I’ve been working on a piece I’m calling “Melting Wood.”
The base/foot is pin oak, and the “melting” elements are poplar and walnut.
Process-wise, this started as a laser-cut stack-up: I cut the parts, stacked/aligned the layers, and glued the whole blank together. Once it cured, I mounted it on the lathe and turned it like any other bowl—the fun part was watching the layered pattern show up as the shape came in. The end result is a bowl with a topographic / melting effect that wraps from the outside to the inside.
If you’ve got questions about the laser/stacking/glue-up, I’m happy to share what worked (and what I’d do differently next time).
