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WOW squared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love it, Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What a beautiful turned vase. I have a lot of the flame box elder but nothing with that body. Great job.
 

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That is such an amazing piece of wood absolutely stunning! And you did a great job creating a wonderful piece of art. It made my day.
 

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Realy amaizing and unbeleivable that this is natur colour, beautiful vase.
 

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Very impressive.

Welcome to Lumberjocks
 

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Great color, nice work.
 

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WOW!!!That is totally Awesome. The flame is electric, never seen any as red as that.
Great job on the vase and thanks for sharing.

Bob.
 

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Oh my gosh - that just takes your breath away. TOTALLY awesome !

welcome to LJ's
 

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Unique features,congratulations!
 

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Bob this timber is unreal, wow, just love the way you've left the base & show the colour running over
cheers
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That is extremely nice. The figure is incredible. Any problems with cracking/movement when using the whole log like that?
 

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that wood is insane I love the way you left the base with the bark on very unique,its 5 stars man,welcome to lumber jocks,keep turnin.
 

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The vase looks fantastic and I really like that you kept the slab underneath it. Welcome to LJ's!
 

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I personally would have preferred if it was a stand alone vase, but you are the artist.

I agree with everybody else that the wood is insane.
 

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Holy cow that's beautiful. To think I always thought of Box Elders as garbage trees. I had one cut down and hauled all of it to the dump about 30 years ago. I had no idea they had such beautiful wood.
 

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Thanks for all the wonderful comments - quite the welcoming committee here … I debated both ways with the base -but because this piece is turned end grain with the pith still in it ( and was not completely Dry ) I expect some movement and possible cracking so I thought leaving the base and worm holes and tunnels and small voids - made it look more natural and that what ever cracks or distortion takes place would look better the more natural the piece and setting-at least that's my thinking ,now I'm just hoping mother nature is gentle in the drying process - i did soak this piece in teak oil hoping to ease the cracking a bit and possibly add some UV protection to help keep the color
 

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Mother nature sure has some hidden colors. Nice you found this one.
 

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Thanks for all the wonderful comments - quite the welcoming committee here … I debated both ways with the base -but because this piece is turned end grain with the pith still in it ( and was not completely Dry ) I expect some movement and possible cracking so I thought leaving the base and worm holes and tunnels and small voids - made it look more natural and that what ever cracks or distortion takes place would look better the more natural the piece and setting-at least that s my thinking ,now I m just hoping mother nature is gentle in the drying process - i did soak this piece in teak oil hoping to ease the cracking a bit and possibly add some UV protection to help keep the color

- Bob
I think is a wise decision.
 
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