This Basswood form was weeks in the making. Once I finish turned the main body, I really liked the organic form and wanted the end result to be something more than just another vase. Seeing as how this was the last small piece of Basswood I had, I made another trip out to my property and cut a section of limb from a downed Basswood tree to turn for the top.
Turned the top so that it fit perfect and set it aside to dry, which I figured would take a week to ten days. Neat thing about Basswood is that it doesn’t warp very much while drying. What I didn’t know, but learned the hard way, is that it does shrink! My perfect lid ended up being way too small to use, so I turned another!
Basswood, 11” high x 5” diameter x 1/8” thick. Dyed blue with TransTint and given multiple coats of gloss wipe-on poly to get that wet-like and highly reflective surface.
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As always, your comments, opinions and critiques are welcomed!
Thanks for looking!