White Birch Winged Crotch Bowl

[Bill Bolen]

Very well done Steve. Love the form and am looking forward to thi finished piece...Bill..

[Maylon Harvey]

That sure is purrrrty Steve.

[Dave Winters]

Really nice! Superb execution.

[Jack Tyree]

Steve, that's a slick piece and an even slicker idea!
Talent...what a cheap trick.

[steven carter]

Look great Steve! I have my first one drying, I hope it turns out a well as yours!

Steve

[Jack Mincey]

Very nice work Steve. I will have to try something like that some day.
Jack

[Lionel Mercier]

Very beautifull work Steve
With the wings we see the trunk forking
The sorrowing fact when I hollow a birch crotch, is that there is a marvelous fern design that disappear when you go deeper...What to do to preserve ?
I' ve tried only a thin layer glued on top of a box (pict attached) it's very close to the core of the tree...which way to preseve this when hollowing ?
Congratulations Steve and so long
Lionel.
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[Tim Cleveland]

Tim - the only thing I can think of as an answer to your question is that you are working through the different grits to soon. Probably depends on what grit you start with - but then you have to make sure that each successive grit removes the scratches from the previous grit. On this piece I started at 180 grit, then 220, 280 and then 320. The wings and the bowl junction area required a lot of hand sanding but when you take your time and go through the grits in stages - you should have good results every time!

Hope that helps!

Thanks Steve, I'll work on that.

Tim