AAW symposium
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Thanks Sam, Russ and Dean..... :)

I appreciate your comments.

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odie
Sam Fleisher said:
Won't find out till I ask.... What does the scrabble tile represent?
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Sam....that question comes up now and then. It's because of Etsy policy. Etsy suggests everyone have something in the photo that gives the viewer some idea of the size of the object. This is my solution, and I just happen to have an old Scrabble game. That old board game is on the shelf with several other old board games......and, getting dusty! Since the new age of computer games, my sons call me "the dinosaur"!!!! Ha,ha. :)

-----odie------
 
Sam Fleisher
And I was wracking my brain coming up with "maybe it's some kind of system to show difficulty" Z to the far right, scale of 1 - 10 on each letter

I usually use my computer mouse.
 
odie
Hi and thanks, Brian...... :)

If you do some online searches, you'll find quite a few wood dealers.....expect to pay a premium for the best pieces, though. Even so, I probably lose 5% of what I buy for various reasons. Buying wood online is definitely a gamble, and there are plenty of dealers who have various methods of making you think you're getting something you won't.

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