I'm not very artistic. I can make a very nice natural edge bowl and classic standard shape traditional bowl. I can put a rim on the top but often just make big or small salad, soup or decorative traditional style bowls. Nothing fancy. Got that down but, I'm envious of all the detail designs and styles I see here all the time and would like to up my game. I have this chunk of bradford pear I picked up from a neighbors yard and decided to try something unique. You can see the before (raw log) pic and a few of the blank I have mounted now after I cleaned it up just a bit. It's the splice part area of a bradford pear so there are limbs and joints all through it. I can't help but think there's something in there worth trying for. It might end up on the burn pile but worth a try. 6 1/2" from top to bottom of tenon and 10" across at top. It will definitely have inclusion gaps, knot holes and branch grains running all directions. Ideas on what to do with it? Shape to a big hollow form rough size, seal and let dry? Go ahead and turn to a steep sided bowl with some design work on the sides? Leave the bark areas on the sides in a few places? Throw it away and forget I saw it? Just looking for something different. Low risk here. Not a prized piece of wood. I cleaned up my tenon, wrapped it in plastic and set it aside so have some time to decide. Thx.
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