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Silver Maple Platter w/ Natural Feet
Michael Anderson

Silver Maple Platter w/ Natural Feet

This is a bigger version of a similar platter I posted to the gallery a while ago. This time, I didn't make the mistake of adding colored dots to the border. For this piece, as with the last one, I wanted to make a platter that was supported by little burl eyes, a la feet. I also wanted to keep as much natural contour as possible, so I turned away the sides with a gentle curve. This gives the illusion that the platter is floating, hence my main photo. I kept the face of the platter relatively simple, with a slightly raised and sharp lip that borders a small and shallow dish. 10"d x 2"h
Keeping the face natural was also a good way to show off the junction between the "normal" brown wood and the gray burl. There are some nice minor spalting zone lines visible as well. One of the coolest reasons to keep the natural edge is to contrast a relatively round face with a totally non-round back. Pretty fun contrast of shapes, imho. Here are a couple of views of the front and the back:

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Thanks a lot Vincent, Sam, and Will. It does look like the moon. Ha! I hadn't thought of that, but now I can't unsee it :)

Brian, thanks! I made a bunch of shims and superglued them to a piece of plywood. Then I hot-glued the blank to the plywood/shims. I had to plan it out so that the feet (little burl eyes) would give a stable foundation, and so that I had enough material to create a dish and the wide border. I'm almost certain that the planning/mounting process took much longer than the actual turning. Here are a couple of progress shots:
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Most of it did, for sure! I tried to avoid the little crevices on the burl eyes and anywhere else that might be difficult to remove. A little it of denatured alcohol helped the tiny bits that were stubborn.
 

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