Small Mullberry and Walnut bowls

This week ends turning. I got a big hunk of green (wet) Mulberry this week, along with some nice chunks of Walnut. Thanks to my Brother-in-Law, Eric and my old friend Ned. Big thanks guys!
The Walnut bowl is the dark one. It measures 1.75 inches high and 3.25 inches in diameter. It was wet sanded with mineral oil and burnished with its own shavings.
Moving from that bowl, in a clockwise direction, There's a small Mulberry bowl with lots of knot and wavy grain, very wet, freshly cut wood. Just to see how it would turn out, I put some on the lathe. After shaping these into bowls I put them into a microwave oven for a minute a couple of times which took out quite a bit of moisture but they were still damp. By the next day they're drier but still wet but warped a fair amount, in each direction. Still they have a certain charm in their warped state. I expect them to warp further still.

 

A Small Walnut Bowl

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This is a small Walnut wood bowl, 2 inches high and 2.25 inches in diameter. Wet sanded with mineral oil and burnished with wood shavings. Walnut is such a nice wood for turning and it has a beautiful wood grain. Just a pleasure to work with. This one was turned from a small scrap of wood from a bunch that my good friend Ned gave me. He gave me some old Teak wood as well. Thanks Ned. I'm sure some nice stuff will be coming up in the future.

Another Sycamore Box

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Here's another Sycamore lidded box. This one measures 3.5 inches high and 4.75 inches in diameter. This is another end grain turned box. It's almost the same diameter as the branch used to make it. It was wet sanded with mineral oil and burnished with wood shavings to a satin like semi-gloss finish.

Sycamore Box.

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This is a Sycamore lidded box. It measures 4.5 inches in diameter and 5.5 inches tall. This is turned right from the log; into the end grain, as you can see by a slight checking (cracks) in the lid. This is a light colored hard wood. It turns nicely, with an interesting grain pattern which looks almost like crepe paper or wrinkled skin. This was wet sanded with mineral oil. Feels like satin to the touch.