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.
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.
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