Some pics of a very punky Box Elder burl. This piece was so punky it was a fight to keep on the lathe at first. The inside of the bowl has some bark inclusion, the outside has a lot of defects going for it. I decided to leave the defects in as well and as much of the inclusion as possible. I wanted to go thinner on the walls but I would have on the outside lost too much of the defect, from the inside I feared it would have become a 3 sided bowl. I absolutely love the red mixed in with the burl. It will be given to a friend of mine that loves this, he's a retired artist/farmer. If you look close you can find a little bit of tear-out and some spots that show my rookie experience. I put 5 coats of 50/50 sealcoat and dna. Sanded down to bare wood then used spray on shellac, did 3 coats, sand down 2, another 3-4 coats, sand-sand-sand. It sits with 2 more coats, sanded back. I still need to sand down the center/inside to remove a darn run but might be a couple days. Wife is not feeling good so I'm in the house taking care of my better half. Life's a work in progress.
With the shellac sprayed on and not sanded down, the red stands out like a fire, really bright!
Let me know if there's anything I can do to improve on my cuts and what I can do to make this bowl pop more. Thanks y'all!
With the shellac sprayed on and not sanded down, the red stands out like a fire, really bright!
Let me know if there's anything I can do to improve on my cuts and what I can do to make this bowl pop more. Thanks y'all!