Bowl Carving 1st real Dive

[Oka]

Ok, the back story on the wood. There is a Buddhist temple near me and they had one of the biggest and most beautiful Monkeypod Trees on this Island...... until they decided to cut it down........

Anyway, the guy taking the tree down was a bit of a rookie, so one day, I assisted him laying out how to bring it down without damaging the fence, street, etc.
In return, he gave me some wood. The wood I used is from this Monkeypod tree. The wood dried for 2 years and then I box dried it more.
Originally, I turned the inside on lathe and was intending to just cut a Monkypod leaf shape for the edge....... until.......I started using those Kutzall carbide gouges and disks. It gave me the false sense I could do this no problem.
Anyway, I got it done..... the "no problem" part not so much. I have been playing with this for weeks. No one tells you how much scraping, and sanding you are in for. The win, it looks decent, the lose looks more like a Elm leaf.....I'll just call it creative interpretation ...
I included a couple pixs of the tree, pixs of the leaves/flowers, a pix of some of the rough milled wood and of course, the bowl.

Not sure I'll ever do one of these again, don't think I have the patience for it.

 

[bob vaughan]

That tree is jaw-dropping gorgeous. Wow. The carving is great also. Nice photo essay. Thanks for that.

 

[ssmith]

Shame to lose such an impressive tree but man, you made a work of art out of the wood. Very impressive.

 

[Craptastic]

That bowl is a work of art. Very well done!

 

[creasman]

That came out really nice. Good job! Though I do hate they took down such a beautiful tree.

 

[Flute Maker]

That was a great job… beautiful… I know that took a lot of work but the end product is gorgeous!

 

[drw]

That tree makes me wish for my youthful tree-climbing days, that would have been an awesome tree to climb! The bowl is beautiful as are your pictures.

 

[DECC]

Wow, beautiful shape to the bowl!

 

[JNCarr]

GREAT looking bowl - but I'm wondering about that iron stand
And what a fantastic tree it was.

 

[Jclrk]

Beautiful

 

[Bill_L]

Decent doesn't do it justice. That's really well done!

 

[sawman101]

GORGEOUS TREE, WOOD, AND BOWL111

 

[Hmerkle]

@Oka is that a picture of the tree they took down?!

 

[Oka]

Yes, that tree is gone now. I took pictures of it before they cut it down.

It was such a beautiful tree

@Oka is that a picture of the tree they took down?!

 

[Hmerkle]

Yes, that tree is gone now. I took pictures of it before they cut it down.

It was such a beautiful tree

I am thinking they should go back and get the Karma 101 course!!! (that one is going to bite them!!!)

 

[Linc H]

What an amazing tree. You have extended its purpose in a beautiful tribute. Your workmanship is excellent. Thanks for sharing the story. I had never heard of a monkey pod tree before.

 

[Oka]

Thank you, Linc ...Monkey pod is part of the Acacia family, relative to Koa or Brazilian cherry. It is a common tree here. Both Koa and Monkypod are roughly the same hardness of oak.

What an amazing tree. You have extended its purpose in a beautiful tribute. Your workmanship is excellent. Thanks for sharing the story. I had never heard of a monkey pod tree before.