morphed

I recently turned and finished about 12 morphed Arbutus Burl bowls all with carved feet, these are turned once while green and finish sanded with water then set on the bench for about 10 days to dry and morph as they choose. This one bowl distorted so much on the bottom its 3 feet were in the...

Arbutus Burl 3 footed bowl, this is one of 10 live edge bowls I recently turned and finished while the wood was green. This is one of the smaller cores, turned to less than 1/4" and 3 feet are carved then the entire bowl is wet sanded to 320. The bowls are then set on the bench for about 12 days...

These 3 nested Arbutus Burl bowls are the cores from my previous post. These bowls were all green turned and wet sanded within a few days of being harvested. They are all about ¼” thick and have 3 carved feet so they will sit flat after they morph. Finished with 2 coats of tung oil. This process...

I was offered a stump from an Arbutus tree that was taken down by arborists due to its proximity to the home. A nice change from the mountain trees we got last winter! The tree was cut down in early October and we cut the stump out the next day, I ended up with 2 large burl chunks. This bowl was...

This storm damaged tree was harvested on a mountain side and a ZIP line set up several times was used to move the wood.. This large bowl has a battle scar likely from being bounced off a rock face, you can see a crack near the rim on the far side. The piece was once turned, wet sanded to 320...