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[Stigmorgan]

I'm really liking the withered Oak, Stig. I'll have to keep an eye out and see if I can find some.

I dare say a trip to any woodland would result in finding something suitable the wood just needs to have been left for long enough, there's a guy I follow on Instagram that does the same with very old fence posts, think he's in USA somewhere or maybe Australia, the wood is a red colour and it's where the idea for mine came from.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Looking forward to seeing it in all its glory

So am I, I noticed an internal crack that runs vertically through the centre which means the stem will have to be thicker than I would like, if itnhold together I may keep it as a display piece and make another one, which won't be so bad as this one is a big bigger than I had planned, it's more like a trophy than a goblet

 

[Jamesc]

Here are a few of the latest things my wife has turned.

 

[Fred48]

Here are a few of the latest things my wife has turned. View attachment 181232View attachment 181233View attachment 181234View attachment 181235

@Jamesc
They are beautiful. I would love to know what timbers your wife used.
Fred

 

[Jamesc]

Thank you Fred, I will pass that on to her.
The top one is Ash with a mahogany insert for pot pouri. We salvaged the mahogany from an old cupboard.
I can't remember what the middle one is made from but the bottom one is from a Magnolia Grandiflora that was felled in our garden. (it was 3ft from the house and we needed to be underpinned).
The handles in each case are African Blackwood pen blanks from Yandles.
I will ask her what the top one is.

 

[Stigmorgan]

Out to finish the wedding goblet today and apart from getting dangerously close to ruining it, the cup wall is very very thin at the bottom, it came out pretty well considering I only used a bowl gouge and tiny skew from a hand carving set. Only thing I hate is the vertical crack in the stem.

 

[Fred48]

Thank you Fred, I will pass that on to her.
The top one is Ash with a mahogany insert for pot pouri. We salvaged the mahogany from an old cupboard.
I can't remember what the middle one is made from but the bottom one is from a Magnolia Grandiflora that was felled in our garden. (it was 3ft from the house and we needed to be underpinned).
The handles in each case are African Blackwood pen blanks from Yandles.
I will ask her what the top one is.

@Jamesc
Thank for that. 're the middle one.
I guess is the top section is possibly Iroko and the bottom mahogany
Fred