Grain Patterns That Look Like Something!

[Kevin Weir]

I always look for a familiar map of somewhere to turn up in the spalt lines when I turn spalted maple. But here’s an image I wasn’t expecting in an ash platter I’m currently working on. Does anyone else see the speeding bullet with its accompanying shock waves slicing through the air? By the way, that’s not my finished, final cut!

 

[hockenbery]

nice find
I saw an eye at first glance. Do see the waves looks like ships I see from airplanes with the bow wave...
Could be a boat tailed bullet close to that shape

 

[Richard Coers]

I'm guessing there is a bullet nearby.

 

[Dean Center]

Could be Ming the Merciless chasing Flash Gordon.

 

[Ric Williams]

I was expecting an image of Elvis, but now that I look at it, it does look like a somewhat bulbous bullet and shock waves.

I recently made a small maple bowl for my grandson, but it wasn't until after I'd turned it, sanded it and finished it that I noticed a smiling face in the grain. It reminds me of a Sunday comics character named Ziggy:

 

[odie]

My neighbor was over the other day, and says he saw a "map" in this spalted maple bowl.
I guess I can see the Mediterranean sea there, but Italy seems to be missing!

 

[Kevin Weir]

My neighbor was over the other day, and says he saw a "map" in this spalted maple bowl.
I guess I can see the Mediterranean sea there, but Italy seems to be missing!
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That’s a coincidence! A spalted maple platter I once turned had an almost perfect map of Europe except that Great Britain was missing.

 

[Tom Gall]

 

[Lars Hansen]

@Kevin: Your map was predicting Brexit

 

[robo hippy]

I saw a speeding space ship.... I have had other people point out things that I missed. One was a bird, head, eye, body and wings. Many faces. You just never know what will turn up...

robo hippy

 

[Kevin Weir]

@Kevin: Your map was predicting Brexit

Haha, I like that observation!

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Watching You ??

 

[Kevin Jesequel]

This one might be more like an ink blot test, but I see a dragon flying through clouds into the sun

 

[Kevin Weir]

This one might be more like an ink blot test, but I see a dragon flying through clouds into the sun

I see it too! Nice bowl, is that ash?

 

[Kevin Jesequel]

Thank you. Yes, it is ash. One of several to come out of this massive crotch...

 

[Tom Albrecht]

I'm guessing there is a bullet nearby.

Unlikely that it would retain that shape after impact.