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This bowl is made from road kill sugar berry. I found the wood on the side of the road and loaded a 3ft section of the trunk in my car. I turned sugar berry before and I knew is spalts nicely. As you can see in the pictures, it spalted extra nice and, as is the case for oak, it contorted a lot. The last picture is a bowl from the same tree that I turned immediately thus it did not spalt at all. Turning it was OK but I could not sand it on the lathe at all since wet sugar berry vibrates when it touches the sand paper. It is relatively easy to sand when dry and looks amazing with finish if sanded to 600-800. I called this bowl marbled bowl since it looks more like marble not like wood (a number of people made this comment and some of them had to knock on it to make sure it is wood). The bowl is sanded off the lathe on the drill press using the new wave system (and a lot of patience).
Material: sugar berry
Finish: salad bowl finish
Dimensions: 10” X 10” X 3”
Thickness: 1/8” throughout
Inlay: turquoise
This bowl would probably qualified for the contest this summer since it is made from wood destined for the mulching machine (not as bad as junking it but bad enough). Oh well …
Here are some more pictures:
Thanks for looking,
Alin
-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida
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SteveKorz
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posted 316 days ago
Wow… amazing… this is a great project, terrific job.
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trifern
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posted 316 days ago
Nice form Alin. I admire your patience, concentration and skills. Thanks for sharing.
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Alin Dobra
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Thanks Steve and Trifern.
Trifern, you should try green wood. About patience, I think it is a must if you want your work to stand out. In a strange way, for me it feels good to spend 1-2 hours sanding one of these things just to see how it looks when it is done.
Alin
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Bigbuck
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Very nice, that looks great.
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rikkor
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Alin, you never cease to amaze me with your work. Thanks for sharing it, and for being an inspiration.
thetimberkid
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Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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TedM
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Alin, very nice. Thanks for the inspiration. Now have to go and see if my local lumber yard carries ‘roadkill’. :)
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cobbler
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Beautiful piece. That`s a work of art.I know you wish it had
been drier.
Thanks for posting.
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Alin Dobra
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Thanks guys for the comments.
Cobbler, what do you mean by you wished it had been dryer?
Alin
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MsDebbieP
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lovely lovely lovely!!!
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CharlieM1958
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Looks much better than the road kill we get in South Louisiana.
Great job, Alin!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
SPalm
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Once again, great work Alin. I love your eye for beauty and style.
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brianinpa
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Amazing! If you had a figurine of a surfer, he/she would look right at home in the middle. Great job.
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Grumpy
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A great piece of artwork Alin.
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Very nice turning Al. Good to see you back in the saddle.
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