| Project by drgoodwood | posted 473 days ago | 505 views | 2 times favorited | 11 comments |  |
 |
Hi Y’All:
Here’s a poplar bark vase that I created for an upcoming arts & crafts show.
The base is a piece of old barn wood (pine) that is about 6/4 thick.
I cut it in a hexagonal shape.
I dyed it with walnut husk dye made by boiling walnut husks in rain water with a little borax.
The edge trim is split pawpaw wood attached with panel nails and hide glue.
The vase measures about 7” in diameter and about 11” tall.
I split the original bark with a hooked knife then peeled it off the log with wedges and by jamming my fingers between the bark and the log.
The bark has been pared down to about half its original thickness.
I drilled a paired column of holes with a square awl then used leather lacing to stitch it shut.
The ends of the leather lacing are strung with hair pipes and pony beads.
The bark and the wood were treated with diluted tung oil, sealed with shellac, and then varnished.
BTW, the pictures were taken with the vase resting on one of my work benches.
This one has a top made from split white pine and the legs are sycamore.
All of the wood came trees downed by wind.
I work mostly outside, so I frequently soak my benches with left over oils and varnishes to help preserve them.
-- Randy, Rustic Artisan, a family tradition. (No PM's - auto-deleted.) - "I am a seeker, not a follower."
11 comments so far
trifern
home | projects | blog
7894 posts in 661 days
posted 473 days ago
That is a beautiful vase Randall. Rustic and high-end all at the same time. Thanks for sharing.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
woodnot
home | projects | blog
51 posts in 509 days
posted 473 days ago
very nice -thanks for sharing
-- NW wood worker
DAN
home | projects | blog
6439 posts in 877 days
posted 472 days ago
This is a outstanding piece. the photographs didn’t do it justice …. until they are enlarged, great details
If I handed said it before.
Welcome to lumberjocks
-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever
Bradford
home | projects | blog
787 posts in 717 days
posted 472 days ago
Very interesting piece of artwork.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
savannah505
home | projects | blog
978 posts in 481 days
posted 472 days ago
Pretty cooool !!!! I like the imagination. Do you have these in a size 11 wide?
-- Dan Wiggins
snowdog
home | projects | blog
808 posts in 877 days
posted 472 days ago
It sure caught my eye, nicely done and I love the bench it rests on.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
thetimberkid
home | projects | blog
1944 posts in 598 days
posted 472 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
-- For wood working podcasts with a twist check out http://thetimberkid.com/
drgoodwood
home | projects | blog
381 posts in 1022 days
posted 470 days ago
Hi Y’All:
Thinks for all of the comments.
This piece was a prototype for a series of about 5 or 6 bark vases. The remaining pieces are underway. I make various things from tree barks. Poplar bark is my favorite, but I also use barl from buckeye, hickory, cottonwood and elm.
To Dan: You are right about the photographs. These aren’t very interesting. The gallery shots are stunning.
-- Randy, Rustic Artisan, a family tradition. (No PM's - auto-deleted.) - "I am a seeker, not a follower."
MsDebbieP
home | projects | blog
14158 posts in 1055 days
posted 470 days ago
dang.. that is amazing!!!
fantastic idea and creation.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
dennis mitchell
home | projects | blog
3789 posts in 1209 days
posted 247 days ago
Now how did that one slip under my radar? That is a cool piece! The lacing just does the trick.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
drgoodwood
home | projects | blog
381 posts in 1022 days
posted 246 days ago
Dennis:
This style of poplar bark work has been a big hit.
I’ve also used it to make some rustic lamp bases.
I’ll soon be out in the woods. Barking season is almost here.
-- Randy, Rustic Artisan, a family tradition. (No PM's - auto-deleted.) - "I am a seeker, not a follower."