Little elm bowl

[Cliff]

Little Elm Bowl from a tree fall.  There are lots of larger pieces in this tree. This was just the hunk I walked out and picked up.

It's a little bowl with knots that  seem to dislike me.  It's still green and rough but I'm thinking I may leave it this and finish is in this shape.  What to do with that cracked knot?  I can't turn it out because there's another know  underneath it.

 

 

[Chips N Dust]

Looks nice!

[Steve Krumanaker]

That looks like a tough piece of wood. Make a yarn bowl out of it?

 

Steve

[lew]

Looks like you got it pretty thin. The knot will probably crack a little more- maybe some CA.

 

I like the shape.

[Cliff]

I CA'd the knots.  I have some  autobody glitter for Paint. I think I'll mix some with epoxy and fill the hole. Or I could just leave it natural.  

[HandyDan]

Looks nice, might be Red Elm.  You say it is still wet.  My guess it will crack in a few more places by the time it is dry so it will be best to let it do what it wants.

[lew]

12 hours ago, Cliff said:

 Or I could just leave it natural.  

I think the natural look would be very nice.

[Gerald]

Knot looks like it will be a bad crack. You could drill the center and put in colored epoxy. Since you have a lot more of the same wood I would suggest scrap it and do another. Unless you want an art piece , and yes I have done plenty, it is not worth the time it will take.

[Cliff]

Oh look another. 

and FINALLY  I got to put my hollower that I built along with the FRANKEN HOLLLOWER system to some inappropriate use.  Inappropriate because the bowl is really way too small for the thing.

But still  any day in the shop is a good  day.

 

 

 

 

 

[Stick486]

On 10/18/2016 at 3:41 PM, Cliff said:

but I'm thinking I may leave it this and finish

I would...

what you have, as is, can be perfection and have all kinds of character...