Pear Wood Box V.2

 

I posted this box before but I didn't like its proportions. Just didn't look right. So, I made a base for it, giving it a more pleasing look.

Redwood Basket/Bowl

 

Here's another "Basket" bowl, made with my scroll saw. This is one inch thick Redwood I salvaged from a 110 year old chicken coop that was being torn down. Back then, here in redwood country they were using old growth redwood for chicken coops! This is clear heartwood with growth rings very close together. This was a really big old tree. This was from a rough sawn board that I cleaned up with a wire brush, then ran through my planer. And it's still an inch thick.

So, what we have here is a 5 inch high by 7.5 inch diameter stack of slightly offset concentric "rings" which make up this "basket". The shape of the rings is my own design. I think this would have looked better with rings that were half as thick as these. These thick ones make the basket too deep and narrow. It is fairly stable though it doesn't look it. I put 3 coats of Danish Oil as a finish.