This is a 10” wide by 8” deep and 1/8th” to 3/8ths” thick on the bottom, made from a great piece of Black Walnut Burl. The Wood was cut in Dec. of 2009 from a dead but still standing tree. This pieces was a chunk from the basal flair. The wood was roughed out to 1” thick a straight sided cylander and put up in the drying racks, I needed a jam chuck to finish another very deep bowl and this was just the right size. I finished the other bowl and still had this in my Nova chuck, and I was looking for my next project and beings how this was chucked I went ahead and shaped it . The wood is finished with three coats of Tung Oil, Table Top Varnish, Mineral Spirits, a coat of Bees Wax and a top coat of Carnuba Wax. The title of the bowl was a result of a recent trip to the Barber, She shaves the back of my neck but I have to crane my head forward to straighten out the fat rolls the bowl reminded my of that experience.
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scrappy
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#1 posted 1136 days ago
Very unique bowl. Fantastic color and grain in the wood. Love the shape too. Looks like it would be a pain to keep your wall thickness even. Great job.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
jockmike2
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#2 posted 1135 days ago
Beautiful burl, gorgeous, btw my sister is a hair dresser and she does the same thing to me, she calls it, giving me a neck.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
Kindlingmaker
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#3 posted 1135 days ago
Beautiful art, beautiful wood, You did well!
-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings
sras
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#4 posted 1135 days ago
Very nice! I like how the rolls expose more surface of the wood. That way I can see more of that wonderful grain.
-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive
OregonBurls
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#5 posted 1114 days ago
That is some pritty burl!
-- Greg, Southern Oregon, www.oregonburls.com What can I say but God Is Good!
Abbott
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#6 posted 1114 days ago
Very nice.
-- Ohh mann...pancakes and boobies...I'll bet that's what Heaven is like! ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣
Woodbutcher3
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#7 posted 989 days ago
B-U-T-Full
-- Rod ~ There's never enough time to finish a project, but there's always time to start another one.
Woodbutcher3
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#8 posted 989 days ago
Oh, and I love the birdseye turning you did that’s in the background
-- Rod ~ There's never enough time to finish a project, but there's always time to start another one.
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