Deep & Shallow

[Bodrighy]

Spalted beech from a log I found in the garden: both approx 8" dia. Deep bowl is 5" deep, shallow is 1 1/2" (shallow bowl or deep platter? Comments / critique welcome as always





Pete

 

[Jenx]

Wow Pete ! nice when things like spalted beech logs just 'turn up' in the garden !
Great pieces both .. The shallow bowl / platter echo's the shape of the sycamore one Johnny did yesterday ... same nice 'flowing curve' to it.. I like that one particularly !

It may be your camera / the light / my Lappie ... its got a distinctly different 'look' to the spalted beech I seem to get here .. its looks like a nice 'pink-ness' to it ... but that could be down to the photo, or this computer, as I say.
The stuff I get always seems to have the 'honey brown' colours as opposed to a pink tinge.. although I have read somewhere that this is common with S/B ?

Both cracking pieces..
destined for 'la galleria rustique' ? 8) 8) 8)

 

[loz]

I wish someone would lose logs in my garden !

Love the shallow bowl, although these days ( now i know a bit more what i like ! ) i prefer and slght ogee curve, as opposed to perfect round to the base.

The large would make a great plantpot !

 

[boysie39]

Lovely timber Pete I think the shallow Bowl is just as I would like mine to turn out like. The deep Bowl looses a little with the foot but who am I to be critical of it .if you like it thats what counts. REgards Boysie

 

[mikec]

Great pieces Pete

Thats a sizable chunk to get lost :shock:

Mike C

 

[Bodrighy]

The log was 12 foot long and fro 2 foot to 2 foot 6 dia. Logged and halved, I can only get a few piecwes on my mini lathe so have had to store most of it.It was covered in ivy and grass and I assumed it was rotten until I started sawing up. Also got a dead cherry that is slowly drying out. Nice garden this :lol:

Pete

 

[johnny.t.]

Nice bit of beech Pete, your garden must be big to make discoveries like that :lol:

I like the shallow one best, the other one I'm not so sure about,I think its the narrow bit at the bottom, but hey what do I know :? .

JT

 

[gasmansteve]

Lovely bowls there Pete.
Daft question and correct me if I`m wrong but spalting is a fungal growth?? and if so does turning and finishing stop any futher spalting??. Love the effect it gives anyway.
Cheers
Steve

 

[Doug B]

Pete, i like both pieces very much, spalted timber is something i`ve yet to tackle, it seems quite pricey that that i`ve seen, so your find is a bonus.
Have you used an oil finish on them?

Doug.
PS the drystone wall in the background looks to be some what impoverished :lol: .

 

[TEP]

Hi Steve.

You are correct spalting/rot is caused by a fungus. Apparently the lines are the boundaries between the different fungal colonies. Also I believe the rot stops once the wood has less than approx. 40% moisture in it.

To spalt you need humidity, heat, and high moisture content.

PS - Some nice work there Pete, obviously moving house agrees with you.

 

[Bodrighy]

Usually the spalting stops when the wood dries out thoroughly. It can be stopped (so I've read) by freezing or heating as well. This wood seems to have several different types as there is a red tinge to parts of it as well as the usual black threrads and white patches. The 'dry stone wall'is a row of stepping stones to my shed across a paddock that gets really boggy in winter. Usually I finish things with wax but after seeing Georges spalted creations I have started using oil instead for things like this.

Pete

 

[Paul.J]

Very nice Pete,and what a find :shock:
You must get yourself a wood detector to see what other treasures there may be buried :lol: :lol:
Not so keen on the big bump on the bottom of the deep bowl Pete.Perhaps if it was a smaller foot/plinth,or completely turned off so you have a nicely curved bottom it would look better.
The shallow bowl is very nice and the spalt looks gorgeous.
Just my thoughts Pete,but they should look good in the Gallery

 

[Bodrighy]

Not so keen on the big bump on the bottom of the deep bowl Pete.Perhaps if it was a smaller foot/plinth,or completely turned off so you have a nicely curved bottom it would look better.

Not sure what big bump you mean Paul. The curve goes right down to the bottom, inside and outside. Looking at it in a photo I'm not too sure about it but then looking at it on the shelf it doesn't seem so drastic. Think it may be the angle of the photo.

Pete

 

[CHJ]

Good find Pete, sounds like you have a good stash there.

Personal preference is for the shallow one on form but the deep one certainly has some spectacular colouring, don't know if it's just the peculiarities of the spalting but the apparent growth rings on the deep one look very wide.

I go along with Paul re the base of the deep one, my preference would be to see a curved base going under to a 'hidden' spigot or foot rim.

 

[Paul.J]

Bodrighy wrote

Not sure what big bump you mean Paul.

Sorry for that poor description Pete,it was just the first thing that came into my head.I do mean the foot/base.
But again it might look better with a different angle of shot :?

 

[PowerTool]

I'll be different and admit to liking the large deep one as it is (the shape is very reminiscent of Roman pottery)
And if you were lucky enough to find that in the garden,don't forget to do the lottery this weekend.. :wink:

Andrew

 

[Bodrighy]

Chas:

the grain is indeed all over the place and even seems to have a wavy effect that I spent a coupkle of minutes trying to sand out before I felt it and realised it wasbn't undulations in the wood.

Andrew: 1st Prize for recognising the source. I have downloaded a load of pictures of pottery from greek, roman, byzantine etc and this was indeed an idea from a roman urn.

Pete

 

[wizer]

Nice work there Pete. I do like the shape of the first one.

However, I must say that, tho I love burr, I'm not keen on spalted wood. I've never seen it up close to maybe I am missing something.

 

[The Shark]

Hi Pete,
2 nice pieces, I too prefer the first one which definitely has the appearance of a Roman urn.
Lovely wood!

Malc