1742 spalted Hackberry

I'm sure that every species spalts differently. With Cook Pine, is a very fine line between spalted, nice spalting, spalted with a bit of punky, and rotten wood. Sometimes just weeks and you lose the whole log. Nice work here Odie! I think the picture is on the dark side, right? Judging by the beads, you had a ways to go before this was too punky to turn.

Emiliano Achaval said:

I'm sure that every species spalts differently. With Cook Pine, is a very fine line between spalted, nice spalting, spalted with a bit of punky, and rotten wood. Sometimes just weeks and you lose the whole log. Nice work here Odie! I think the picture is on the dark side, right? Judging by the beads, you had a ways to go before this was too punky to turn.

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Hello Emiliano....and, thanks for the comment, my friend!

For sure, you are absolutely correct. Timing is everything with spalted woods. Harvested too soon, and the spalt isn't as dramatic as it could be.....too late, and it's too punky, and trash. This piece was harvested at near perfect timing. All spalting seems to attack structural integrity, and results in degrading ability to get that perfect clean cut we all want. Up to a certain point, and depending on the ability of the turner, it's possible to achieve the perfectly executed cut.

As for darkness of the photo, yes it is a bit dark. I take my photos with natural light, usually from two directions, and in the morning. This seems to give me the best shots, but some are a little dark, as you have observed. I also use photo editing software, and can adjust light/dark, intenseness of color, clarity, etc. I can lighten it up quite a bit, but find that I lose other aspects that are more desirable.....in my opinion, of course!

-----odie-----

Odie, it is spectacular!! Reminds me of a storm building up around the West Maui Mountains. I'd like to learn more about on-line sales.

Clark Champion said:

Odie, it is spectacular!! Reminds me of a storm building up around the West Maui Mountains. I'd like to learn more about on-line sales.

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Thank you, Clark.

As for online sales, I do have my own domain from GoDaddy, (eccentricoldguy.com) but any traffic I get there is referred to my Etsy account. All my online sales are from Etsy, except for an occasional sale from my personal sphere of connections. If you set up an Etsy account, there is plenty of information there to help you get your shop going. Good Luck!

-----odie-----