A couple of years ago two other Windy City Woodturners and I cut up a 5' oak log with two large burls. When we divided up the wood this was a piece that was left over. I threw it in with the rest and took it home. Noticing the large inclusion down the middle I wasn't in a hurry to turn it. Well, this was the only piece left from that log that produced some very nice burl wood. I finally decided to give it a "spin". I forced shavings and bark into the openings in the bowl as many places as possible. I then used a mixture of 5 minute epoxy and brown chalk to fill the remaining voids. The slivers of curls and pieces of bark helped hide the epoxy patching. When I turned the tenon off the bottom the inclusion reappeared. The finish is a mixture of danish oil, polyurethane and a small amount of Japan dryer. It drys in about 2 hours.
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