10" Black Oak Bowl

 

This is an 10 inch diameter Oak bowl made with stacked segmented rings of wood from an old piano. I think it's actually white oak but it's stained black with a very old method of staining oak. The stain is made from putting iron filings in vinegar and after a few days or weeks, strain out the metal and store the rest in a jar. Paint it on the Oak and it is almost instantly stained a deep black as the stain reacts with the tannin in the wood.

18" Oak Long Bowl

 

I've made a smaller one of these before. This one was about as big (lengthwise) as my lathe will handle. The finished bowl is 18.5 inches long by 8.5 inches wide by 4.25 inches high. It's made from 100 year old Oak from an old piano. I used a stack of 12-segment rings, with one of the rings being wider, from which I would cut the feet. I turned a cone made from those rings. Then I cut that cone in half and glued the bottoms together to get the shape you see above. The wider ring was cut away, all except the "feet". The rest was a lot of hand cutting, filing and sanding. This old wood had worm holes, nail holes, cracks and small voids in it, which I filled with black CA glue. This thing looks like it's been around for a long time.

Spalted Maple Scoop

 This is a spalted Maple scoop measuring 5.5 inches long by 2.25 inches in diameter. This is an object I'm learning to make. I get a little better each time I make one. This is my best so far, though the walls are still too thick. That has no effect on the function. No finish on this, just sanded up to 320 grit. 

Oak Box w/Finial

Here's an Oak wood canister (box) measuring 10 inches high by 3.75 inches in diameter. The Oak is from an old piano I helped my brother-in-law break up (so he could take it to the dump). I got all the ivory and ebony keys (that I will use in my restoration business), and I salvaged some of the better wood parts. I think this wood is about 100 years old. I use mostly repurposed materials in a lot of my art and crafting. I made this from a stack of 8-segment rings. I added a finial to the top. There is no finish on this except polishing with "True Grit" polishing compound.

Ash Bowl

 Here's a 7 inch diameter Ash bowl, a little over 3 inches high. Nice chunk of wood. Beautiful grain. I gave this to the fellow down the street who's tree this came from. It's a thank-you for giving me some of that wood from his Ash tree.

Liquid-Amber Bowl

This is a 5.5 inch diameter by 1.75 inch high Liquid-Amber wood bowl. It was turned while green, and sanded after drying. I was trying out some new color stains, and since this wood is very light colored, I thought I'd use it as a test. Often, as in this case, (before staining) I flattened the base so the bowl sits flat on this surface.

Live Edge Liquid-amber Bowls

 These are 6 and 7 inch bowls turned from green Liquid-amber tree wood (a lot like Maple). I expect them to warp and I'm OK with that. You can't sand the wood when it's green. When it was dry, I hand sanded them. No finish on these. The wood is almost white now but I expect it to turn a honey amber color with age.