Spalted sweet gum bowl weathered

Very cool bowl.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Thanks.

-- We the willing. http://www.woodanddreams.com

WOW really nice, how did you weather it?

-- Brian Brooks, Maine

Well the weathering comes from an old trick I had done a long time ago. We were doing a bar top at a coffee house and they wanted the wood to look weathered. So we got a hold of a 3” thick board of pine and we took it to a sandblaster made it look really good. We ended up having to cut one end of the top but still needed the weathered look so I took a wire brush on a drill and duplicated the sandblasting. I did the same on the bowl except just with a wire brush and turned the lath up to high speeds.

-- We the willing. http://www.woodanddreams.com

good save of very appealing wood. If I may be so bold, I might suggest you make a disc & insert it into your chuck dovetail . Put on it, your name, wood type & when you made it. it gives the bottom a finished look , and it has info, that folks love to see. I’ve been doing it for 25 yrs, and folks really love the look

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