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A freind gave me a "piece of box elder"... knarly old piece of firewood. Turned out to be osage orange. I made two of these and gave one to Dad...When I was younger, I spent many days during the winter cleaning up the miles of osage orange fence rows on his farm.
6 X 4" , finished with a little bit of oil and lightly buffed. They are pretty rudimentary but I like them.
Thanks for looking
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That's a beauty. I like the way you incorporated the natural cracking in the wood into the design of the bowl. Very nice!
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Very cool. Looks like a spider in its web.
I better not let my son see this.
"Daaaad, how come you didn't make me a Spiderman bowl????"
Where did I put that tape measure...
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Perfect form for this wood and the particular features you included. Nice! Isn't it kewel how Osage orange polishes up so nicely?!
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I like them too ... Nice form and I like the small foot rather than using a small flat spot.
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Tom; The form is simple and elegant and really brings your focus the character of the wood. Good Job
Last edited by Kim Ford; 05-15-2007 at 10:59 PM. Reason: I can't type
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Love how the cracked area turns a simple bowl into a piece of artwork! I agree with Gary - looks like a spider & web!
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Those bowls sure look nice to me... I like the cracking in it! As long as a bowl is not meant to hold soup I like bowls to have the natural character of wood!
I like the shape of these... you did a good job!
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Wow Tom. I really like the way the way it turned out. Nice job.
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