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This is a bowl made from loquat wood. It is hard, but smooth to turn and sand. The cracks / inclusions are stabilized with CA.
Would you:
1) Leave it as it is and keep finishing with WTF?
2) Fill it with stone?
3) Turn away the rim to get to clean wood?
4) Add a lid?????
I thought it was done until my wife said, "Is it done or are you going to keep working on it?"
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Leave it as is. Allan
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I would leave it as is if it is a decorative piece, and I would fill it with a dark material such as burnt coffee grounds if it was going to be functional.
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Leave it!!
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1+ on leaving it
Wes
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Turn it away........I think it will be a much nicer bowl if you do.................just my opinion!
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1+ on Turn it away!
Sid
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The contrast of the dense stone like wood with the dark place is so strong and so dissimilar . I'd lose it .
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+3 on leave it
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I would leave it.
I've got lots of practice at making firewood!
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If it was mine, I would consider turning away enough rim to lose the tounge-like projection in the major inclusion, but I would not want to turn away more than that.
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Leave it...
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I'm with Marc. I like the look of the inclusion but that loose looking bit would drive my OCD nuts. I think the form works great with the inclusions though, the nice regular hemispherical shape leaves a great canvas for the natural art of the inclusions. I would think the coffee grounds or a dark wood filler to make it more solid might save the loose bit. Nice work on a nicely charactered piece of wood though, save it!
Jon
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I'd turn it away, but not all of it. Like Marc said, turn enough to lose the little piece that looks to be held in place by more bark than wood and could break off. We're only talking 1/4" or 3/8" that needs removed, the bark that will be left will look cool.
Cut down to the line...
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Leave it!!
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